Ed. Note: This was written last Sunday in Atlantic City during the Phantoms game against the Albany Devils, but the whole Michael Leighton situation pushed it back until today. ATLANTIC CITY — The worst team in AHL history, as far as 80 game seasons are concerned, was the 1989-90 Binghamton Whalers, who went 11-60-9 for…
[Boxscore] – [Wire Recap] – [SBN Game Page] – [Quotes] – [New Jersey Reaction] [Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [5-on-5 Faceoffs] PHILADELPHIA — A year into his tenure as Flyers head coach, Peter Laviolette in his post-game press conference today was probably the most entertaining he’s been in that time….
[Box Score] – [Wire Recap] – [Game Page] – [New York Reaction][Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [5-on-5 Faceoffs] There have been two games in the history of the Philadelphia Flyers in which the team has not taken a penalty. According to long-time beat writer Wayne Fish, those games came in…
It’s been awhile – first week of October? – since I last did a breakdown post, but playing around with the NHL’s video player got me motivated to do another one. Add in a day full of studying and I’m doing some serious procrastinating (I’m actually watching the Eagles…) So before we get to the…
PHILADELPHIA — James van Riemsdyk was the big story at the Wells Fargo Center, stealing the show at the Flyers’ 2010 Skills Competition by blasting a 100-plus mile per hour shot during the hardest shot event. Aside from that, JVR beat Nikolay Zherdev in the puck control relay and was a key cog in the…
The NHL still has to approve, but the Flyers have applied for a two-day extension on Michael Leighton‘s AHL conditioning loan. The move allows them to keep Leighton on long-term injured reserve, or LTIR, for two more AHL games. Paul Holmgren announced this on a conference call with reporters Monday, meaning that he’s probably pretty…
WASHINGTON–It’s not often in a road game against the top team in the league that a team blows a two-goal lead in the third period , then a new one-goal lead later in that same frame , and gets to walk out of the building with a smile. But that’s just what the Flyers did…
Claude Giroux is not on the NHL’s All-Star fan voting ballot, which is absolutely ridiculous on every possible level. Of all the players on the Flyers roster, Giroux is the one dazzling super star. There are obviously plenty of players on the team who are All-Star-caliber, but of all of them, Giroux was born to…
As Flyers fans, we’re used to being hated, and usually, we don’t even have much vitriol toward those doing the hating. I mean, I think even San Jose Sharks fans irrationally hate us. As a result, we’ve had a million little one-sided “rivalries” in our 43-year history — silly, pesky little nuisances that make us…
Defenseman Simon Bertilsson, 19, may only have 2 assists in his 25 games this season, but his defensive play has earned him praise that goes beyond the numbers. Widely considered the 2nd best defenseman on his team, only behind Predators prospect Mattias Ekholm, Bertilsson believes that he can still do better. “I guess I’m pretty…