If you were fortunate enough to catch the 2012 NHL Winter Classic Alumni game on New Year's Eve, you no doubt took a little trip down memory lane when Eric Lindros fed a pass to his former Legion of Doom linemate John LeClair to give the Flyers a lead they would not relinquish for the remainder of the game.

The goal was a thing of beauty, started when Mark Recchi took out a Ranger player in the Flyers defensive zone, breaking Lindros down the boards on a two-on-one with LeClair. The duo got behind Rangers defenseman Tom Laidlaw and when Lindros laid a pass to LeClair, Rangers goalie John Vanbiesbrouck made a valiant effort, but he could not stop the puck. The goal was met with a loud roar of approval from the Philadelphia crowd.

It was the second such ovation of the day for Lindros.

When the Flyers players emerged from the dugout on the first-base side of the field they did so in numerical order, making Lindros the second-to-last player to make his entrance. When the crowd got a glimpse of No. 88 walking up the steps they greeted him with a rousing cheer.

When asked how it felt to walk onto the ice to such a loud ovation, rivaled only by the one that was received by the Flyers goaltending legend Bernie Parent, Lindros said:

It's real special, it truly was, great fans here, all 45,000 and many that couldn't make it.  It really was nice to walk into such a warm environment.

Lindros left the NHL after the 2007 season and as far as preparation for the alumni game he admitted that he may have been a little ill prepared:

Prep work? Oh, probably not enough. I skate back home a couple times a week. I don't really like the gym, weights are heavy, they're just no fun and doing something active maybe on the bike or tennis court or playing some hockey, it's always fun to go out and play some hockey.

As far as reuniting with former linemate, LeClair. Lindros started off with a joke before singing the praises of the former Flyer:

It's always a drag to play with Johnny. It's slow, he doesn't train real hard anymore. No, Johnny's fantastic, it's just like old times. He knows where to go and what to do. He's a talented player and that kind of stuff never changes.

The former captain ended his talk with the assembled media by saying:

Maybe 15 years from now we'll try it again.

The 45,000 fans that saw Lindros play at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday, surely hope they won't have to wait that long to once again see the iconic No. 88 on the ice again.