As has been announced, I will no longer be publishing the daily Fly By’s at BSH. Since that has been the only thing I have done here for quite some time, it’s basically like I am retiring. However, I will instead be following in the footsteps of Mike Rathje: staying on the (figurative) payroll despite…
The Adirondack Phantoms will open training camp at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees on Saturday, Sept. 29. On-ice workouts will begin around 9:15 a.m., and a second afternoon session is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Camp will continue through Sunday, Oct. 7. As part of camp, the Phantoms will host the Albany Devils for an…
Eight fans have been arrested for directing racist chants towards Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds during a Czech Extraliga game in October, according to a report by iDNES.cz. The fans have been charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and defamation of nation, race and other ethnic groups. Facing a maximum prison sentence of three years, the…
We’ve long expected the 2013 NHL schedule to include games only against Eastern Conference opponents, but we also have been going along with the assumption that we’d play an equal number of games against all of our Atlantic Division rivals. Welp, no. Here’s how the 48-game schedule will break down: Each team plays: 4 games…
GLENS FALLS — The Phantoms are facing off against the Syracuse Crunch tonight, but in terms of personnel, they are facing off against the AHL’s defending Calder Cup Champion Norfolk Admirals. Over the summer, the Tampa Bay Lightning changed AHL affiliates, leaving Norfolk after they won 43 of their final 46 games. Yes, the Admirals…
GLENS FALLS — Through one period of play, Shane Harper has the Adirondack Phantoms tied 1-1 with the Syracuse Crunch. Some notes and observations from the first: * With the Phantoms on their second power play of the game 6:18 into the game, Syracuse gained possession and cleared the puck. Zac Rinaldo took out Syracuse…
It’s nearly impossible that the NHL will go to replacement players during this NHL lockout, but former Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Bill Watters raised the issue on the radio the other night, and ever since, there’s been a bit of a debate on whether or not the league would actually have the guts to…
Huge, huge day of hockey this Friday. Who needs the NHL? Let’s get right to it. In Europe today … * Danny Briere and Claude Giroux take the ice for Eisbären Berlin for the first time. Berlin hosts Kölner Haie — Cologne Sharks if you’d like to be American about it — at 1:30 p.m….
It looks like one of our biggest lockout fears has been realized: Claude Giroux has been injured in Germany. In the second period of Friday’s overtime loss to Krefeld Pinguine, Giroux was checked to the head by an unknown Krefeld player. Nobody was penalized on the play but Giroux left the game under his own…
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…