Note: this post was originally written in November 2012. Eric Lindros will enter the Hall of Fame tonight. No, not the one in Toronto. No, not the one at the Wells Fargo Center. The Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, and it comes five years to the day he retired from the sport of hockey. It’s…
Recently, we told you about our partnership with the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation to help them raise money for their effort to renovate the Class of ‘23 rink at the University of Pennsylvania. Snider Hockey plans to use the rink as its home base for the kids in their program to practice and play,…
Brian Boucher is already practicing with the Adirondack Phantoms, and it looks as though defenseman Andreas Lilja is about to join him. The two players cleared waivers, as expected, at 12 p.m. ET Thursday and will be AHL players to start this season. The only thing that could potentially keep Lilja in town would be…
Facebook commenters are, generally speaking, the scum of the Earth. I would argue that they’re even worse than YouTube commenters at times, and man, that’s saying something. But the Facebook commentariat came up big this afternoon when Comcast-Spectacor and the Wells Fargo Center announced a fancy new promotion. You can win tickets to every single…
Ed Snider and Comcast-Spectacor may be ready to get back into the NBA business — sort of. Less than a year after selling the Philadelphia 76ers to Joshua Harris, the company is in talks to help fund and construct an 18,000-seat NBA arena along the oceanfront in Virginia Beach, according to a report in the…
The NHL could begin canceling regular season games this Wednesday, according to a report by Howard Berger. This comes as no surprise as the NHL and its Player’s Association have yet to find common ground while attempting to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. Citing a league source, Berger states that the NHL will begin…
The decision by Sweden’s top hockey league, Elitserien (or Swedish Elite League), not to allow short-term lockout contracts for NHL stars has been overturned in an anti-trust ruling. The move could lead to a flood of NHL signings, especially by Swedish-born and bred players. Szymon Szemberg, the communications director for the IIHF, reports that while…
I was halfway on board with rooting for HC Lev Praha, the KHL team Jakub Voracek joined in this lockout, but then they signed Zdeno Chara. I was sort of on board with rooting for ETC Crimmitschau, Wayne Simmonds‘ team in Germany’s second division, but then I realized it’s a second-tier team and chances of…
Philadelphia Flyers forward Jakub Voracek injured his knee playing for HC Lev Praha in the KHL and will miss a month. According to CSN Philly’s Tim Panaccio, Voracek suffered a severely sprained knee in Russia. Whether or not that will affect the Flyers reamins to be seen with the NHL lockout firmly in place, but…
The schedule is finally here. After days of rumors and speculation, the Flyers will officially host the Pittsburgh Penguins next Saturday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center to kick off the abbreviated 2013 NHL season. The game will be broadcast on NBC at 3 p.m. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 15 at 10 a.m….