Asheville, N.C.-based band IceHorse just released a song about hockey goalies, and it’s…strangely awesome. The song, titled “Hockey Goaliee” (not a typo) features audio from a fight between Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins’ goalie Andy Chiodo and then-Phantoms goaltender Antero Niittymaki in the intro. That fight happened in the 2004 Calder Cup East Division Finals — if…
We’ve talked a fair bit about the difficulty of the Flyers’ schedule the rest of the way. The Flyers managed to pick up seven out of 12 possible points in the six games before things got real tough, and fortunately that’s been enough for them to hang onto the final playoff spot in the East…
Remember the trade deadline rumors about the Flyers and Ryan Kesler? It was mentioned more than once in the days leading up to the 2014 deadline that that Flyers and Penguins were the front-runners to acquire the strong Canucks center, and it was assumed that Kesler would have been willing to come to Philly. Nope….
The possibility of it may not have been much more than a throwaway line in our preview for tonight’s game, but come on. Deep down, tonight’s result is probably something that we all should have seen coming. In what was basically a replay of a game we’ve all probably watched far, far too many times…
37.94 – Average PIM/game in games played between the Flyers and the Penguins since the beginning of the 2012 season (including playoffs) The Philadelphia Flyers hate the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Pittsburgh Penguins hate the Philadelphia Flyers. Fans of both teams can, and will, say the same. Games between these two teams are never boring, and,…
.057 – The difference between Martin Brodeur’s save percentage against the Flyers and his save percentage against everybody else this season (.951 vs. .894) In the 4 games he’s started against Philadelphia, Brodeur’s cumulative save percentage is almost 60 points higher than the cumulative he’s posted against the rest of the league (this season.) Oh,…
Hooks Orpik from SB Nation’s Penguins blog Pensburgh sent me some questions about the Flyers yesterday in anticipation of Saturday afternoon’s rumble between the two teams. You can read my answers to them here. Similarly, I asked him five questions about the Penguins and their mindset heading into the playoffs. You’ll find the answers below….
Sami Kapanen retired from hockey on Thursday after playing his final game for KalPa Kuopio, the club he co-owns in Finland’s SM-liiga. Kapanen had played five seasons for KalPa since leaving the NHL after the 2007-08 season. And so it came to the end. Sami Kapanen has retired from hockey. #Canes #Whalers #Flyers #KalPa #HIFK…
0 – the number of Flyers that Sidney Crosby likes. Here’s to a fun weekend, friends.
More Flyers-Pens Fred Shero statue to be unveiled Travis Hughes •Broad Street Hockey The Flyers will honor Hall of Fame head coach Fred Shero with an 8-foot-tall statue, unveiled Saturday morning at 11 a.m. in the Sports Complex. The Battle of Pennsylvania resumes Collin Mehalick •Broad Street Hockey We asked Hooks Orpik from SB Nation’s…