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We Made it Through Another Flyers Pride Night Without Anybody Threatening Ivan Provorov’s Dog
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The Flyers got their doors blown off on Pride Night, losing 5 to 1 to the Lightning. At least they didn’t give up seven goals this time around, so a slight improvement against a team they can never beat. What is it about the Lightning, Leafs, and Canes? Those are Doc Rivers “schedule losses” for the Flyers.
Anyway, the Pride Night tweets are always a train wreck. Here’s one of them:
A collection of the replies:
- should always be against the Penguins
- gay
- disgusting
- pathetic
- What does “show my pride” mean? Whip out my dick???
- Are you trying to alienate your fan base on purpose? I been (sic) in contact with so many lifelong Flyers fans today that are discussed (sic) at these posts and this organization as a whole! We’re getting together this weekend and making a soon to be viral video on the burning of Flyer gear!
- Gay people don’t watch hockey, knock this shit off and actually worry about the real fans
- Should’ve done it the other night with Toronto, so Laughton could use his rainbow tape
- Celebrating a sin. Retarded.
- Fuck you… Groomer
- Glad they lost in (sic) f*g night
- I just became a former hockey fan.
- What does this have to do with Hockey?
- Maybe you could cut off a confused 13 year old girls breasts out on the ice in between periods and give out free puberty blockers to the first 100 kids in attendance.
- Will Kate Smith be there?
Mixed in with some messages of support. It’s much of the same over on Facebook.
As for the night itself, it was largely uneventful. Some of the guys used the pride tape on their sticks. We didn’t have an international incident with Ivan Provorov and nobody threatened his dog on Instagram.
The furor over Pride Night is funny because there’s never much to it. They do some pregame festivities, flash some rainbow lights on the ice, post a few messages on the jumbotron, and set up some vendors near the south food hall. They gave away Hello Kitty stuffies. That’s about it. It’s not like anything is really truly in your face or mandatory. You don’t turn gay by attending Pride Night and you don’t have to sign any paperwork or fill out a questionnaire. It’s just one night out of 82 in which Comcast decides to show some support for the LGBTQ community.
You want something to really complain about? Why did the Italians get a heritage night in 2025 and the Irish got nothing? Why do those greaseballs get a special night and we don’t? It’s anti-Irish discrimination!
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com