A new documentary, 'The Swede from Philadelphia,' honors the late Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh, whose promising career was tragically cut short in a 1985 drunk driving accident. The film revisits his ...

An emotional documentary about former rising Flyers star Pelle Lindbergh and his alcohol-related car accident features interviews with the late Bernie Parent and the two surviving passengers.

Pelle Lindbergh poses with the Vezina Trophy, which he won in 1985. Dick Darrell / Toronto Star via Getty Images Goalie Martin Jones signed with the Philadelphia Flyers in the summer of 2021 and ...

Pelle Lindbergh remains one of Philadelphia’s greatest “what-ifs.” Lindbergh, the first European goaltender drafted into the NHL, had won the Vezina Trophy in 1984-85 and looked like he could become ...

It’s coming up on 40 years since the tragedy took place, yet the memories remain fresh for those who lived through it, around it or even actually were involved in the horrific, life-changing event.

May 21—Philadelphia Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh was at the apex of his career on Nov. 10, 1985. He had played for the Maine Mariners a few seasons earlier, and was the reigning Vezina Trophy winner ...

Göran Per-Eric "Pelle" Lindbergh was a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender who played parts of five seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers. Lindbergh died at ...

PHILADELPHIA — A full 4,000 miles away from the city that grew to love him, Pelle Lindbergh's spirit lives on in the body of a teenager who has no biological connection to him. His name is Jens ...

Pelle Lindbergh was a rising star, a fan favorite projected as the goalie who would one day lead the Philadelphia Flyers to their first Stanley Cup championship since the great Bernie Parent was in ...