hey G , you hit the spot (;

tazersthighs: Players from different teams goofing around with...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:32 -0400

Players from different teams goofing around with each other give me the same fuzzy feelings that those gifsets of interspecies friendships do.

horzil: Love it! <3

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:49:20 -0400

horzil:

Love it! <3

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Sat, 11 May 2013 17:21:32 -0400

Team Canada

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:21:27 -0400

Team Canada

“They see us come in together, shopping for furniture...

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:18:07 -0400

“They see us come in together, shopping for furniture together,” Briere said. “And they’re like, two Flyers shopping together? For furniture? And they started laughing. They said, ‘You guys are just like a couple.’”

dannybriereisaliferuiner: they’ve played Doop Doop and that gangnam song so far in this game Claude...

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:17:28 -0400

dannybriereisaliferuiner:

they’ve played Doop Doop and that gangnam song so far in this game

Claude must be pissing himself

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bri-ecrit: Just makin’ some Flyers GIFs, don’t mind me.

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:21:23 -0400

bri-ecrit:

Just makin’ some Flyers GIFs, don’t mind me.

bri-ecrit: Last round of GIFs for tonight!

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:21:15 -0400

bri-ecrit:

Last round of GIFs for tonight!

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varlysuperfan: Flyers captain Claude Giroux accepts a U.S. flag...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:19:38 -0400

varlysuperfan:

Flyers captain Claude Giroux accepts a U.S. flag from Air Force tech sergeant Eric Bratton, a Vineland native. / Dave Isaac/COURIER-POST STAFF

VOORHEES — When Eric Bratton approached his favorite player for an autograph, he had something to give in return.

The 34-year-old Vineland native, who recently returned home from his fifth tour of duty in the last 13 years, handed Claude Giroux a United States flag flown on the Air Force tech sergeant’s jet.

It was perfectly folded in the traditional triangle and sat in the flag’s original cardboard box along with pictures of the flag waving in the skies of the Middle East.

“This is for me?” the Flyers’ captain asked with his eyes nearly popping out of his head.

Every year the Flyers host members of the military in their locker room after a practice, but this interaction was different. Giroux was clearly touched.

“That’s intense,” Giroux said. “It’s always going to be a great memory (for me). Just the little details like that makes things pretty good.”

Not a bad memory for Bratton either, who’s finally home for the first time since January. The member of the C-17 Loadmaster crew now lives in Wynona and has been performing temporary duty for “160 days out of the past 15 months basically doing combat missions.”

“It’s a job we all signed up to do,” Bratton said. “We all know the inherent dangers of it. It can be dangerous. It’s unsafe. We’re away from our families for long periods of time. After doing it so long, being at war for basically the last 13 years, it becomes the norm.”

His fondest memory is attending his first Flyers game with his father when he was about 10 years old. In his downtime while fighting wars in multiple countries, the lifelong fan tried his best to keep tabs on his favorite team while he was deployed. His schedule made it tough. All he was able to do was check scores every now and then.

“Our schedules are so fluid,” Bratton said. “It’s not like we work a 9-to-5. It’s basically you’re there and you fly when you have to fly. I’ve been following them a lot since I’ve been back and have been able to start watching the games again.”

He was thrilled to get an email recently, inviting him and about a dozen other military members to attend practice and meet the players and coach Peter Laviolette after they were done skating.

“It’s phenomenal,” he said. “They try to match people up who do good things and reward them. They look for local guys too because they know how much it means to us.”

bri-ecrit: …you’re telling me no one else GIFed this yet? Come...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:18:28 -0400

bri-ecrit:

…you’re telling me no one else GIFed this yet? Come on now, Tumblr.

across5oceans: This is the best I could do. You are welcome.

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:18:20 -0400

across5oceans:

This is the best I could do.

You are welcome.