1976-77 Philadelphia Firebirds (NAHL)
(1976 Lockhart Cup Champions)
Top Row: Dave "Sudsy" Settlemyre (Trainer), Richard "Pez" Campeau, Mike Bradbury, George "Swarby" Swarbrick, Peter Cahill, Michel "Itchy" Plante, Jim "Turk" Evers (Equipment Manager).
Middle Row: Bruce "Scoop" Cooper (PR), Don "Hayser" Hay, Dan Nelson, Ray "Shooter" Schultz, Mark "Bosco" Bousquet, Les "J.C." Crozier, Mike "Kono" Penasse.
Bottom Row: Rejean "Reggie" Lemelin, Gordie "The Roadhog" Brooks, Bobby "B.C." Collyard, Gregg "Pill" Pilling (GM/Coach), Dean "Deano" Boylan, Randy "Wizzard" Osburn, Loren "Mooner" Molleken.
...I have worked in pro hockey in
Philadelphia and Hershey (Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia Phantoms,
Philadelphia Firebirds, Hershey Bears) for 37 years as a freelance
writer, PR man, historian, statistician, and in radio/TV broadcasting.
I have written well over 2,000 articles (many for team programs of
the Philadelphia Flyers (NHL), Philadelphia Firebirds (NAHL), Hershey
Bears (AHL), Richmond Robins (AHL), Maine Mariners (AHL), and others,
as well as three books on hockey -- "Conditioning for Hockey: Year
Round" (co-authored with Pat Croce) Leisure Press, 1983; "The Hockey
Trivia Book" (co-authored with Gene Hart) Leisure Press, 1984; and ten
chapters in "Professional Sports Teams Histories - Hockey" Gale
Research Co., 1994. (I have also just had a fourth book published on
19th Centuray railroad history entitled "Riding the Transcontinental
Rails: Overland Travel on the Pacific Railroad 1865-1881" Polyglot
Press, 2005.) In my various capacities I worked and/or attended over 3,000 professional hockey
games.
Bruce "Scoop" Cooper
Click on the
links below to see
some of my Hockey History Pages...
A 60th Anniversary History of the AHL Hershey Bears: 1938-1998
Frank Mathers: Thanks for the Memories....
The Philadelphia-Hershey Hockey Wars of 1938-39
A Brief History of the American Hockey League
& Minor Pro
Hockey in Philadelphia: 1927-2005
Scoop's Personal Hockey Images
"Slap Shot" Visits the Phantoms
1975-76 & 1976-77 Philadelphia Firebirds Image Gallery
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See also some of my other websites:
The
Central Pacific Railroad
Photographic History Museum
(CPRR.org)
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