Philadelphia fans have been setting sky-high expectations for Sam Morin from the moment they pieced together the young defenseman’s connection to former Flyers great Chris Pronger. But really, other than the fact he’s very big, has a bit of a mean streak, and that every young defenseman is the next Chris Pronger, what connection does…
Across the past four weeks, we here at BSH have profiled 24 different young players in the Flyers’ organization, and it’s quite a group of talent. We’ve talked about four different forwards from this past June’s draft — including two first-round picks and another forward who was widely graded like one. We’ve covered the reigning…
In August of 2016, it was basically impossible to find anyone in the Flyers’ fanbase with any negative to say about Shayne Gostisbehere. He had just completed an epic rookie season, racking up 46 points in 64 games, providing highlight after highlight, and finishing second in the voting for the Calder Trophy. As ambitious as…
To be blunt, there was very, very little that went the Philadelphia Flyers’ way during the 2016-17 NHL season. Key veterans and stars looked like they had taken visible steps back, not posting the kind of results we were used to from them. The team’s top defenseman from the year prior caught bad break after…
With Wednesday’s rookie game complete, rookie camp is now officially behind us. Which, of course, means training camp is right around the corner, and the Flyers will in fact be back on the ice come Friday morning. The Flyers’ training camp roster consisted of 61 players to start, and has already been trimmed by four…
Since Broad Street Hockey launched the Top 25 Under 25 series with our first full list in February of 2014, the one constant has been the presence of Sean Couturier. Back then, he was a youthful 21 years of age, only a few months removed from reaching legal drinking age in the United States. Yet…
Phantoms off to strong start behind Alex Lyon, Danick Martel 10/7 – 7-2 WIN10/8 – 2-1 SOL (Highlights) Phantoms hockey is back! Things got off to an explosive start on Saturday with Danick Martel finding the back of the net 3 times. Also delivering were Greg Carey (1), Nicolas Aube-Kubel (1), Phil Varone (1) and…
Phantoms update: Oscar Lindblom gets on the board with a big week 10/25 – 3-2 OT WIN10/27 – 5-2 WIN (Highlights)10/28 – 5-4 LOSS (Highlights) Despite Saturday’s loss, the Phantoms have been one of the AHL’s best teams in the early season. They have a 7-2-1 record and 15 points, which are both tops in…
Phantoms update: Phil Myers hurt, Danick Martel hurting other teams 10/20 – 5-2 WIN10/21 – 4-3 WIN (Highlights) The Phantoms keep on winning, cruising to a 5-1-1 record and the most points in the AHL. They’ve done it mostly on the back of the dynamic Danick Martel / Mike Vecchione / Nicolas Aube-Kubel line, which…
Phantoms update: The Martel, Vecchione and Aube-Kubel line is pretty good 10/13 – 5-0 LOSS (Highlights)10/14 – 3-2 WIN10/15 – 4-3 SO WIN The Phantoms improved to 3-1-0-1 after taking 2 for 3 this weekend. They are doing it without their captain, Colin McDonald, and local-beat idol Cole Bardreau. Here’s how the top prospects in…