Ed Van Impe – Flyers/D (1967-68 to 1975-76). Ed Van Impe was the second captain in Flyers team history, wearing the “C” from 1968-1972. Van Impe was Calder Trophy (Rookie of the Year) runner-up (Bobby Orr) the year before the Flyers selected him from the Chicago Black Hawks in the NHL Expansion Draft. Van Impe played on both Flyers Stanley Cup championship teams. The gritty Van Impe once took a puck in the mouth, lost 6 teeth, and took 50 stitches to his lips and tongue… then finished the game. Van Impe is famous for his crushing check on Soviet Red Army winger Valeri Kharlamov during Super Series ’76 that led to the Soviets leaving the ice in protest. The three-time NHL All Star was inducted into the Flyers HOF in 1993.
