Editing Philadelphia Flyers (section)

===Colors, name and logo===
On April 4, 1966, Bill Putnam – a member of the Philadelphia group that was selected by the NHL for one of the six new franchises – announced a name-the-team contest and [[Orange (colour)|orange]], black and white as the team colors.<ref>{{cite news |last=Meltzer |first=Bill |date=August 3, 2016 |title=On This Day: Franchise Adopts Flyers as Team Name |url=https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/on-this-day-franchise-adopts-flyers-as-team-name/c-890534 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005181121/https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/on-this-day-franchise-adopts-flyers-as-team-name/c-890534 |archive-date=October 5, 2022 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |website=PhiladelphiaFlyers.com |publisher=NHL Enterprises, L.P.}}</ref><ref name="colornamelogo">{{cite web|url=http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/jerseyhistory.cgi|title=Flyers History – Flyers Jersey History Gallery|access-date=September 9, 2008|publisher=FlyersHistory.net}}</ref> Wanting what he referred to as "hot" colors, Putnam's choice was influenced by the orange and white of his alma mater – the [[University of Texas at Austin]] – and the orange and black of Philadelphia's previous NHL team, the [[Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)|Quakers]].<ref name="colornamelogo"/> Also announced on April 4 was the hiring of a Chicago firm to design the team's arena.

[[File:Logo Philadelphia Flyers.svg|thumb|Flyers logo since the team's inception in 1967]]
Details of the name-the-team contest were released on July 12, 1966.<ref name="colornamelogo"/> Ballots were available at local Acme Markets grocery stores – sponsor of the contest.<ref name="colornamelogo"/> The top prize was an RCA 21" color television, with two season tickets for both the second- and third-prize winners, and a pair of single-game tickets for the next 100 winners.<ref name="colornamelogo"/> Among the names considered behind the scenes were Quakers, Ramblers and Liberty Bells. The first two were the names of previous Philadelphia hockey teams and – given the connotations of losing (Quakers) and the minor leagues (Ramblers) – were passed over. Liberty Bells, although seriously considered, was also the name of a local race track. Bashers, Blizzards, Bruisers, Huskies, Keystones, Knights, Lancers, Raiders and Sabres were among the other names considered.<ref name="colornamelogo"/>

[[File:FlyersWordmark.png|thumb|Flyers wordmark used from 1967 to 2016]]
[[File:FlyersWordmarkNew.png|thumb|Flyers wordmark used since 2016]]
It was Ed Snider's sister Phyllis who named the team when she suggested "Flyers" on a return trip from a Broadway play.<ref name="colornamelogo"/> Ed knew immediately it would be the winning name, since it captured the speed of the game and [[alliteration|went well phonetically]] with Philadelphia.<ref name="colornamelogo"/> On August 3, 1966, the team name was announced.<ref name="colornamelogo"/> Of the 11,000 ballots received, more than 100 selected Flyers as the team name and were entered into a drawing to select a winner.<ref name="colornamelogo"/> Alec Stockard, a nine-year-old boy from [[Narberth, Pennsylvania]], who had spelled it "Fliers" on his entry, won the drawing and was declared the winner.<ref name="colornamelogo"/>

With the name and colors already known, Philadelphia advertising firm Mel Richmann Inc. was hired to design a [[logo#Sports|logo]] and [[hockey jersey|jersey]].<ref name="colornamelogo"/> With Tom Paul as head of the project, artist Sam Ciccone designed both the logo and jerseys to represent speed.<ref name="colornamelogo"/> Ciccone's winged "P" design – four stylized wings attached to a slanted "P" with an orange dot to represent a puck – was considered the "obvious choice" over his other designs, which included a winged skate.<ref name="colornamelogo"/> Ciccone's jersey design, a stripe down each shoulder and down the arms, represented wings.<ref name="colornamelogo"/> The flying "P" has remained the same since the beginning (excluding minor tweaks to the shade of orange) and was ranked the sixth-best NHL logo in a 2008 ''[[The Hockey News|Hockey News]]'' poll.<ref>{{cite magazine |date= |title=Special Features: THN.com's NHL Logo Rankings |url=http://thehockeynews.com/articles/17432-THNcoms-NHL-Logo-Rankings.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905222335/https://thehockeynews.com/articles/17432-THNcoms-NHL-Logo-Rankings.html |archive-date=September 5, 2008 |access-date=December 10, 2009 |magazine=The Hockey News}}</ref> The Flyers unveiled a 3D version of this logo with metallic accents during the [[2002–03 NHL season|2002–03 season]] which was used on orange [[third jersey]]s until the end of the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07 season]].