ALLENTOWN— “We fumbled the ball big-time here tonight,” head coach Terry Murray said after the Phantoms were embarrassingly blown-out on home ice by their biggest rivals. It was Wednesday Night Rivalry in Allentown as the Phantoms (19-15-4-1) allowed Hershey (21-13-4-1) to blemish their perfect home-record over the Bears with a 7-2 blowout, the largest losing…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It’ll be Team Toews vs. Team Foligno at the 2015 NHL All-Star Game here this weekend, but which teams will carry Flyers forwards Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek? The league’s most dynamic scoring duo will both sit in the audience and wait to be picked by the captains, which were selected by…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Claude Giroux will play against Jakub Voracek at the 2015 NHL All-Star Game. Voracek was selected with Team Toews’ third pick, the 8th overall pick, and the captain made sure to point out that he’s “the NHL’s leading scorer.” Nice having that guy play for the Flyers. Giroux was selected with the…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — For my money, the NHL All-Star Skills Competition is easily the best event at All-Star Weekend every year. It’s not even close. But that was before last night, when NHL players surprisingly showed the personality they usually keep bottled up — probably in part because they were hitting the bottle the entire…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — So here’s the thing. Ryan Johansen plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets, and he was really entertaining during the All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday night. In the Breakaway Challenge, he pandered to the home crowd, pulling off his jersey and revealing a Braxton Miller Ohio State football jersey underneath. On another attempt,…
ALLENTOWN— After dropping four of their last five, and one game remaining before the AHL All-Star break, the Phantoms were desperate for a win Saturday as they welcomed the St. Johns IceCaps. But with four days off, the Phantoms can relax after earning an important two points in a 4-3 win over our friends from…
COLUMBUS, OHIO — All-Star Weekend comes to a close on Sunday evening with the 2015 NHL All-Star Game, in which Team Claude Giroux — or, rather, Team Foligno — will try to sweep Team Jakub Voracek — I mean, Team Toews — after a triumphant victory last night in the Skills Competition. Captain Nick Foligno…
Mike Richards – current Los Angeles King, former Philadelphia Flyers captain, gold medalist, Stanley Cup champion – is now on waivers. Less than five years ago, Richards was orchestrating “The Shift” and leading the Flyers to a surprise Stanley Cup Finals berth. Considering his status as captain, franchise cornerstone, and holder of a lucrative long-term…
Zac Rinaldo was suspended eight games by the NHL’s department of player safety for last week’s hit on Penguins defenseman Kris Letang, the league announced Monday evening. Philadelphia’s Zac Rinaldo has been suspended for eight games for charging and boarding Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang. — NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) January 27, 2015 Here’s video of the…
It’s always easy to frame a cheap narrative for the first game back from a break. If the team wins, then clearly the break allowed them to clear their heads and rest their legs. If the result is a loss, the team obviously developed rust in the interim and suffered from a flat start, dooming…