Michal Neuvirth appears to be picking up where he left off during last spring’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Flyers goalie, competing for Team Czech Republic in the 2016 World Cup, just made his first save of the tournament in his team’s first game. It looked like this: Neuvirth robs Crosby on the breakaway #WCH2016 pic.twitter.com/dACCfVjj7v…
Ray Emery is officially sticking around. The Flyers announced Friday afternoon that they’re signing the veteran goaltender for the remainder of the season. He’s not eligible to play in the postseason, but Michal Neuvirth is expected to be back if the Flyers do make the playoffs. Anthony Stolarz is also still on the roster, so…
The World Cup of Hockey continues on Monday with two games. First at 3 p.m. ET, Team Europe — a collection of Europeans from various countries that didn’t have their national teams qualify for the tournament — will take on the Czech Republic. Europe handled the United States easily on Saturday afternoon, 3-0, while the…
The World Cup of Hockey officially began yesterday, with the four teams in Group A getting their first action of group play in. Today, it’s the four teams in Group B that will get their chance to make a good first impression and take a step towards the elimination round. *** Yesterday’s Results: Team USA…
Remember that Flyers game back in December against the St. Louis Blues? Ron Hextall does. As the team was on the ice in South Philadelphia that night, Hextall was out in Southern California at Ed Snider’s house to watch the game with his boss. At the time, we called that game “the biggest comeback of…
UPDATE, Sunday 9/4: Jedlicka reported today that coach Josef Jandac confirmed that Gudas’ injury was a wrist injury. Czech coach Jandac about Gudas: “He has hairline fracture in his wrist. He can’t even hold the stick.It happened during practice in Canada.” — Roman Jedlicka (@jedli) September 4, 2016 Not great news for Gudas, but Jedlicka…
About an hour or so after the Flyers and forward Brayden Schenn were scheduled to begin their arbitration hearing on Monday morning, the team announced that they had reached an agreement with the restricted free agent forward: Per GM Ron Hextall, the #Flyers have agreed to terms on a four-year contract with Brayden Schenn →…
It’s a minor change, but you’ll want to adjust your pocket calendars anyway: the Flyers game against the Washington Capitals on March 4, 2017 has a slight time adjustment. Originally scheduled for 7 p.m. ET in the Nation’s Capital, the game will now be a 7:30 p.m. puck drop. I miss pocket calendars. Those little…
This story was written by Eric T. It begins here. It continues here. This is the final portion. And the third and final scoring chance is the only goal of the game: We join this one when the board battle has just been completed. Having been beaten along the boards and knocked down by a…
UPDATE, Sunday 9/4: Jedlicka reported today that coach Josef Jandac confirmed that Gudas’ injury was a wrist injury. Czech coach Jandac about Gudas: “He has hairline fracture in his wrist. He can’t even hold the stick.It happened during practice in Canada.” — Roman Jedlicka (@jedli) September 4, 2016 Not great news for Gudas, but Jedlicka…