An almost-daily look back at how the Philadelphia Flyers have fared on this day, recalling some of the more memorable moments, achievements, and events that shaped the organization throughout the club’s storied history Heading into tonight’s contest with the New Jersey Devils at the Wells Fargo Center, the Flyers own an 8-8-1-1 all-time mark in…
*Chicago Blackhawks tonight, in another one of NBCSN’s rivalry nights. The Flyers have a lot of rivals, it would seem. Check back later for a preview of the game. *Steve Mason continues his road blog; his final post centers on the team’s time in Ottawa and the trip down to Chicago. [Flyers] *In the wake…
Welcome Chris VandeVelde to Philadelphia. He’s your newest healthy scratch! The Flyers today signed the forward, who originally joined the team during training camp and wound up on an AHL deal to begin the season with the Phantoms. The 26-year-old has has seven goals and six assists in 23 games with Adirondack this season, second…
An almost-daily look back at how the Philadelphia Flyers have fared on this day, recalling some of the more memorable moments, achievements, and events that shaped the organization throughout the club’s storied history Heading into this afternoon’s matinee matchup with the Carolina Hurricanes, the Flyers have compiled an 8-7-4-0 all-time mark in 19 contests played…
*Well that was fun. The newly shuffled first line looked better than it has in weeks, eh? Great way to head into the weekend; RECAP! *The Flyers signed Chris VandeVelde to a one-year contract yesterday and sent Tye McGinn back to Adirondack. He made his debut last night in place of Jay Rosehill. [BSH] [Flyers]…
After 543 games, 203 goals, and 784 penalty minutes, Wayne Simmonds, the emotional backbone of the Philadelphia Flyers and embodiment of everything we’ve come to love from hockey players who don the orange and black, has been traded to the Nashville Predators for Ryan Hartman and a conditional 2020 draft pick. BSH has already published…
*CLAUDE GIROUX. That game winner was something to behold. Hell of a 100th goal. That third period was the opposite of pretty much every third period this team has played so far this year. What a great game. Official recap can be found here; we’ll probably see a BSH recap later. SBN wasn’t cooperating last…
*Part two of the Caps home-and-home tonight. Hopefully this one ends a bit better. Preview to follow! *It looks like we’re not going to see Vincent Lecavalier back any time soon; he’s now dealing with back spasms. [Courier-Post] *Lecavalier addressed the media for the first time since his injury yesterday. [Flyers] *Ed Snider weighs in…
*Despite that soul-crushing third period meltdown, the newly formed first line had another excellent showing. Michael Raffl continues to win hearts and minds. Shootouts are still the worst. Recap! *ASF had a nice piece on Raffl following the win over Montreal the other day. [Flyers] *Meltzer on Mark Streit and Shayne Gostisbehere. [Hockeybuzz] *Shawn Thornton…
The Flyers were facing a two goal deficit towards the end of the second period. After a Dubinsky shot luckily rocketed off the crossbar to keep the game at 2-0, Wayne Simmonds was able to get the Flyers into the game with a nice wrister. Just twenty seconds later, Sean Couturier perched himself in the…