Today in Philadelphia Flyers history: Pelle’s first shutout, ‘Boxcar’ Gordie Howe hatty, ‘Lappy’ proves to be a warrior

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 Having dropped their last four November 27 contests (0-3-1), the Flyers have still managed to post a 10-8-0-1 record in 19 contests…

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Monday Morning Fly By: Feeling Minnesota.

*Minnesota Wild tonight; 8PM start because time zones. Official preview here, check back later for the BSH write-up. *The Flyers had a successful long weekend of hockey, winning the Black Friday game against the Jets and kicking off their long roadtrip with a win in Nashville thanks to Stone Cold Steve Mason. Scoring chance summary…

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Today in Philadelphia Flyers history: Handzus OT penalty shot GWG, a not-so Sharp trade, Recchi enters club’s top-10

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 The Flyers have recorded a 10-7-3-0 all-time record in 20 games played on December 5. It’s been all about streaks with Philadelphia…

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Wednesday Morning Fly By: Next stop, Hockeytown.

*Red Wings tonight at 8PM. Official preview from the Flyers here, check back later for the BSH preview. *The Flyers catch a bit of a break as the Wings will be without Pavel Datsyuk or Henrik Zetterberg tonight. [Winging It In Motown] *The Flyers will (probably) still be without Vincent Lecavalier. [Philly.com] *Claude Giroux addressed…

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Monday Morning Fly By: Headed North.

*Saturday’s game in Dallas was…not great. Particularly for that one minute in the second. Recap here if you missed it, and scoring chance summary from BSHer RedWire here for an in-depth look. Flyers are in Ottawa tonight to take on the Senators at 7:30. Preview to follow. *Zac Rinaldo started the game off badly and…

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Today in Philadelphia Flyers history: ‘Streak’ reaches 23, Niittymaki’s perfect game douses Flames

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 his afternoon’s contest with the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center, December 6 has not been the kindest of days…

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Friday Morning Fly By: To Texas we go!

*Meltzer on Wednesday’s come from behind win at the Joe. [Hockeybuzz] *ASF on the role special teams – the penalty kill in particular – played in the win. [Flyers] *The Flyers‘ third line is arguably the hottest in hockey at the moment. [Philly.com] *A look at how that line kick-started the offense. [Flyers] *Sean Couturier…

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Today in Philadelphia Flyers history: Win in Barber’s coaching debut, ‘Radio’ last-minute GWG, Giroux remains hot

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 The Flyers have compiled a pretty impressive 14-4-3-1 all-time record in 22 games played on this day. Included in those totals is…

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