Bobby Clarke scored five hat tricks during his 15-year playing career with the Philadelphia Flyers. On Wednesday, he scored his first hat trick in management. Clarke returned to the Flyers as a gen… ...

The foundation of Clarke’s on-ice success — 1,210 points in 1,144 games, three Hart Trophies, a Selke Trophy and 10 All-Star Game appearances — was a legendary work ethic.

When The Sporting News wrote about Bobby Clarke, 23, in March 1973, he was on his way to winning the Hart and Pearson (now Lindsay) trophies on a Flyers team that was becoming the “Broad Street ...