There’s an adorable story about Wayne Simmonds and a young black hockey player, presumably from the Philadelphia area, that’s going around on Tumblr today. It’s told by a 22-year-old Tumblr user from Philly named Samantha, or patriceberg. Here, unedited: so today my professor told us how she found her 8 year old neighbor crying on…
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…
Best ES forward: Simmonds, +1 Worst ES forward: Hartnell, -4 Best ES defender: Timonen, Lilja, 0 Worst ES defender: Pronger, -4 Period Totals EV PP 5v3 PP SH 5v3 SH 1 5 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0…
As many teams do prior to hosting an outdoor game (you’ll likely remember the Flyers-Rangers alumni game played on New Years’ Eve in 2011), the Flyers confirmed today that they and the Pittsburgh Penguins, as part of each of their 50th anniversary celebrations, will host an alumni game in early 2017, prior to the teams’…
There’s no doubt about it: Jakub Voracek had a bad year in 2015-16. His 44 assists were down 15 from the year prior, and his 11 goals … I mean, come on. Jake Voracek only scoring 11 goals? That’s unacceptable for a guy earning $8.25 million per year. And as we know, this is Philadelphia….
Former Philadelphia Flyers head coach Craig Berube has been out of coaching for the 15 or so months since being fired by the team in April 2015, taking on small jobs scouting for Hockey Canada in that time. But it looks like he’s getting back in the saddle. According to Lou Korac of NHL.com, Berube…
The following quotes have been transcribed by the Philadelphia Flyers public relations department. We can’t guarantee their complete accuracy because we didn’t write them ourselves, but we provide them as a post-game service. Flyers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky Q: …[inaudible] shots in the first period? “Of course. My duty is to stop the puck. The more…
The following quotes have been transcribed by the Flyers PR department. Since we didn’t write them, we cannot guarantee their complete accuracy, but we provide them as a post-game service. Canadiens Center Scott Gomez Q: What happened after the first period? “They just came out harder and we didn’t help ourselves at all. We didn’t…
The following quotes have been transcribed by the Philadelphia Flyers public relations department. We can’t guarantee their complete accuracy because we didn’t write them ourselves, but we provide them as a post-game service. Flyers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky Q: …[inaudible] shots in the first period? “Of course. My duty is to stop the puck. The more…
VOORHEES – Radko Gudas found out on Monday that he won’t be suiting up for the Flyers for the first six games after the NHL Department of Player Safety dished out the punishment for his hit on Boston’s Austin Czarnik. On Tuesday, he had a chance to share his reaction of the news. “I was…