Flyer legend Bob Clarke was in attendance at DC’s Verizon Center on Sunday as the Flyers took on the Capitals, and Sovetsky Sport correspondents Natalia Bragilevskaya and Pavel Lysenkov were able to sit down with him and get his take on Ovechkin and fighting in the NHL. The fellas over at Japers’ Rink commonly translate…
Fine, Paul. We’ll indulge. Apparently the Flyers have had continuing discussions with Atlanta general manager Don Waddell about a potential trade for superstar and soon-to-be-free agent Ilya Kovalchuk. From CSNPhilly.com: One NHL executive said that the Flyers have had intermittent talks with Atlanta over Kovalchuk. Atlanta General manager Don Waddell met with Holmgren at last…
We wrote yesterday afternoon about the news that Ville Leino was going to be sitting out tonight’s crucial game with the New York Rangers, and the quote CSN’s Tim Panaccio got from Leino on the situation. “We need more fighters,” Leino said. This sparked a bit of outrage, mostly due to the quote and not…
There are a certain set of rules when hockey fights break out that are just not broken. The most obvious of those rules? Once you’ve beaten your opponent, you don’t continue to throw punches while they’re down and defenseless on the ice. Brandon Dubinsky of the New York Rangers broke this cardinal rule on Sunday…
[Recap] [Boxscore] [MTL Reaction] It wasn’t long ago that the Olympic Break was looked at favorably. After sweeping two home-and-homes against New Jersey and Montreal, the Flyers probably wish they could play again tomorrow. Danny Briere, a favorite in Montreal, led the way with a hat trick, while Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, and Blair Betts…
[Boxscore] – [New York Reaction] Final – 1.21.2010 1 2 3 Total New York Rangers 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia Flyers 1 1 0 2 Complete Coverage > Delusional. That’s really the only word that can describe fans, players, staff, and the head coach of the New York Rangers tonight, as the Flyers easily dispatched…
The whole tournament has been building toward this day. Finally the tournament is free of the distractions of medal contenders and big name players, leaving the bottom six in peace to duke it out amongst themselves for supremacy. Group C Game 3: Switzerland (0-0-1-1) vs. Norway (0-0-0-2) – 3 PM: The Swiss have defense and…
Things went according to seed yesterday in the end, but not without a horribly brilliant effort from the Latvians, fighting back valiantly from two goals down to force overtime against the heavily favored Czechs. They were only a carom away from completing the biggest upset of the tournament, and for that we salute them. With…
A lot was made before the season about how much Chris Pronger would help this team’s defense. By bumping everyone back on the depth chart, he was expected to make everyone better. Unfortunately, that hasn’t really been the case. Much has already been said about how much Pronger has helped Matt Carle, but the Flyers…
Hey, Eagles fans. We know it’s been a tough ride over the last two weeks for you guys, what with the losing in the first round of the playoffs to your arch rival and everything. Trust us, we know the feeling. It probably didn’t get any better when you picked up the paper this morning…