Every year Barbs Harley Davidson in Mt. Ephraim holds its annual Big Puckin’ Hockey Party as a free event for the public.  Let me tell you it was a packed house, people came from all over the Deleware Valley area to have a meet and greet and have all types of items signed by the Flyers alumni.  This year the signing included seven Flyers’ legends: Bernie Parent, Bill Barber, Dave Schultz, Brian Propp, Joe Watson, Don Saleski, and Frank Bialowes.

Fans started lining up at 9am for the 12-2pm autograph signing.  The line wrapped around the store 3 times and included hundreds of fans.  When I talked to the staff, they said “This year is the biggest turn-out yet, about double the amount of last year”.  It took about an hour or so to make it through the line to get to the players and I was surprised to see just how many people had the patience to wait for their opportunity.  This just showed the die-hard love the Philly area has for its Flyers.

Barbs HD kept the crowd entertained with music and served Pizza and refreshments throughout the Puckin’ Party.  They were also giving out discount coupons to the people for any merchandise purchased at the store.  In fact, the signing had to be extended about an extra hour to accommodate the amount of people.

There was a variety of items being signed from old Spectrum seats to Motorcycle gas tanks, posters, pucks, game programs, and pictures.  Barbs HD regularly schedules events to hold for the public and a calendar of upcoming events can be found at their website Barbshd.com.

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