Flyers CEO Dan Hilferty remembers the first time he met Ed Snider, the man who started NHL hockey in Philadelphia and nurtured the sport for more than half a century. Snider was a business entrepreneur who knew a good thing when he saw it. He figured if the fast-moving sport could mesmerize him, hundreds of thousands of fans would follow. So he had a building, the Spectrum, constructed in less than a year, hired people who had the [...]
