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Flyers T-shirt giveaway shows Lou Nolan saying 'stay classy'

josh cooper

The Philadelphia Flyers are showing some humor with t-shirts they’re giving out for Sunday’s home Game 6 contest against the Washington Capitals.

The shirts have a caricature of longtime PA announcer Lou Nolan and say, “Stay Classy Philly!”

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This stems from a Game 3 situation where Flyers fans littered the ice with light up bracelets the team handed out for a pre-game ceremony.

During the incident Nolan used the loudspeaker to try to stop Flyers fans from continuing to toss the bracelets. It was the team's first home game since longtime owner Ed Snider died.

Philly.com set the scene:

The obligatory Flyers-instigated brawl with less than eight minutes left in the Capitals' 6-1 victory in Game 3 led to the obligatory throwing of debris and wristbands onto the ice, which led to the obligatory admonishment by public-address announcer Lou Nolan to the crowd: "This is Philly. Act with class." The wristbands rained down again minutes later, earning the Flyers a minor penalty for delay of the game and inspiring Nolan to scold the fans as if he were a frustrated parent: "Way to go."

Nolan has been the Flyers’ PA announcer since the 1972-73 season.

Interesting the Flyers would stick with the giveaways after what happened last game, but t-shirts are much softer than light-up bracelets.

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