ALLENTOWN— The Phantoms can win fights, but they can’t win games. Wednesday the Phantoms (29-28-6-1) were trounced on home ice by third-place Syracuse (39-18-8) in a 6-1 setback for their fourth consecutive loss in the last six days. With an important two points on the line, veteran Brandon Manning worked with his fists more than…
The National Women’s Hockey League plans a launch this fall, and unlike the current professional women’s hockey league in existence — the Canadian Women’s Hockey League — the NWHL plans on paying its players. Th Looks like NWHL (National Womens Hockey League) will launch with 4 teams — NY, Boston, Connecticut, Buffalo. Logos! pic.twitter.com/SClKeUhkJG —…
Kevin Christmann: I think it goes without saying I do not vote for Schultz. I was originally leaning towards Streit but reading Frank’s article and seeing the difference at 5v5, I think it [it’s swayed me to MDZ. ] Ryan Gilbert Del Zotto should win with Colaiacovo getting consideration but he won’t because he hasn’t…
The Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins each entered the National Hockey League as expansion clubs in 1967, members of the so-called “Expansion Six” that also included the Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, Minnesota North Stars and California Golden Seals. As you may have noticed, 1967 plus 50 is 2017, and that’s just two short…
Nick Schultz is the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association (Philadelphia chapter) nominee for NHL’s Masterton Trophy. — wayne fish (@waynefish1) March 30, 2015 The choices are slim among the Philadelphia Flyers for Masterton Trophy nominations this year, and Nick Schultz is probably as deserving as any player on the team. He’s had a bounce-back year after…
Today’s game played out a lot like some of the other ones we’ve seen this year. The Flyers were outshot 44-18 in a Saturday afternoon game. They got a goal from their top line, still fell behind early, spent most of the game chasing the play, and relied on their power play and some excellent…
A good number of young, impact players is an absolute necessity in the NHL. It’s a necessity borne out of the salary cap era, and teams that can draft well and consistently add quality talent on entry-level contracts have a big leg up on teams that have historically relied on expensive old talent through free…
We won’t be tricking anybody here at Broad Street Hockey this April Fools Day, as we’ve done in the past. But you probably want to trick your friends, and we have an way for you to do just that. Below, we’ve mocked up a fake NHL.com article that proclaims the Flyers have acquired Sidney Crosby…
So we’re at the point in the Philadelphia Flyers‘ season where the biggest debate going on since Saturday afternoon had to do with whether or not the Flyers needed to lose this game in their quest for better draft odds or win this game because it’s, well, you know, Pittsburgh. This is what the season…
Steve Mason deserves the starting gig on Team Canada at this spring’s World Hockey Championships. I mean, look at the list of Canadian goalies who have played more than 20 games in the NHL this season. Rk Player Team GP GS W L T/O GA SA SV SV% ▾ GAA SO MIN 1 Carey Price…