As the story goes, Philadelphia Hockey Club, Inc. held a contest to name their newly awarded and its yet-unnamed NHL franchise.
Nine-year-old Alec Stockard of Narberth, PA, and his eight siblings submitted nine of the 11,216 total ballots submitted for an opportunity to name the team and win two season tickets and a 21-inch color television. Ninety-six people submitted Flyers or Fliers. Each of the 96 won tickets, but it was Stockard who had his name drawn as the contest winner.
What the Stockard family, along with the rest of the contestants, did not know was that the contest was little more than a publicity stunt.