A group of former Philadelphia Flyers are heading to Russia for a series of exhibition games this month, and they may face one pretty famous opponent: Vladimir Putin.
Joe Watson, a Flyers defenseman from the 1970s who has helped organized the event, told the Camden Courier-Post that the Russian president wants to play, but the Philly contingent won't be giving him special treatment.
"I don't know about that," Watson said, according to the newspaper. "He'll have to earn it from us as far as we're concerned. We may be stuck in Siberia, but what the hell?