*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…
Tonight, the Flyers take on the Columbus Blue Jackets yet again and truth be told, I wouldn’t mind a good, ol’ fashioned trouncing. The Flyers demonstrated both the highs and lows of their season in Thursday’s contest in a concentrated sixty minutes. On the negative side, there were ineffective power-plays, insane breakaways and two-on-ones for…
*The Flyers played a full sixty minutes of quality hockey last night! Luke Schenn scored a goal! It was truly a Festivus miracle. Recap if you missed it! *Rumors are flying around that suggest that the Washington Capitals will host the Flyers in the 2015 Winter Classic. Oh please oh please let it be true….
*No comeback magic from the Flyers on Saturday, which sucks. Recap of the game here. Tonight the boys take on the Minnesota Wild at home; maybe they’ll come out and give us 60 minutes of dominance that results in a definitive win. A Festivus miracle! *Meltzer and ASF on Saturday’s loss, respectively. [Hockeybuzz] [Flyers] *Vincent…
*Pretty nice little game in Edmonton on Saturday night eh? It’d be awesome if all the 10PM starts fell on the weekends, but we have one tonight too as the boys head into Vancouver. Recap of the Oilers game here; check back this afternoon to preview tonight’s late-night matchup! *Meltzer on Saturday’s game as well…
*The World Juniors are off to the races and Team USA won it’s first match, beating the Czech Republic 5-1. America! Team Canada also won it’s opener against zee Germans 7-2, and the Russians absolutely destroyed Norway 11-0. Tomorrow’s lone game will be Germany-Slovakia bright and early at 9AM. *Scott Laughton spoke with CSN Philly…
*Everyone have a good Christmas? The Flyers celebrated the holiday with all kinds of goofy videos: badly remembering the words to the 12 Days of Christmas, revealing the worst gift-giver on the team, and on a sweeter note, alumni visiting the hospital for the holiday. *Bill Meltzer on a hockey Christmas overseas. [Hockeybuzz] *Hopefully you’re…
*Happy New Year! The Flyers rung in 2014 with a decisive win against the Calgary Flames. Recap here if you missed it; the boys will be in Colorado tonight to take on the Avalanche at 9PM. Preview to follow. *Hopefully you were able to enjoy the Winter Classic yesterday, but if not, you can at…
Back to back shootout wins. Never thought I’d live to write those words. I kid, I kid. But seriously, what an important two points! The game may have been tied after two, but play seemed impossibly slanted towards the Canucks. They were dominating puck possession and shots on goal and were skating better than the…