The Flyers have officially clinched a playoff spot in the 2025-26 NHL playoffs after a shootout victory over the Carolina Hurricanes. This is the second time this decade they have made the postseason.
Let’s take a look at the world of 2020, the last time the Flyers made the playoffs.
The Players
- Eleven Flyers on the current roster were teenagers
- Porter Martone was in middle school
- Eight players were in high school
- Sean Couturier became the third Flyer to win the Selke Trophy
- Oskar Lindblom returned to hockey after defeating cancer
- Few people knew
Notable Deaths
- Kobe Bryant
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Eddie Van Halen
- Chadwick Boseman
- George Floyd
- Breonna Taylor
- Ahmaud Arbery
- Sean Connery
- Little Richard
- Alex Trebek
- Kirk Douglas
- Regis Philbin
The World in 2020
- A global pandemic shut down the world, eventually killing over 3.4 million people
- Donald Trump was impeached
- Joe Biden defeated Kanye West and Donald Trump to become the next president
- The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union (Brexit)
- Kamala Harris became the first female Vice President
- Antartica hit a record-high 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit
- California’s Death Valley hit 130 degrees Fahrenheit
- SpaceX wasted a ton of rocket fuel
- The #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements fought for social justice
- Wildfires ravaged Australia
- Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison
- Murder hornets!
- Aunt Becky plead guilt in the college admissions scandal
Sports
- Sports seasons were delayed and altered due to the pandemic
- The Tokyo Summer Olympics were postponed until 2021
- NCAA basketball tournament was cancelled
- NBA Champions: Los Angeles Lakers
- World Series Champions: Los Angeles Dodgers
- Super Bowl LIV Champions: Kansas City Chiefs
- Stanley Cup Champions: Tampa Bay Lightning
- The Denver Broncos start Kendall Hinton, a practice squad wide receiver as quarterback after the team’s four quarterbacks test positive for COVID-19.
