Brian Propp: Angel On My Wing

Brian Propp is a former professional hockey player who competed in five Stanley Cup Finals. He spent 15 seasons in the NHL, playing for Philadelphia, Boston, Minnesota, and Hartford. He is the Flyers’ No. 4 all-time leading scorer and in 1999 he was inducted into the Flyers Hall of Fame. He later spent a decade as a popular radio hockey analyst for Philadelphia station WIP. Propp suffered a brain stroke in 2015, leaving him temporarily unable to speak and walk. Following several years of dedicated rehabilitation, he now serves as an ambassador at Bancroft NeuroRehab as well as sharing his story as a motivational speaker. Wayne Fish is the founder and editor of FlyingFishHockey.com. He has been covering the Philadelphia Flyers for the Bucks County Courier Times since 1976. In addition, he has been a regular contributing writer for The Hockey News for three decades and is a correspondent for New York Hockey Journal. In 2016, he won the Keystone Press Award for his story on the passing of Flyers founder and owner Ed Snider. With Sam Carchidi, he is the co-author of The Big 50: Philadelphia Flyers and Chris Therien: Road to Redemption.