With a 4-1 win over the Providence Friars in the semifinals, Noah Cates and the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs will play in the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Ice Hockey Championship. Cates and his teammates will take on the UMass Amherst Minutemen, a squad that features probable Hobey Baker winner and Colorado Avalanche prospect Cale Makar….
Today the Russian national team announced the first round of players that have been invited to join Team Russia at the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia. Six NHLers are are among the 18 players invited, with the most notable name to us, of course, being Ivan Provorov. You can read the full release here….
The Flyers have a new coach, and that man is Alain Vigneault. BREAKING: The #Flyers have named Alain Vigneault as the 21st head coach in franchise history! https://t.co/FDSifRzyG7 — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) April 15, 2019 Vigneault will sign a multi-year contract according the the club, making him the 21st head coach in Flyers history. He…
The NHL draft Lottery on Tuesday night wasn’t exactly the most fun for Philadelphia Flyers’ fans. Not only did the New Jersey Devils land the first overall pick and the New York Rangers grab the second, but the Orange and Black dropped from having the 10th overall pick to the 11th. After the team added…
It’s the 2019 NHL offseason. Birds are chirping outside, it’s a wonderful day, and you’re enjoying a cold one with some friends, watching Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Blue Jackets and the Golden Knights (the two-pronged team name final, as it should be). You sit there wondering to yourself, “How did…
We already know that new Philadelphia Flyers coach Alain Vigneault spent his time most recently with the New York Rangers. I reached out to Joe Fortunato from Blueshirt Banter and asked him some questions about our new bench boss. First things first, would you say Alain Vigneault is a good coach? This is a loaded…
Chuck Fletcher’s first move of what should be an eventful off season was to hire former Rangers, Canucks and Canadiens head coach Alain Vigneault to replace interim coach Scott Gordon behind the bench of the Philadelphia Flyers. Vigneault brings a very good resume to South Philly. Two trips to the Stanley Cup Final, 8 seasons…
New Philadelphia Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault spent seven years with the Vancouver Canucks, the most time he has spent with one team in his career. I sat down with Kent Basky from Nucks Misconduct to chat about what we should expect. First things first, would you say Alain Vigneault is a good coach? Well,…
The nominees for the 2019 Selke Trophy award were released yesterday, and in a criminal offense, Sean Couturier is not one of them. The Flyers forward received his first nomination last season when he came in second to Anze Kopitar of the Los Angeles Kings in what was another criminal offense in my personal opinion….