On June 5^th, 1977 the Sixers fell to the Portland Trail Blazers 109-107 in game 6 of their NBA Finals series. The Sixers were up 2 games to 0 before losing the next four in a row. It was the Sixers’ 5^th NBA Finals appearance in franchise history.

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On June 5^th, 1967 the NHL officially expanded from 6 to 12 teams adding the Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, California Seals, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Star and St. Louis Blues to begin play in October.

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On June 5^th, 1977 the Sixers fell to the Portland Trail Blazers 109-107 in game 6 of their NBA Finals series. The Sixers were up 2 games to 0 before losing the next four in a row. It was the Sixers’ 5^th NBA Finals appearance in franchise history.

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On June 1^st, 1986, the Phillies defeated the San Diego Padres 16-5 at the Vet. Steve Carlton gave up 5 earned runs in 6 innings, but picked up the win.  It was his 241^st win for the Phillies (plus 6 in the postseason), and it would be his last in Phillies pinstripes. Carlton would win another 11 games over the next season and a half with four different stops along the way before ending his Hall of Fame career with 329 wins. 

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On May 30^th, 1985 the Flyers were beaten 8-3 by the Edmonton Oilers losing the Stanley Cup Final 4 games to 1.  The Flyers took game 1, but lost the next 4.   

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Flyers defenseman Ed Van Impe was born on this date, May 27^th, in 1940 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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On May 27^th, 1975 the Flyers won their 2^nd Stanley Cup defeating the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 in game 6, winning the series 4 games to 2.  Bob Kelly scored the Cup winner, and Bill Clement added an insurance tally. Bernie Parent was named the Conn Smythe Winner for the second year in a row.

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On May 5th, 2000 Flyers captain Keith Primeau scored 12:01 into the 5th overtime period (152:01) beating Penguins goaltender Ron Tugnutt with a wicked wrister to end the 3rd longest NHL playoff game ever, and the longest since the 1930s.

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On March 14^th, 1968, vs Los Angeles Kings, the Flyers skated to their 1^st 0-0 scoreless tie.

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Flyers defenseman Frank Bathe was assessed a team-record 55 minutes in penalties in a game on March, 11^th, 1979 vs Los Angeles Kings in a 6-3 Flyers win.

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