It’s happened! The Flyers have announced their roster for opening night, and it’s got a couple of surprises. Let’s see the roster first: Forwards Travis Konecny Michael Raffl Kevin Hayes Sean Couturier Scott Laughton Oskar Lindblom James van Riemsdyk Claude Giroux Carsen Twarynski Connor Bunnaman Defensemen Travis Sanheim Robert Hagg Ivan Provorov Matt Niskanen Shayne…
The Atlantic Division housed the representative from the Eastern Conference in the Stanley Cup Final last season, and somehow that team was not the Tampa Bay Lightning. While the Lightning were busy golfing after being swept by the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Boston Bruins took the St. Louis Blues to game seven of the Final,…
It is finally that time of year folks. For better or for worse, hockey season is upon us. By now, the search for supremacy has already begun as the long season kicks off, however, who actually has a shot of winning it all this year? The Flyers will have many challenges to overcome, both internally…
Following the Flyers’ inconsequential but nonetheless mildly embarrassing loss to Lausanne HC in their preseason finale, which capped off a preseason that saw the Orange and Black take just one win in seven games, winger Jakub Voracek had the following to say to the assembled media in Switzerland: Jake Voracek on Flyers’ 1-3-3 preseason: “You…
If a fan follows a particular team long enough they will most likely experience every feeling imaginable in regards to that team. Whether it’s excitement, dread, or numbness a fan has seen their favorite team change players, coaches, and game plans enough that they’ve learned anything is possible. One of the few combinations of a…
Hockey season is officially upon us, and as we’re doing a bit of waiting before the Flyers get going tomorrow, we’re going to take a quick tour around the league and see how things are looking for the teams in not our division. And, well, eventually we’ll get to our division. But we’re going to…
After a long, arduous offseason, the Philadelphia Flyers have returned. Today they take on the Chicago Blackhawks in Prague as part of the 2019 NHL Global Series. This will be the first time in team history the Flyers have played a regular season game outside of North America, so needless to say this is kind…
As has become tradition, the gang kicks off a new season of Ice Sport Radio with a long look at all four NHL divisions – which teams are better, which are worse, what to expect, and where they might finish. The season’s underway and Ice Sport is back baby!
In a historic matchup, playing their first ever competitive match outside of North America, the Flyers began their season on Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks from the O2 Arena in Prague. The Flyers started out with the line of Claude Giroux, Kevin Hayes and Jake Voracek, and sent out the pair of Travis Sanheim and…
As our divisional previews roll along it’s now time to take a look at the Central Division. A division that features the current defending champs in the St. Louis Blues as well as four of the last ten Stanley Cup winners thanks to the Chicago Blackhawks. The Philadelphia Flyers managed to go 7-7-0 against this…