Here’s a pretty good way to get people interested in the NHL again: Open the regular season with a home-and-home between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins. Yep, that’ll work. According to multiple reports, the Flyers are planning on opening the season on Saturday, Jan. 19 with a home game against the Pens at 3…
Poor Nicklas Grossmann. It looks like he’s stuck in North America during the rest of the NHL lockout. As reported by Expressen last week, Grossmann’s old Swedish club Södertälje SK has been trying to find the funds to cover Grossmann’s insurance costs. Players heading to Europe during the lockout must pay to insure their NHL…
Without a new CBA, the NHL is going to lock out their players for the second time in eight years. The Thursday vote was unanimous. For a great recap of where we currently stand, read James Mirtle’s post explaining the financial difference in the two proposals. Essentially, both sides have the players’ share of revenues…
I’m not sure why Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are in such a rush to end this lockout. I mean, what with everything they have to come back to and all. But it appears that against all concerns for both their physical and mental well-being, the Pens are leading the charge in an attempt…
According to a report in the National Post, Ed Snider would be an integral part in managing and operating the proposed 20,000 seat arena in Markham, a northern suburb of Toronto. Global Spectrum, Snider’s former company that he later sold to Comcast-Spectacor, a corporation he now chairs, has agreed to a partnership with the arena….
It sucks. We know. The NHL finally comes back and the Flyers look like the Keystone Kops on the ice. 25th in goals per game, 19th in goals against per game, 23rd in power play percentage, 29th on the penalty kill, 29th in faceoff win percentage, 26th in shots on goal per game, but hey,…
Scott Hartnell is finally heading for Finland. You’d figure that Hartnell, who, you know, owns a team in SM-liiga, would have been one of the first NHL players to find work in Europe during the lockout, but he’s held off going to play for KalPa with hope that the work stoppage here would end. It’s…
Wayne Simmonds has signed a lockout contract with ETC Crimmitschau, a team in Germany’s 2nd Bundesliga, or the second-tier of pro hockey in the country. The team announced the signing on their website (in German) earlier Monday. Simmonds is heading to Germany with St. Louis Blues forward Chris Stewart. The two were childhood friends growing…
After falling to the Penguins in the season opener shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday night, the Flyers bolted to Philadelphia International, hopped on a plane and were in Buffalo by 8:45. Today, they’ll be at First Niagara Center for a 12:30 p.m. puck drop on NBC, ready to forget all about the season-opening defeat….
The Phantoms have a preseason game today! It’s at the Skate Zone in Voorhees at 2 p.m., and it’s completely free if you’re able to attend. Go watch some hockey. It’s good for the soul. Maybe not for your eyes, though. Via the Flyers: No clue what the front looks like, but man. The Phantoms…