Flyers forward Claude Giroux will be featured on NHL Network’s Ice Time —as part of their “Captains” episode— airing Saturday at 9am and noon EST. The episode will also air on Sunday at 10am for those fans looking to get some pointers from the 18th captain in Flyers history. Giroux’s 622 points since 2010 are…
Well, somebody got fired today, even if it wasn’t the person we expected. After four-and-a-half years as the club’s general manager, Ron Hextall was let go by the Philadelphia Flyers this morning. It’s not the thing many fans wanted to see happen (or at least not before another person still with the team was let…
Tonight’s game begins at 7:00 p.m. ET and can be: Seen on TV locally in Philadelphia via NBC Sports Philadelphia (or via stream on the MyTeams App) Seen on TV nationally in the US via NBC Sports Network Seen on TV nationally in Canada via TSN3 Heard on radio locally via 97.5 The Fanatic Seen…
Notable Phantoms performers this week: 11/23 – 6-2 WIN 11/24 – 6-3 LOSS/ Philippe Myers (D): 2 GP, 1 goal, 7 shotsUndrafted Free Agent Myers ties his goal-total from last season with five in just in first 18 games (he played 50 last season FWIW). The young defenseman has 11 points in total this season…
First Period Much of the opening minutes in this one featured a typical game vs. a Ken Hitchcock coached team. Tight checking and not a lot of high quality scoring chances dominated the start tonight, although the Flyers contributed to this with a touch of over passing. Wayne Simmonds had a chance to dart to…
Reports began to trickle out that Chuck Fletcher was the potential frontrunner for the vacated Flyers General Manager position almost immediately after Hextall’s dismissal. Other candidates were to be interviewed, including Columbus Blue Jackets Associate GM Bill Zito, but as of Monday it became clear Fletcher is Philadelphia’s choice. According to Bill Meltzer, it’s a…
Sunday was not a banner sports day for the city of Philadelphia as the Flyers failed to backup their impressive onslaught of goals in Buffalo by laying an egg in Winnipeg and the Eagles fell victim to one of the most ridiculous loses in recent memory. These are words and observations from the Flyers’ loss,…
First period Ottawa’s youngsters would get the first scoring chance of the game, with Brady Tkachuk trying to stuff one home on the doorstep, but he was denied by Anthony Stolarz. Tkachuk posted three points in his first game against the Flyers earlier this season in Ottawa. But it would be the Flyers that would…
One of the biggest on-ice storylines coming out of this past weekend of Flyers hockey was the play of one Anthony Stolarz, who picked up his first NHL win in almost two years on Saturday night in the team’s win over Pittsburgh. Through three games — a relief appearance in the blowout loss in Toronto,…
Oh. Man. This was not the result we were expecting, but also, in a way, exactly the result we were expecting, given how things have been going around here. It’s been rough, friends. All stats via Natural Stat Trick and NHL.com 1.Not a particularly inspiring start With the Flyers’ starts having been a hot topic…