Elitserien starts today. There’s a ton of hype built around the 20 year old Skellefteå goaltender Joacim Eriksson. Not a single game in the season has been played yet, but hockey experts around the nation are already suggesting that Eriksson could start for Team Sweden at the World Championships next spring. He hasn’t even started…
Elitserien starts today. There’s a ton of hype built around the 20 year old Skellefteå goaltender Joacim Eriksson. Not a single game in the season has been played yet, but hockey experts around the nation are already suggesting that Eriksson could start for Team Sweden at the World Championships next spring. He hasn’t even started…
[Box Score] – [Wire Recap] – [SBN Game Page] – [Minnesota Reaction] When things are going well for the Philadelphia Flyers, they tend to be going really well. And tonight was no exception. Entering the third period of play in Minnesota, they led a relatively listless affair 3-1 in front of an announced crowd of…
A lot of things happened to Sergei Bobrovsky in the past year. The Flyers found the Metallurg Novokuznetsk goaltender because of scout Ken Khudyakov, who was actually working for another KHL team, Sibir Novosibirsk. The Flyers representatives met with Bobrovsky and his agent Vyacheslav Mahrenski in the spring, and soon after in early May, Bobrovsky…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — With President Bush on the big screen, hockey suddenly didn’t matter anymore, not to the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers or the thousands of fans in attendance. The start of the third period of the NHL exhibition game was delayed and then called off Thursday night as fans demanded to watch…
Philadelphia Flyers at Washington CapitalsKettler Capitals Iceplex – 3:00 PM ET – Arlington, VAStreaming live on Flyers websiteThis is the open game thread.Get the Washington perspective at Japers’ Rink Hockey, hockey, hockey! The Flyers rookies are down in DC today taking on the Baby Caps. Here are a few things to watch for. – Sergei…
Training camp starts this weekend. We know that. But now we have details! The Flyers announced the full training camp roster and a full schedule for camp, which opens Friday. Players first take the ice on Saturday. Here’s the full roster: Forwards (36): Blair Betts, Danny Briere, Daniel Carcillo, Jeff Carter, Michael Chaput, Matt Clackson,…
Michael Leighton‘s injury situation continues to get worse. Initially, nothing was wrong. Leighton left a preseason game against the Maple Leafs with a slight back injury Then, the Flyers admitted something was wrong with his back and that they hoped he’d be good to go in a few days. A few days later, the team…
First off, let’s set one thing straight: we’re not suggesting that Michael Leighton‘s back injury is career threatening or that it’s going to plague him for the rest of his life or anything, much like the injury Ray Emery suffered a year ago will plague him for likely the rest of his life. We are…