Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: First period struggles have looked different each game In all three games of the Flyers’ season-opening road trip, their performance in the first period has been lacking. Against the Kings, they were torched in terms of puck…
There’s only so much you can take away from a small sample size, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun looking at the comparison from last year’s Flyers team to this year’s squad through the first 10 games. It’s early, but there’s certainly some impressions to be made as we approach the one-eighth mark…
So we wrote our game preview earlier with the knowledge that Roman Lyubimov would likely make his NHL debut in Chicago tonight, and … OK, cool. You can argue it’s good, even. Lyubimov was one of the better forwards in training camp among the bottom-six, and he certainly earned his spot on the team to…
Following today’s announcement of a hearing for Flyers forward Dale Weise for his hit on Anaheim Ducks defenseman Korbinian Holzer in Thursday night’s 3-2 loss, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced on Friday afternoon that Weise has been suspended three games for the hit. You can see the video of said announcement below: Patrick…
Tonight the Flyers will take the ice for the final time before their 2016-17 regular season begins next week, as they’ll head to Boston to take on the team they edged out for the final playoff spot in the East last season. It’s been an interesting preseason for the Flyers, who have seen two top…
For years, the Philadelphia Eagles have owned social media in this town with their ridiculous, goosebump-inducing hype videos. But I think the Flyers just put together the best version of those videos that the city has ever seen. (Maybe. I don’t know. Some of those Eagles ones are reaaaaalllly good.) I can’t even count the…
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare has been named to the roster for Team Europe at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. He’s the only Frenchmen named to the team and he joins fellow Flyer Mark Streit on the European team. Here’s the full roster, which was finalized today: Goalies G Frederik Andersen, Anaheim Ducks (Denmark) G Thomas Greiss,…
Remember when Wayne Simmonds celebrated his dog’s birthday? And then he did it again a year later, because his dog had another birthday, as these things tend to happen? Well, that was for Jax. But Simmonds has another dog, Boe. And it was Boe’s birthday. His very first one! And Boe’s birthday was also celebrated….
With the Flyers season fast approaching, fans have a lot to be excited about. The addition of two star rookies in Ivan Provorov and Travis Konecny have justifiably lit a spark in the fanbase that hopes to see their team make a deep playoff run. And while the product on the ice alone is worth…
Two years ago, shortly after Ron Hextall was put in charge of hockey operations with the Flyers, we reported on the hiring of Ian Anderson as the team’s manager of hockey analytics. But we’ve never really learned a lot about his role with the team. Anderson has never done an interview with the media since…