On Jan 11^th, 1976, the Flyers hosted the Moscow Central Red Army ice hockey team as part of the Super Series tour.  After a vicious first period hit by Flyer’s defenseman Ed Van Impe on the Red Army’s Valeri Kharlamov, the Soviet coach Konstantin Loktev pulled his team from the ice.  It took Ed Snider threatening the Soviets with not getting paid to get them back on the ice.  It’s one of the iconic moments of the Broad Street Bullies.  An irate Loktev called the Flyers play, “Animal Hockey.” Ironically, the tournament slogan that was printed on the game tickets: “May We Live In Peace.” The Flyers won the game 4-1 outshooting the Soviets 48-13 and were the only NHL team to beat the Red Army team during the Super Series of 1975-1976.

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On January 11^th, 1981 the Eagles got in the Cowboys’ heads by making them wear blue, and then beat them 20-7 for the NFC Conference Championship to earn a trip to the Superdome for Super Bowl XV vs Oakland Raiders.  The win also completed the Philly quartet of all four teams reaching their respective Finals for the 1980 season (Flyers vs New York Islanders, Sixers vs LA Lakers, Phillies over the KC Royals, Eagles vs Oakland Raiders). 

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Flyers tough guy Dave Schultz scored the 2nd of his two career Flyers hat tricks exactly one week after scoring his 1st.  He notched his 2nd hat trick on January 10^th, 1974 vs Minnesota North Stars.

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On January 9^th, 2010 in Dallas, Eagles WR Jeremy Maclin participated in his very first NFL playoff contest.  Though the Eagles fell to the Dallas Cowboys 34-14 that day, Maclin became the youngest player in NFL history to score a postseason touchdown when he caught Michael Vick’s 76-yard TD pass.  The pass was also Vick’s longest TD pass of his career.

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On January 3^rd, 1994 vs San Francisco 49ers, Eagles Byron Evans ran a fumble recovery in for a TD in a 37-34 Eagles victory.

Flyers tough guy Dave Schultz scored the 1st of his two career Flyers hat tricks vs New York Rangers on January 3^rd, 1974.  

Philadelphia Bulletin sportswriter Jack Chevalier, in an article printed on January 3^rd, 1973 called the Flyers ‘the Mean Machine’, ‘Freddy’s Phillistines’ and the ‘Bullies of Broad Street.’  Pete Cafone wrote the headline ‘Broad Street Bullies Muscle Atlanta’. The nickname stuck!

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