For the first time in the 17-year history of their South Philly home, the Philadelphia Flyers will host part of training camp at the Wells Fargo Center. The team announced today that camp will officially open Thursday, Sept. 12 at the WFC with practice beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m. The schedule…
*Peter Laviolette opens up to the media on his work with USA Hockey. (BSH) *Speaking of USA Hockey, the way the NHL season plays out will have an impact on who will play goal for the US in Sochi. (SB Nation) *Team Canada is disappointed that Claude Giroux skipped camp due to injury. (BSH) *The…
*Canada’s Olympic camp is starting and Ginger Jesus is skipping it in favor of recovery from his golf injury. That’s good for us, I suppose. *How bad is it to be a Philadelphia sports fan right now? (Philly.com) *Meltzer’s thoughts on Giroux’s camp-skipping and a look possible candidates for a retired number in Philadelphia. *ASF…
*TV schedule’s out! We have to deal with the NBC broadcast 11 times. (BSH) *Speaking of schedules, the AHL schedule came out yesterday and the Phantoms will come to town twice this year. Always a good time. *Meltzer with more training camp details. (Hockeybuzz) *Former Ranger Brian Leetch and former Flyers scout Patrick Burke will…
While we had known that the Flyers’ rookie camp would conclude on September 9, which is when the Flyers and Capitals will take part in their typically-annual rookie game, the rest of the schedule for rookie camp was finally released this afternoon by the Flyers. Camp will begin next Friday, September 6 (only eight days…
*If you missed it, check out yesterday’s BSH Radio. Travis & Kurt chatted about our new division-mates about the Hurricanes. Good stuff. *Yesterday’s Flyers edition of NHL.com’s 30-in-30 yielded some pretty good little articles. They looked at Sean Couturier, the Flyers’ added veteran presence, Scott Laughton and the rest of the Flyers’ top prospects, and…
*Listen, they might be ahead of us in the standings, and their team might make the playoffs, and whatever they won some Cups but today? Who cares. Saturday night the Flyers came all the way back from down 3-1 to beat the Penguins in overtime, outside, and it was GLORIOUS. Here’s what we learned. [BSH]…
*Happy Labor Day, hockey fans! Hopefully you’re not at work. Friday was Flyers day over at ProHockeyTalk, yielding some good articles on goaltending on a budget, Jakub Voracek and Wayne Simmonds, the Flyers’ added veteran presences, and the importance of Scott Hartnell. *Ranking the NHL’s general managers by points percentage. (Copper & Blue) *ASF looks…
*That’s right folks, only seven short days until rookie camp begins on September 6. Beauty. (BSH) *Meltzer on Ray Emery‘s expectations going into the season. (Hockeybuzz) *Brandon Manning has finally signed a deal with the Flyers. (BSH) *The Penguins, Bruins, Blackhawks, and Kings are the favorites to come out of the four divisions next year….
25 players will attend Flyers rookie camp in Voorhees beginning Friday, but how many of those 25 guys have a chance of actually playing in the NHL this season? For the most part, rookie camp is a get-to-know-you type orientation camp that immerses these young players in the Flyers way of life — get them…