In a development that is sure to anger Southeast Division fans, former Flyers goaltender Antero Niittymaki has apparently worked his way out of a deal with Atlant Moscow Oblast of the KHL and back into the National Hockey League with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Tampa Bay offered Niittymaki a contract early Thursday, a day after…
[Recap] – [Boxscore] – [Complete Coverage] – [CAR Reaction] The Philadelphia Flyers won’t be having any of that 0-3-3 nonsense this year. Ray Emery made 28 saves, earning the shutout, while Jeff Carter and Mike Richards scored two power play goals to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-0 in the season opener. Emery is the first…
One of the biggest surprises early on in this nascent NHL campaign is the Los Angeles Kings, who have stunned many by racing out to a 13-7-2 start that has them in fourth place in the Western Conference. And while most Flyers fans don’t know (or care) a whole lot about the Kings, there’s a…
The New Jersey Devils are running a contest on Twitter in which they will give away five sets of tickets to their home opener against the Flyers on Friday, October 3. If you’re 18 or older and you live in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, or Connecticut, you can cheat the system and take a…
John LeClair is set to be inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. The other members of the 2009 inductee class include fellow former Flyer Tony Amonte, Tom Barasso, and the entire 1998 US Women’s Olympic Team. LeClair, who was once considered one of the top handful of Americans in the NHL, was…
With a lot of questions about how he would perform, Ray Emery had an unbelievable start to the season. For his first five regular season periods in the orange and black, Emery was perfect. He stopped the first fifty shots he faced. Through the first 110 minutes of the season, he had a 0.00 GAA…
BOSTON — While the Flyers were skating on the ice with their families yesterday, taking in the unbelievable experience here at Fenway Park, the New York Rangers were getting ready to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes, taking two points and the eighth and final playoff spot, pushing Philadelphia back to the outside. It may be a…
Some of the best stories from around the hockey media and blogosphere to start off your day…“Those “Battle of Pennsylvania” match-ups are going to be fun for close to the next decade, eh?” Reaction to Chris Pronger’s contract extension. [Puck Daddy] Bob Ford at the Inquirer likes the aggressiveness of the Flyers offseason thus far,…
As fighting in the NHL continues to escalate, league officials are looking for ways to curtail it. Public outcry following the death of Don Sanderson, who died during a fight in a senior league game in Canada, led to contemplation of several changes at the NHL level. Among those changes, some proposed an outright ban…
As the 23rd player on the roster, Riley Cote is also the 23rd most valuable Flyer. Coincidence? I don’t think so. Seems voters here are focused on this year, and this year only. Is that a bad thing? Not necessarily. But now you have to look ahead. Which player not on the roster is most…