Flyers Powerplay: Power wheelchair hockey champions with heart

Wednesday, January 16, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Flyers Powerplay is a local power wheelchair hockey team that allows anyone with a disability to play competitive hockey.

The Flyers adopted the team as the first power hockey team to be affiliated with an NHL team.
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They have speed, they have heart, they have talent and they're also champions.

The team won the Powerhockey Cup last summer.



On their uniforms is the name "Pat." It's a nod to the team's founder Pat Hilferty who passed away in 2017.


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They hope other NHL teams will follow the Flyers' lead and sponsor wheelchair hockey to include all athletes who want to play.

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