Jody Shelley played hockey last night. He actually had perhaps his best game as a Flyer, too. Three hits, two shots on goal, positive shot differential, nearly 10 minutes in ice time. He remarked to Lisa Hillary of CSN that playing alongside Harry Zolnierczyk and Sean Couturier made him feel young again. That’s awesome. Shelley…
Scott Hartnell is an NHL All-Star. No, this isn’t us saying he’s an All-Star despite not being named an All-Star. According to Bob McKenzie, Hartnell actually is an NHL All-Star. He’s going to Ottawa this weekend. (NHL confirmed it, too.) He deserves it. The only other players I can think of who could have potentially…
[Event Summary] – [PBP Log] – [TOI Log] – [Faceoff Report] [Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [5-on-5 Faceoffs] Listless. Disjointed. Generous. All words that could describe the Flyers play tonight. The first period was marred by an offense that lacked “jam,” a transition game that lacked precision and a team…
As the regular season winds its way down to the finish line, one thing should be of great encouragement to the Philadelphia Flyers — there is no shootout in the postseason. After falling behind by a 3-0 count after the first period Saturday afternoon to the Ottawa Senators, the Flyers mounted a furious second period…
Suddenly, the Carolina Hurricanes are one of our newest rivals, thanks to the radical NHL realignment that went down on Monday evening. They join the Philadelphia Flyers in a new “conference” with the other four Atlantic Division teams and the Washington Capitals. The changes go into effect next season. So we have a new team…
A week or so ago Travis, Geoff and I got together and answered most of those questions you left us. Not all, but most. Hear all about which Flyers beat writers we would take to our deserted island, what we would get the Flyer we drew in Secret Santa (with Googling advice from Travis), and,…
Early in the year, we used a plot to show that the Flyers weren’t putting anyone into the true heavy lifter role. They had some players starting in their own zone a lot and some players facing weak competition, but nobody was being asked to do both and nobody was getting away with doing neither….
“Claude reported not feeling very good today. Over the past few days, his symptoms have gradually gotten worse. He will be out indefinitely with a concussion” >> Paul Holmgren Gulp. Get well soon, Claude. This means Jody Shelley gets back into the lineup immediately as well. Considering there was no call up today and the…
Milan Lucic has been suspended one game for his hit on Zac Rinaldo on Saturday afternoon, as seen in the video above. Rinaldo wasn’t hurt on the play and Lucic picked up a five minute major and a game misconduct in the process. He’ll miss the Bruins game against Montreal as a result of the…
Suddenly, the Carolina Hurricanes are one of our newest rivals, thanks to the radical NHL realignment that went down on Monday evening. They join the Philadelphia Flyers in a new “conference” with the other four Atlantic Division teams and the Washington Capitals. The changes go into effect next season. So we have a new team…