Philadelphia Flyer’s Refusal to Wear Pride Jersey Puts Club in Difficult Spot

By Christopher R. Deubert, Senior Writer On January 17, the Philadelphia Flyers of the NHL celebrated their Pride Night, a night intended to celebrate and support the LGBTQ+ community.  For their pre-game skate, the Flyers players chose to wear special jerseys with rainbow-colored numbers and letters and to use rainbow colored tape on their sticks.  The jerseys and sticks were then auctioned off to support relevant charities. Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov refused to participate