Rivalry Rewind: Philadelphia Flyers and New Jersey Devils

As the Flyers prepare to take on an old rival for the second time this season, we briefly look back upon the long history of the Flyers-Devils rivalry.

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It was spring of 1982. E.T. was only weeks away from becoming one of the biggest blockbusters of all time, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and New Jersey had just received a hockey team. But let us rewind a few years for a second.

Houston Astros owner John McMullen had purchased the struggling Colorado Rockies, who in their six years in Colorado qualified for the playoffs once. This is where our story begins, not in New Jersey with the current adaptation of the team but with the Wilf Paiement- and Pat Kelly-led Colorado team. As the…