A slender youngster, perhaps 8 or 9 years old, put a backhander into the net and was immediately rewarded with a fist bump from former Flyer Bob "Hound" Kelly on Wednesday morning inside the Wells Fargo Center.
"Nice shot, bud," Kelly said.
The youngster's smile seemed to stretch the length of the rink.
There were lots of smiles as 40 at-risk and special-needs participants took part in a street-hockey clinic overseen by Kelly, Flyers community-relations manager Jason Tempesta, and three of the organization's promising prospects: Sam Morin, Shayne Gostisbehere, and Anthony Stolarz.
Tempesta told the participants that Kelly scored the winning goal in 1975 when the Flyers captured their last Stanley Cup.