PITTSBURGH — With the 111th pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have selected Fredric Larsson, a big defenseman from Brynas IF in Sweden. There is literally nothing about this dude on the Internet except for a Twitter account in Swedish, but luckily Bill Meltzer has seen him play a bit. “Fredde Larsson…
The Flyers have fired Adirondack Phantoms head coach Joe Paterson after about a year and a half on the job, news announced by Paul Holmgren Tuesday afternoon. Paterson was hired as coach in December 2010 and had just completed his first full season with the organization. “As an organization, we feel the Phantoms need a…
Update: Claude Giroux wins because he’s better than you. Sorry for the slowness around the site so far this week. A cold has knocked me back a bit, but I’m on my way to Pittsburgh tomorrow morning for the draft, so we’ll be back to full speed in the morning. For now, it’s NHL Awards…
Our Latvian hockey liaison LVHokejs does a pretty good job of keeping us posted on the doings of Dinamo Riga. When it comes to the Flyers, Dinamo Riga is pretty much to the east what the LA Kings are to the west. But late this week, LVHokejs sent me a newsflash from Flyers East that…
With the 20th pick in SB Nation’s 2012 NHL Mock Draft, Broad Street Hockey has selected Brendan Gaunce, a forward from the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League. At this stage of the draft, it’s very much “best available player” for the Flyers or any team. The overwhelming question will be why we didn’t…
It is 7:04 p.m. and I have decided, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the Flyers are going to win this game. We’ll come back to this later. It is now 7:17 p.m., and sometimes I am wrong about things, I will admit. The Flyers lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning, but you already knew…
There has been a lot of talk lately about Peter Laviolette’s system and whether or not it is to blame for, well, everything. From turnovers to Bryzgalov’s season to the playoff exit to many other things we’ve surely missed. Part of that is because GM Paul Holmgren, in answering a question about the number of…
We recovered last time because we have the greatest fans in the world. >> Gary Bettman, speaking Thursday morning about another potential NHL lockout If the NHL locks out its players on Sept. 15, it will be the third such lockout in 17 years. It will be the third lockout in Gary Bettman’s 19 year…
The big day has finally arrived. At midnight in Baku, and 3 pm on the east coast, the final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will begin. And to wrap up our week of celebrating Eurovision WTFs, we thought it would be fitting to reward you all with a chance to win some BSH swag…
With the No. 20 pick in the 2012 NHL Draft, the Philadelphia Flyers have selected Scott Laughton, a center playing for the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League. A native of Oakville, Ontario, Laughton has shown steady development in the 2011-12 season and has proven that he has a love for the game. An…