Daily News | Flyers broadcaster Steve Coates to retire after 43 seasons
When Steve Coates appeared at the Flyers’ practice in Fort Lauderdale in November, the rink filled with the sound of players yelling “Legend!” and going up to give him handshakes with big smiles.
“The Philadelphia Flyers organization is unlike any other in professional sports and it has truly been my honor to have been a part of it for so many years,” Coates said. “This organization has given me a home and a family. It has led me to forge lifelong relationships and the very best of friendships with everyone I’ve had the privilege to work with along the way. ...
From 1999 to 2011, Coates hosted “Coatesy’s Corner.” Justin Braun, who joined the team in 2019 and grew up in Minnesota, never watched it or was featured on it, but he knows all about it from local product Tony DeAngelo. Braun joked that Coates stayed another year so he could work with DeAngelo. Coates can also share the experience of playing professional hockey with them. Before his broadcasting career, he was a member of the Flyers’ AHL affiliate, the Philadelphia Firebirds.playing professional hockey for seven different AHL and IHL teams. He also played five NHL games with the Detroit Red Wings. On April 2, 1977, he scored his lone NHL goal.
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