ALLENTOWN— The Phantoms were officially eliminated from playoff contention Wednesday after they were shut out for the third time in four games against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. And to make it even worse, the win allowed the Penguins to clinch the fourth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Matt Murray and the Penguins have shutout the…
Throughout the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs, we’ll go round-by-round and predict the outcomes of each playoff series. We begin today with the first round, with the BSH staff predicting who we think will win each of the eight series on deck. The panel Travis Hughes, four-eyed robot Kurt R., “got sick” once when he was…
ALLENTOWN— The Phantoms scored two in two minutes late in the game, forcing overtime for the second-consecutive game,and 22nd time this season. But Lehigh Valley was unable to keep its perfect record over Norfolk, losing to the Admirals 3-2 in overtime on Saturday. Nearly 51 minutes of scoreless hockey ticked by after Norfolk made it…
*The Flyers ended their season Saturday, with a fitting loss to the Ottawa Senators who get to go to the playoffs and have fun. The only bad part of that game was that Jakub Voracek scored no points. One last time: Recap! *And now that the season is over, here’s how everything shook out in…
The Phantoms are back on the ice tonight at 7:05 as they close out their weekend doubleheader against the Admirals after a shootout victory, Friday. Tonight is the seventh meeting between Lehigh Valley and Norfolk with their series finale scheduled for later this week. The Phantoms (32-32-6-1) are a perfect 6-0 over the Admirals (25-38-6-4)…
ALLENTOWN— The Phantoms (33-32-7-1) are playing spoiler late in the season, as they take down the Hershey (44-22-5-3) Bears 4-1 Tuesday, potentially ruining the Bears’ chances of locking in the second seed in the Eastern Conference. The win didn’t come easy however, as the Phantoms, who usually rely heavily on defense and goaltending, lost two…
The Phantoms welcome one of their biggest rivals to the Lehigh Valley for the last time in their inaugural season tonight to conclude their four-game home stand. Tonight marks the 11th of 12 total meetings between the Phantoms and the Bears this season, with their regular series finale scheduled for Saturday, April 18 in Hershey….
The NHL draft lottery was bad to us back in 2007. The Flyers were by far the worst team in the NHL that year — the only time in their history they finished as the worst team in hockey, which through nearly 50 seasons is pretty impressive — and yet, when the ping pong balls…
*If the Flyers fire Craig Berube they should hire Dan Bylsma for…reasons. [CSN Philly] *Meltzer deconstructs Hextall’s state-of-the-team address. [Hockeybuzz] *Brayden Schenn and American traitor Sean Couturier will join Claude Giroux at the World’s for Team Canada. [BSH] *On the rise and fall of Oskar Lindblom. [Along The Boards] *Jakub Voracek says he’d like Craig…
*So yesterday’s highly anticipated press conference turned out to be a whole lot of nothing. Ron Hextall is “still evaluating” coach Craig Berube. [BSH] *We also learned that the Flyers will not entertain a buyout of Vincent Lecavalier, despite unhappiness on both sides. [BSH] *And speaking of leadership… [Pattison Ave] *The Flyers official press guy…