On Saturday night, the Flyers wasted a solid performance at even strength and fell by a 4-1 score to the Washington Capitals in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Round 1 series, dropping into a two games-to-zero hole. In the wake of that loss, the Flyers made a roster move on Sunday afternoon — Lehigh…
The Philadelphia Flyers are one of 16 teams that are playing beyond the regular season. They were the last team to clinch a playoff spot, and did it in emotional fashion: defeating the Pittsburgh Penguins at home as the Wells Fargo Center, unknowingly, said goodbye to team founder Ed Snider. The team was, apparently, in…
Before their playoff game against the Rangers on Wednesday night, the Penguins held a moment of silence for Flyers owner Ed Snider, who died on Monday after a two year battle with cancer. It was a fantastic move by the Penguins — and just as equally terrible a display by a few of their fans….
8* — The seed the Flyers have in the Eastern Conference Playoffs this year. Right? I mean, okay, they have the seventh-best point total, but they’re being forced to play the top seed in the first round, so they’re the eighth-seed, as it goes in my book. This is exciting for folks like me who…
The script seemed set for a stirring, emotional victory to celebrate the life and impact of Ed Snider, especially after Michael Raffl gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead just 57 seconds in. The Wells Fargo Center was loud, joyous, and anticipating a performance that would cut Washington’s series lead to 2-1. The Capitals‘ power play…
Following the Philadelphia Flyers‘ Game 4 win to extend their season, Wells Fargo Center held a celebration of team founder Ed Snider’s life. It was a beautiful event to honor and celebrate the legacy of the man who did so much not just for Philadelphia, but for hockey as a whole. Featured were a lot…
First of all, shoutout to the Flyers for making me wait two weeks longer into April than I had to last year to write this post. The playoffs are fun! With that said, the offseason is indeed upon us. Things are moving in the right direction, but there are a number of steps Ron Hextall…
With less than ten minutes remaining in the Flyers‘ Game 3 loss to the Washington Capitals, center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for boarding defenseman Dmitry Orlov. Less than 24 hours later, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety determined that the hit was worthy of further discipline. Philadelphia’s Pierre-Edouard…
On Sunday afternoon, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms completed their regular season by downing the Syracuse Crunch by a score of 5-2. For most of their roster, the competitive hockey season was now finished. But a select few would travel to Philadelphia to practice with the Flyers and be on reserve for a possible NHL playoff…
The season is over, and the offseason is here. As we embark on the 2016 offseason, however, what can we expect from the Philadelphia Flyers? Today over on our Facebook page, I sat down for 40 minutes and took questions from BSH readers about these topics. We talked about a ton of different things. Here’s…