PHILADELPHIA -- A writer for the Washington Post ripped into Philadelphia Flyers fans this week, saying they're out for blood, NBC 10's John Clark reported.

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Columnist Mike Wise wrote in Wednesday's edition about the environment at games, specifically mentioning the team's rugged, behavior of the crowd and management showing video replays of fights.

In the column, tiled "Beaten To the Punch," Wise called the club "an instant repudiation of what (Commissioner) Gary Bettman wanted the league to become" and "a reminder of the NHL's pugilistic past that just won't go away."

"They flat-out market and sell violence here, sanctioned, unbridled assaults disguised as sport," Wise wrote.

He also said, "Many of the women and children in the crowd looked as if they could be security for Megadeth."

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The Flyers planned to distribute 20,000 copies of the article at Thursday night's game, but the Post sent a cease-and-desist order.

So, what did the Flyers do? They put the article up on the big screen over the ice surface, Clark reported.

One Flyers public relations official also wore a long-haired wig and a black shirt with the heavy metal band's name emblazoned across his back Thursday night.