These preseason games in London, Ontario always seem to entertain. Tonight was no different as the Flyers dropped an eleven-round shootout to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Bill Guerin and Marc-Andre Bourdon were credited with the real, in-game goals (more on that below), while Jeff Carter, Guerin and Joonas Lehtivouri scored in the shootout for the…
Jakub Kovář is off to a very strong start in the Czech Extraliga, his first season as a starting goalie in the league. His 93.27 save percentage ranks 5th in the league and 2.10 goals against average 6th after seven games played. He’s also one of only three goalies in the league who have started…
After a few months off on the podcast, we’re back in style this week as we discuss the new season and it’s first few games. Ben, Geoff and myself talk about the Flyers defense and how much better they are when Chris Pronger is around. We talk about the offense and, in particular the penalty…
Last night we added six new shirt designs to the inventory over at the BSH Store. They include… Those are in addition to the 15 other designs still available in our store. Be sure to check them all out. If you’d like to purchase one of the new designs above, just click on the one…
[Boxscore] – [Wire Recap] – [SBN Game Page] – [Pittsburgh Reaction] [Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [EV Faceoffs] PHILADELPHIA — There was a stretch of time last season that the Flyers simply could not keep themselves out of the penalty box. Eventually, this problem turned out to be a major…
[Boxscore] – [Wire Recap] – [SBN Game Page] – [Pittsburgh Reaction] [Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [EV Faceoffs] PHILADELPHIA — There was a stretch of time last season that the Flyers simply could not keep themselves out of the penalty box. Eventually, this problem turned out to be a major…
There’s a lot of buzz going on around Sergei Bobrovsky, but the man himself doesn’t think anything too surprising has happened. “I can’t say that I came to the NHL from out of nowhere. I played professional hockey for four years on Metallurg. I wasn’t the worst player in Novokuznetsk. It helped me.” There’s one…
There were rumors over the weekend that Claude Giroux was close to signing an extension with the orange and black. Apparently, those rumors were true. According to the ever-reliable Bob McKenzie of TSN, the Flyers have signed Giroux to a three-year, $11.25 million contract extension. That’s $3.75 million per season. Paul Holmgren has confirmed the…
Whoa. Sergei Bobrovsky will get the start in his first regular season NHL game tonight in Pittsburgh, Peter Laviolette told the team’s website this morning. Bobrovsky was understood to have moved to #2 on the Flyers’ depth chart with the injury to Michael Leighton, so to see him leapfrog veteran Brian Boucher is a huge…
[Box Score] – [Wire Recap] – [SBN Game Page] – [Pittsburgh Reaction] With Gary Bettman in the building and in the Versus booth, the Flyers ruined the Penguins opening of their new building with a 3-2 win. It wasn’t always pretty, especially the first period, but the Flyers got the season series against their cross-state…