oh crap i havent done any holiday shopping yet Oh crap, it’s almost Thanksgiving already? Yeah, that means it’s almost the holiday shopping season, and that the Flyers‘ annual Black Friday sale at the Wells Fargo Center is around the corner. We have some details on this year’s sale, which will be held at the…
The “Puck Talks” speaker series that’s been held in Toronto and other cities recently is coming to Philadelphia on Wednesday night. It should be pretty cool. Moderating the panel will be Sarah Baicker from TCN, and there she will be joined by four Philadelphia hockey writers. Oh, and also Ilya Bryzgalov will be there. Philly:…
The Philadelphia Flyers looked like their early-season selves, playing a top-tier opponent tough all night long. Unfortunately, they could not withstand their old nemesis – the shootout. The Flyers took 1-0 and 2-1 leads but could not hold off the Los Angeles Kings, as they fell by a score of 3-2 via a shootout. Steve…
I’m really excited about this new format for the NHL All-Star Game, which TSN Bob McKenzie reported on Tuesday night. THREE-ON-THREE TOURNAMENT, BABY. It’s going to be a divisional format, with four three-on-three teams — one from each NHL division — consisting of 9-10 players and 2 goalies. The Eastern teams will play head-to-head, and…
VOORHEES — Evgeny Medvedev has had a busy NHL career for a 33-year old rookie. He was a training camp and preseason revelation, creating high expectations from the fanbase and the organization alike. His early season performance was stellar, as we noted back in late October. Then, after a poor stretch of play, he was…
How can you not love that moment? Down 3-0 in the series, down 3-0 in Game 7… and boom. There’s longtime Philadelphia Flyer Simon Gagne, scoring the final goal of the comeback to get his team to the next round. It was awesome. It was one of many awesome moments throughout Gagne’s time with Philadelphia,…
The Philadelphia Flyers picked up a big win in Raleigh last night against the Carolina Hurricanes, but they didn’t leave the game fully unscathed. Fourth line forward Ryan White left the game in the third period after suffering an apparent shoulder injury and did not return. Today, the team learned the extent of the damage…
VOORHEES — In only two games with the Philadelphia Flyers this season, Shayne Gostisbehere has added an entirely new element to the team’s blueline – that of a dynamic, risk-taking offensive defenseman. It’s helped that both the team and the organization have done their best to ease the transition from Lehigh Valley to Philadelphia. Gostisbehere…
Microstat Tracking is a new feature that attempts to quantify the performance of the Philadelphia Flyers in the offensive, neutral and defensive zones. All statistics are manually tracked by Charlie O’Connor. Part 1 consists of the raw data; Part 2 will include Charlie’s thoughts on interesting trends in the metrics. Last week’s metrics can be…
Tied for the team-lead in goals with five, Brayden Schenn surely was not expecting to spend Saturday in the press box instead of being on the ice with his teammates. But Dave Hakstol made the decision to give Schenn a night off, apparently dissatisfied with the Flyers forward and his inconsistent two-way play. The benching…