The Flyers and the NHL released the 2010-11 schedule today. We found out yesterday that they would open on the road in Pittsburgh and St. Louis, while they return home for the home opener against Colorado on Monday, October 11. After that Colorado game, they’ll play four more games at home, including another against Pittsburgh…
Entering the series with Boston, everyone predicted a low-scoring defensive battle. One 5-4 game later and that doesn’t seem true any more. What about the defensive battle, you ask. The official shot totals were 46-36 in favor of Boston, but it was 32-31 in favor of the Flyers entering the extra frame. While not a…
The Flyers and the NHL released the 2010-11 schedule today. We found out yesterday that they would open on the road in Pittsburgh and St. Louis, while they return home for the home opener against Colorado on Monday, October 11. After that Colorado game, they’ll play four more games at home, including another against Pittsburgh…
In honor of RudyKelly teaching us how not to play a 2-on-1, I figure now is a great time to look at how not to play defense. The Bruins second goal could be considered a 3-on-2 goal, but a more accurate description would be a 2-on-2. Miroslav Satan made the score 2-1 Boston with his…
The news came out yesterday that the Flyers have signed — well, they “have an agreement” — yet another goaltender. This time, it’s Russian prospect Sergei Bobrovsky, and when the Philadelphia Flyers are going out and getting a Russian prospect, you know they’re really pulling out all the stops. But who is Sergei Bobrovsky? Besides…
Flyers lead series, 1-0 [Box Score] – [Wire Recap] – [SBN Game Page] – [New Jersey Reaction] [Corsi and Fenwick] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [EV Faceoffs] – [Shift Charts] In front of a Newark crowd that was both embarrassingly sparse and delightfully orange, the Philadelphia Flyers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in their first…
In honor of RudyKelly teaching us how not to play a 2-on-1, I figure now is a great time to look at how not to play defense. The Bruins second goal could be considered a 3-on-2 goal, but a more accurate description would be a 2-on-2. Miroslav Satan made the score 2-1 Boston with his…
This was scheduled to publish yesterday. It didn’t. Now, it gets buried this morning above the Fly By. Oh well. As a fan of a team still in the Stanley Cup Final, it’s a little awkward to discuss the Conn Smythe Trophy. After all, it’s rare that a player on a losing team wins the…
Okay, okay, so no, Mike Richards isn’t a finalist for the Lady Byng Trophy. But um, you can understand my laughter when every Flyers writer… DOnt think Mike Richards will like this: finalist for Lady Byng #Flyers Mike 3ichards, Datsyuk and St. Louis nominated for Lady Byng. Mike Richards is a finalist for the Lady…
I’m going to tell you the story of a hockey team. This hockey team, a storied franchise in the NHL, had a lot of success in the early-to-mid-1990s. After some ownership changes and some bad luck on the ice, the team absolutely fell apart. Fans stopped showing up, the hockey on the ice was irrelevant…