It’s Dec. 26, which means hockey still isn’t back for another day, and the Philadelphia Flyers still aren’t back for another two. On one hand, the lack of hockey during the holidays kind of sucks – other sports get to have their showings – but on the other hand, hockey is very physically punishing, and…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: San Jose is just better than the Flyers… but the Flyers didn’t need to help The most likely outcome of this game was always going to be a Philadelphia Flyers loss. The Sharks are a deep team…
The Flyers 10 game win streak may have ended on Saturday in Dallas, but they’ll return home to the Wells Fargo Center tonight with another Central Division foe in front of them … and still a six point gap between them and first place in the Metro. While the recently-concluded win streak did serve to…
Happy New Year! That’s what Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, like many others, was celebrating last night. Of course, part of that celebration involved reflecting on the year that was, and it’s no surprise how big of a role hockey played for him in 2016. 2016 was a good year in so many different ways! Life is just…
As the Flyers prepare to take on an old rival for the second time this season, we briefly look back upon the long history of the Flyers-Devils rivalry. *** It was spring of 1982. E.T. was only weeks away from becoming one of the biggest blockbusters of all time, Ronald Reagan was in the White…
As Charlie pointed out, scoring on the power play isn’t really something Brayden Schenn struggles with. He has 91 career NHL goals; 34 of them have come on the man advantage. He’s someone who simply does really, really well in that situation. But no matter how often you score on the power play, it’s pretty…
Chalk this one up as another frustrating loss. The San Jose Sharks needed just one goal to get past the Flyers in a 1-0 defeat at the SAP Center. It’s the sixth straight loss to San Jose dating back to 2014. Per usual 10 p.m. start time protocol, the Flyers came out of the gate…
Wayne Simmonds is your Philadelphia Flyers representative for the 2017 NHL All-Star Game. The NHL announced the full rosters for the game on Tuesday morning, and Simmonds will be the lone Flyer making the trip to Los Angeles at the end of the month. It will be a bit of a homecoming for Simmonds, who…
Today’s game is on CSN Philly locally, as well as streaming on CSNPhilly.com. The local radio broadcast is on 97.5 The Fanatic. Nationally in the United States the game can be seen on NHL Network, and nationally in Canada the game can be seen on Sportsnet One. Flyers lineup Forwards Michael Raffl – Claude Giroux…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Flyers generated shots and chances, couldn’t finish After such a frustrating loss, it can be difficult to go back and look at it with a positive lens. But if you listened to the Flyers’ players in their…