Tonight the Flyers will take the ice for the final time before their 2016-17 regular season begins next week, as they’ll head to Boston to take on the team they edged out for the final playoff spot in the East last season. It’s been an interesting preseason for the Flyers, who have seen two top…
Update (Monday AM, 3/14): NBC10 reports that that the alleged killer is Steven Simminger, a homeless veteran originally from Media, Pa. and that the victim was Colin McGovern of Churchville. The argument that led to the deadly stabbing was indeed over hockey — Simminger was wearing a blue New Jersey Devils cap that sparked the…
Last summer it was defenseman Evgeny Medvedev. This summer, it’s another splash into the Russian pool for Ron Hextall and the Flyers, who today announced that they’ve signed free agent forward Roman Lyubimov to an entry-level contract. It’s a one-year deal due to the rules regarding ELCs. Lyubimov joins the Flyers after spending much of…
Claude Giroux was snubbed from Team Canada back in 2014 at the Olympic Games in Sochi. It was not a stretch to think the same could happen this fall at the World Cup of Hockey. But, nope — Canada’s management team came to their senses and indeed named Giroux to the roster on Friday night….
Paul Holmgren spoke with the media on Monday with regards to Chris Pronger’s knee surgery, Andreas Nodl going on waivers, Brayden Schenn being recalled and everything else the team is up to. Q: How long have you known he’s had a knee problem? “Obviously Chris has played a long time. This has been an issue…
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Watch the whole thing, too. It’s from 1995 when Eric Lindros won the Hart Trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player, and it’s so good that I totally forgot that Neil friggin’ Young was one of the dudes who presented the award to 88. Given all that crap that went on with Lindros towards the…
Entering tonight’s game, a win by the New York Islanders would have pulled them into a matchup with Pittsburgh in the first round, whereas a loss would have meant a matchup with Florida. They weren’t exactly thirsty for a win, and they sat John Tavares, Frans Nielsen, Kyle Okposo and Johnny Boychuk as a result….
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I can never really get into development camp that much. I understand that it’s important for the players and the organization for a lot of reasons — namely, it gets young players acclimated to an NHL environment both on the ice and off — but in terms of being a spectator, it’s really just an…