Flyers throw Philly's hat in ring for All-Star Game

Published Feb. 9, 2010 at 8:30 p.m.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman had two special visitors yesterday in New York.That's because the Flyers, on behalf of Comcast-Spectacor, sent Rocky Balboa and Ben Franklin impersonators to league headquarters to hand out soft pretzels and officially throw Philadelphia's hat in the ring to host the 2012 or 2013 All-Star Game and entry draft. The rest of the NHL's event applications arrived in FedEx boxes.


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