Before the Philadelphia Flyers went on their surprise run towards the playoffs, the emergence of Shayne Gostisbehere was the no-brainer choice for the most exciting story of their season. Viewed by most scouts as an intriguing yet flawed prospect coming off a major knee injury, expectations were relatively low surrounding the 22-year old defenseman at…
There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the Flyers in recent weeks, and I can only assume that it has to do with the fact that the Flyers will be handing out their end-of-season awards prior to this Thursday’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs! How exciting! (This may not actually be why there is…
It was called a rebuilding year back in October. With a new coach, limited defense, questionable scoring depth and a patient approach to the high-end talent in their prospect pipeline, many thought that the Philadelphia Flyers were at least another year away from returning to the postseason. Clearly, someone forgot to tell the players. Given…
The Flyers entered Wednesday night’s game in Detroit with one simple yet exciting proposition. Win tonight in Detroit, win tomorrow against Toronto, and they would have a playoff spot locked up before they headed into their season-ending back-to-back this weekend. Of course, it’s not that easy. It’s never that easy. You know that by now….
Today, the Flyers announced the incredibly sad news that team founder, owner and chairman Ed Snider has passed away at 83 after a two-year battle with cancer. Snider’s health struggles had been in the news for much of this season, and concerns about his health had been picking up in recent weeks, with him not…
There’s no denying Ed Snider touched a lot of lives, both directly and indirectly. The man who brought the NHL to Philadelphia was, himself, the Flyers – and his team made the playoffs for him in perfect fashion, defeating the Penguins at home. It’s crushing to think that was only two days ago. Naturally, the…
So far, we here at Broad Street Hockey have sized up the races for the Flyers‘ end-of-year team awards by looking at the candidates for the Barry Ashbee Trophy, the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy, and the Yanick Dupre Class Guy Award and the Gene Hart Memorial Award. Here, we’ll wrap up our award selections with…
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. The last round of metrics can be found here. All numbers are at 5-on-5. Zone Entries – Forwards Player Total Entries Controlled Entry Percentage…
Facing an abrupt end to their playoff hopes down 3-1 to the Toronto Maple Leafs with twenty minutes remaining, a late push by the Philadelphia Flyers somehow pushed the game to overtime. Unfortunately, their heroics would not carry over past the final buzzer of regulation. Andrew MacDonald’s mid-third period goal helped spark the Flyers’ comeback,…
When the NCAA hockey season ends, there’s always a rush of teams looking to sign free agent players. And when one of those free agents is the most outstanding player of the Frozen Four? Well, that so happens to be Drake Caggiula this year. Caggiula, 21, went undrafted in the NHL. He committed to the…