Dave Hakstol must have liked what he heard from Gord Murphy, Ian Laperriere and Joe Mullen. The three Philadelphia Flyers assistant coaches will all keep their jobs next season under new head coach Hakstol, despite Hakstol saying in his press conference last month that he would closely examine his assistant coaching staff. Laperriere, the former…
There have been discussions for years regarding potential changes to the NHL’s current overtime format, which is of course five straight minutes of four-on-four play followed by a shootout. With the general randomness of the shootout (and with the concept of a glorified skills competition having an honest-to-goodness impact in the playoff race hanging over…
Kimmo Timonen sat down with CSN’s John Clark for his first interview with local media since winning the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks last week. And damnit, man. Why you gotta keep doing this to us? First, the news: Timonen says he met with Ron Hextall and was offered a job in the organization, but…
Marc-Andre Bourdon’s hockey career ended last offseason, when it was determined that post-concussion symptoms were just too much for him to continue playing hockey at a high level. The former Flyers and Phantoms defenseman was done with hockey at age 24 as no organization opted to give an injured player a new contract in free…
The Philadelphia Flyers kick off the 2015-16 season with a trio of games against two Florida teams. On Thursday, October 8, they’ll begin their season against the defending Eastern Conference Champions with a trip to Amalie Arena to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning. It will be Tampa’s home opener. Two nights later on Saturday,…
The Masterton Trophy is awarded to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to the game. The winner for 2015 is Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk. Sadly, Kimmo Timonen was not even a finalist. Dubnyk, Andrew Hammond of the Ottawa Senators, and Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins were…
The 2015 Frank J. Selke Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s best defensive forward as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association, belongs to Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron. The finalists were Bergeron, Anze Kopitar of the Los Angeles Kings and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks. Here’s the full ballot: Selke voting: pic.twitter.com/9MMLcpJvgE — Travis…
The NHL announced officially Wednesday that it will add a coach’s challenge to the rule book beginning in 2015-16. But what exactly does that mean, and how exactly will it work? It’s very limited, for starters. The coach will only be able to request a challenge under two scoring play scenarios, according to the league:…
The writing has been on the wall for months, if not years, but the NHL finally announced on Wednesday afternoon that they are formally opening the expansion process. Commissioner Gary Bettman made the news official at a press conference following a Board of Governors meeting in Las Vegas. “Over the past several years we have…
Unlike last year … or two years before that … or of course the year before that … June 23 came and went without incident this year. Truly, a sign of changing times if we’ve ever seen one. So with that, our full attention turns to the NHL draft, which as you may have heard…