PHILADELPHIA — Ed Snider was weakened by cancer, the disease that kept him from his beloved Philadelphia Flyers.

General manager Ron Hextall went to Snider’s home in December, watching what would be their last Flyers game together on TV.

Once the Flyers scored the winner, Snider showed as much fight as one of his old Broad Street Bullies.

“He was in pain, a lot of pain,” Hextall said. “But when we scored that fourth goal, he got right out of his seat. I couldn’t believe it.”

Snider, the Philadelphia Flyers founder whose Bullies became the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, died Monday after a two-year battle with bladder cancer. He was 83.