Porter Martone tossed the puck to a 16-year-old goalie after his first goal. She wouldn’t trade it for the world.

Julianna Brogan has a routine after every Flyers home win. At the sound of the horn, the 16-year-old from West Chester sprints from Section 103 to Section 123, right near the Flyers bench, and waits for the players to make their way over. Her father, Kevin, follows suit with his phone in hand, ready to capture any unforgettable moments.

So far, that strategy has paid off. She has attended every Flyers home game this season — except for two — and Brogan’s dedication to the team has put her in a position to receive three postgame pucks from the players: two from goalie Dan Vladař, and her latest from Flyers rookie Porter Martone.

“I was kind of just freaking out,” Brogan said. “Because he looked right at me, and then it like dawned on me that he was giving it to me. And then after he just threw it up, I started jumping up and down.”

She received the signed puck from Martone on Sunday after a crucial 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins that included Martone’s first career goal — an overtime game-winner — and lifted the Flyers into a playoff spot for the first time in nearly three months.

“We’ve been going down to games for a while now and this was like the biggest home game in at least four or five years,” said Kevin Brogan, 51. “So we were excited. Plus, it was Easter Sunday. It was just a special feeling surrounding the day because you know, if they won, we were going to be into a playoff spot. The day just felt different from the beginning.”

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The puck Martone threw to Julianna holds plenty of significance, especially given the importance of the game for the Flyers and Martone. But it’s not her favorite. Instead, that honor belongs to the puck that goalie Sam Ersson gave her last season, four days after her grandfather, William, died.

She and Ersson have formed a special bond over the last three years, talking to each other at practices and waving to each other through the crowd. Kevin believes the bond stems from something the two have in common. Like Ersson, Julianna is a goalie — and she plays with the Flyers crest on her sweater.

“They say there’s like a goalie fraternity,” Kevin said. “Once a goalie finds out you’re a goalie, it’s like they all stick together. It doesn’t matter what level they play at. Once Sam found out she was a goalie, he just immediately started talking to her about being a goalie. They say all goalies are a little weird and I think they all stick together for that reason.”

Last season, after a 6-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks, Ersson spotted Julianna in the crowd, skated over, and tossed her a signed puck.

“It’s pretty special,” Ersson said. “You see a lot of fans every night, but hearing how much she loves the game and how committed she is, it puts things in perspective. The fact she’s a goalie, too, is awesome, I think we’ve got that connection. Moments like that, being able to give her a puck or just acknowledge her, that’s what makes this all bigger than just hockey. It means a lot to us as players to have fans like her.”

Julianna has been playing hockey for four years. When she first started, she was playing as a forward. But about halfway through her first season, she was begging her father to make the switch to goalie.

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“I remember the first time I met Ersson,” Julianna said. “I just switched to goalie and he was talking to me, saying it’s the best position ever and asking me how I liked it and stuff. And he told me good luck. And then after that I really started to draw more toward him. It’s always a highlight of my day when I see him or when I’m at practice and he waves to me, it’s the best feeling ever.”

Since making the transition to goalie, she’s been training three times a week and takes online classes to focus more on the sport. Last season, Julianna played for the Philadelphia Little Flyers, and now she’s trying out for the Philadelphia Junior Flyers.

A passion for the game has been there since she was a small child. But everything really changed when she witnessed Travis Konecny record a hat trick against the Washington Capitals in January 2023.

“That’s when I fell in love with it right there,” she said. “It means everything to me because I have a strong relationship with my dad mostly because of hockey. There’s other things, too, but hockey is our thing and it means a lot to me.”

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Julianna’s Flyers fandom is something she proudly shows off. Inside her room, you’ll find players’ sticks that were given to her, Carter Hart bobbleheads, photos of Bernie Parent, and a shelf dedicated to her signed pucks — including her latest addition from Martone.

“People just ask me how I’ve gotten all the stuff,” she said. “And one of my friends asked me like, ‘Oh, how much [money] for it?’ And I was like, ‘No, it’s mine.’”

And when it comes to the Flyers’ chances this season, she has all the faith in the world that they’ll make the playoffs.

“Yeah, they’ll make it,” Julianna said confidently.

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