Philly.com · Jun 5, 2016
Smooth MacLeish was a Flyers anomaly
Rick MacLeish was the NHL's leading playoff scorer in the 1973-74 and 1974-75 seasons. The Flyers won the Stanley Cup as NHL champions both years.Because of its sports teams' futility in the early 1970s, Philadelphia was known as the City of Losers.
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Rick MacLeish and the Flyers helped change that image and started a renaissance on the Philly sports scene with their unexpected march to the 1974 Stanley Cup.
MacLeish, 66, died Monday after battling numerous medical problems that hospitalized him for about nine weeks.
In Flyers history, the magnitude of MacLeish's impact is not appreciated until you talk to his teammates.