Were told with his death that ed snider left a very large endowment to keep his philanthropic efforts secure. Friends of ed snider say this is his legacy, his youth hockey foundation, a 4 million a year project focused on 3,000 kids. The hockey is the focus. The goal is to help kids with everything from homework to winning at life. Hockey is a terrific sport to use for that because it engenders hard work, honest effort and teamwork. Reporter ed snider arrived in philadelphia in the mid 60s as part owner of the eagles but soon his focus was on an nhl expansion franchise. Then in 1974 came the stanley cup. The flyers win the stanley cup. The flyers win the stanley cup. Reporter the next year sniders flyers did it again. Thank you fans. Youre the greatest. Two years in a row. Reporter a player snider but tough brutal teams that fans loved. He understood i think that this was blue collar lunch bucket town where people enjoyed a hard play and hard hitting and he thought he could build a hoc
Act so well respected by his players and coaches always known as mr. Snider. Ron hextall has the chance to nomgo him as a player and gm. And summed up why we loved him. When you think of Philadelphia Flyers and everything that were about, every trait, were passionate, we work hard, were greedy, were tough, we have a lot of will, when you think of all those traits, thats ed snider. He loved his flyers. Hes a Philadelphia Flyers. He started the whole thing and he would always be the guy that kind of brought that to the city and hes a really good man. Reporter that you see the flyers flag at the Wells Fargo Center at halfstaff in memory of beloved owner mr. Snider. Services will be private but the team will announce shortly an upcoming public celebration of his lively the flyers begin the playoffs thursday in washington against the capitals. At the Wells Fargo Center jaime apody channel6 action news. Brian and monica. Thank you. So much of ed sniders legacy goes beyond the flyers. In addi
Worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our web site at press. Org can. On behalf of our members worldwide, id like to welcome our speakers and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speakers as well as working journalists who are club members. If you hear applause in our audience, i note that members of the to general public are attempting, so its not necessarily of a lack of journalistic object it. [laughter] id also like to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow the action on twitter using the hashtag npclunch. After our guests speeches conclude, well have a questionandanswer period, and i will ask as many questions as time permits. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. Id like each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced, and from your right, skip cottonhauser, an independent journalist who coincidentally organized ralph naders luncheon at the press club in 2004. Rehem
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