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Flyers public address announcer Lou Nolan inside the ArenaVision control room at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Monday, April 6, 2026.Yong Kim \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\nThe Philadelphia Flyers wouldn\u2019t be the same without Lou Nolan. The team\u2019s legendary P.A. announcer joined the franchise during its inaugural 1967-1968 season as a press box assistant. Five years later, and just in time for the team\u2019s historic Stanley Cup win, he moved to the microphone and never left. He\u2019s announced two Stanley Cup championships, six Stanley Cup final appearances, and two NHL All-Star Games. <\/p>\n
In 2017, he announced his 2,000th Flyers game. Now, he\u2019s closing in on 2,500.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll probably be early next year,\u201d he said. But who\u2019s counting? (Nolan is.) <\/p>\n
Equal parts announcer and historian, Nolan can tell you everything about the Flyers, especially the Broad Street Bullies era. He can still picture the crucial moment in game six of the 1974 Stanley Cup championships when Bobby Orr, the star defenseman of the Boston Bruins, picked up a penalty in the final two minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was cursing the refs as he came over to the bench,\u201d Nolan recalled. That\u2019s when Nolan realized the Flyers could win, and sure enough they did.<\/p>\n
It was such an incredible game that of course Nolan would want to recreate it for his perfect day in Philly.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn ideal Philly day for me would be a crisp morning and hockey day,\u201d Nolan said. The rest falls neatly into place from there: breakfast in South Philly, something sweet from Termini\u2019s, an early arrival at the arena, and a win against the Bruins.<\/p>\n
Flyers public address announcer Lou Nolan inside the ArenaVision control room at Xfinity Mobile Arena on Monday, April 6, 2026.Yong Kim \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n
9 a.m.<\/p>\n
If it\u2019s a weekend, I might start by watching a little Premier League at home. I like English soccer. I\u2019m pretty quiet during games because I have to pay attention to what happens for my job. I don\u2019t like watching with five or six other people because they\u2019re all making noise. <\/p>\n
Or if I\u2019m feeling adventurous, I\u2019ll go to the Barnes Foundation. I like going to the Philadelphia Museum of Art<\/a> too. <\/p>\n 11 a.m.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll head to Penrose, a diner in South Philly, for lunch, but I\u2019ll eat breakfast. I love breakfast food. I\u2019d get scrapple, eggs, home fries, and coffee. A lot of coffee. The scrapple has to be crispy. Not mushy. I\u2019d put some ketchup and pepper on it and have sunny-side-up eggs with it. I\u2019ll get organized for the day while I eat, just get my head together.<\/p>\n Noon<\/p>\n After that, I\u2019d stop at Termini\u2019s. It\u2019s one of the oldest bakeries around. I\u2019d probably grab some cannolis and a few other Italian treats to bring down to the arena. That\u2019s for my coworkers, not the team. The players wouldn\u2019t touch it. They\u2019re way more conscious of their nutrition now than the Broad Street Bullies were. They\u2019re more conscious of a lot of things.<\/p>\n 1 p.m. <\/p>\n I like to get to the arena early so I have lots of time to do what I need to do. I don\u2019t have to find parking because I\u2019ve got a spot. It\u2019s not technically mine, but I get there so early, it\u2019s always open. I like to park in the same spot every game. It\u2019s a good luck thing. After that, I\u2019ll go through the magnetometer, put my coat away, head down to the event level, and get set for the game. I\u2019ll start going over the stats, pronunciations, and script for the day. I like having a little time before everything starts. To get everything ready to go, it\u2019s usually a two-hour deal.<\/p>\n 3 p.m.<\/p>\n On a perfect day, the Flyers are playing the Bruins for the Stanley Cup, and it\u2019s game six. I like the way the game used to be. It\u2019s a little less tough now, so to speak. They still fight, but not as often. They don\u2019t have brawls anymore and those were a lot of fun to announce the results of. Lots of penalties. So on my perfect day, the Bruins get the penalty and we win 1-0 just like we did in \u201874.<\/p>\n 5 p.m. <\/p>\n Time to celebrate! I\u2019ll go to the locker room to say hello to the boys and take a swig out of the Stanley Cup. Then I\u2019ll head upstairs to the Primepoint lounge for a cocktail. I like Crown Royal with water and a twist. <\/p>\n 6 p.m.<\/p>\n If I\u2019m in the mood for dinner, I\u2019ll go to Osteria, which is a great Italian restaurant on North Broad. Or I might do Cicala, another Italian spot that Joe Cicala runs. He\u2019s a hockey player, by the way. He\u2019s from Washington so he doesn\u2019t root for the Flyers, but he\u2019s a good guy and a great chef. Cicala is in the Divine Lorraine which is a great hotel. If I was in South Philly, I\u2019d go to Scannicchio\u2019s.<\/p>\n 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Every now and then, I will stop by the local pub in Narberth<\/a>. It\u2019s the Pub of Penn Valley<\/a>. Great food. Good, straightforward people. It\u2019s packed all the time. <\/p>\n Then the days ends with a kiss goodnight to my wife, Ellen. Actually, a perfect day is a hug to Ellen in the morning and a kiss goodnight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Philadelphia Flyers wouldn\u2019t be the same without Lou Nolan. 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A perfect Philly day for Lou Nolan means arriving early to the arena on game day. Yong Kim \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n