Pittsburgh man uses obituary to troll Philadelphia fans
The Pittsburgh Penguins - Philadelphia Flyers rivalry is and will always be one of the biggest in hockey. It's so intense, that some will even go as far as to use their death as a way to troll fans of the opposing team.
James "Jim" Mannella was a life-long Pittsburgh Penguins fans who passed on September 1st at the age of 64. His obituary, which he wrote before he died, contained most of the usual things that obituaries will include. However, one line in particular sticks out.
"Jim LOVED hockey and was a Penguins season ticket holder for many years when attendance was, at most, 5000. He loved his team," said the obituary. "He was happy that he could celebrate for the last 17,272 days that the Philadelphia Flyers had not lifted the cup."
Ouch! The Flyers have won two Cups in their existence and they were back-to-back, in 1973-74 and in 1974-75. The Stanley Cup final in 1975 was between the Flyers and the Buffalo Sabres, with both rosters featuring very recognizable names from hockey history. Leading Philadelphia was captain Bobby Clarke, and goaltender Bernie Parent who was widely considered to be the team's best player at that time. Parent became the first NHL player to win the Conn Smythe as the MVP in the playoffs two years in a row.
Radio morning show host Colin Dunlap in Pittsburgh was the person to tweet out Mannella's obituary. Mannella's sister replied to his Tweet thanking him for picking it up. She promised to keep up her brother's count of the number of days it's been since the Flyers won their last Cup.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Conor Garland | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nick Schmaltz | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mikhail Sergachev | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jayden Struble | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cole Caufield | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Logan Cooley | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Christian Dvorak | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Barrett Hayton | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Quinn Hughes | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 1 | 1 | |
| David Savard | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pius Suter | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Arber Xhekaj | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Joel Armia | - | - | - | |
| Arshdeep Bains | - | - | - | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 22 | 18 | 4 | - | 36 | |
Devils | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 32 | |
Hurricanes | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 31 | |
Wild | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 30 | |
Golden Knights | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | |
Capitals | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 29 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Flames | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 20 | 13 | 7 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||