Penguins/Flyers is such a heated rivalry over the years, and the Hextall family has a special place in it. Bryan Hextall played for the Penguins from 1969-73. His son Ron spent formative years in Pittsburgh idolizing Pens goalie Jimmy Rutherford.
Fast forward 45 or 50 years and Ron has written his own chapters of NHL lore and the Pittsburgh/Philly rivalry, and also became the first person to be the general manager of both the Penguins AND the Flyers.
Since Hextall’s first main managerial stint in Philly only ended a little more than two years ago, what a better resource than our own Steph from Broad Street Hockey to get some of the Flyer perspective on what all went down.