TO: The Hockey Team, The Flyers3601 S. Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19148 *** Dear The Flyers, Hey! What’s up? Based on how things have been going for most of the last month, I’d love to be able to say “long time, no see”, but we both know that would be a lie. Nice win on Monday!…
The Flyers were unable to overcome a pair of overturned goals in their 5-4 loss to the Senators on Thursday night, but there was much more to the game than those two plays. Here’s a look at what we learned from a close battle north of the border in Ottawa. 1. The second and third…
Nothing could be more Philadelphia Flyers than roping us back in right after spending a month giving us reasons to look away. And surely enough, they’re roping us back in now. Travis Sanheim scored his first career NHL goal, Valtteri Filppula tallied the game-winner late in the second, Brian Elliott stopped every shot that he…
Tonight’s game begins at 7:00 p.m. ET and can be: Seen locally via NBC Sports Philadelphia (or via stream on the NBC Sports App) Heard via radio locally on 97.5 The Fanatic Seen in Colorado via Altitude 2 Seen or heard elsewhere via NHL.tv, NHL Center Ice, or Sirius XM/ Related Flyers vs. Avalanche preview:…
TO: The Hockey Team, The Flyers3601 S. Broad StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19148 *** Dear The Flyers, Hey! What’s up? Based on how things have been going for most of the last month, I’d love to be able to say “long time, no see”, but we both know that would be a lie. Nice win on Monday!…
It hasn’t been long since we’ve last seen the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim™, but CJ Woodling from Anaheim Calling was nice enough to join us again to preview what we should expect from the second meeting between the Flyers and the Ducks. Topics include: The news about Patrick Eaves and how the Ducks expect to…
92.63% — the combined team-level save percentages of the two teams that the Flyers will play tonight and tomorrow. Via hockey-reference.com, the Chicago Blackhawks enter tonight’s game having stopped 92.46 percent of all shots that they’ve faced so far this season (excluding empty-net goals against). That’s the third-best mark in the NHL. And if that…
Tonight’s game begins at 7:00 p.m. ET and can be: Seen locally via NBC Sports Philadelphia (or via stream on the NBC Sports App) Heard via radio locally on 93.3 WMMR Seen in Arizona via FS Arizona Seen or heard elsewhere via NHL.tv (it’s their free game of the day!), NHL Center Ice, or Sirius…
Wake up! Wake up! You’re not late for school, but the game is over, and it’s time to read about it. Here’s what we learned. All stats and graphics via Corsica.Hockey, ESPN, HockeyViz, Natural Stat Trick, and NHL.com. 1. An early regression Guys? We just talked about how stellar of an effort the Flyers put…
8 — the number of quality starts the Flyers have received from their two goaltenders through their first 11 games this year. What’s a “quality start”? As defined by Rob Vollman in the 2013 Hockey Abstract (via NHLNumbers): If the starting goalie stopped at least a league average number of shots, which was typically 91.3%…