After a promising first season on the Phantoms last year, Joonas Lehtivuori seemed to struggle this season. Many were surprised to see one of the best defensemen on the team to become a healthy scratch relatively quickly. Lehtivuori offers a few reasons for the downhill. “We had ten rookies on the team at best. We…
[Boxscore] – [Wire Recap] – [SBN Game Page] – [Quotes] – [Boston Reaction] [Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [5-on-5 Faceoffs] PHILADELPHIA — On a night like tonight, when the opposing goalie stands on his head, it’s hard to judge exactly how much credit he deserves and how much you have…
If you don’t read The Copper & Blue, I understand. Nobody should subject themselves to that horrid hockey team (to be fair, they are getting better) and therefore, should probably avoid reading about that team. But Derek Zona and Scott Reynolds do a great job and I recommend reading when possible. I bring this up…
Tim McManus broke the news this morning, reporting that Michael Leighton was on the ice practicing with the Adirondack Phantoms at the Glens Falls Civic Center. McManus also reported that Leighton will indeed play both games this weekend for the Phantoms, on Saturday in Wilkes-Barre and on Sunday in Atlantic City against the Albany Devils….
In the last week or so, I’ve probably read Section 13.9 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement a good 20 times. It’s not even that long of a section — it takes up about half a page — but it explains a complicated situation. Of course, as anybody who’s read the site over the last week…
Our Geoff Detweiler put together a fantastic look at today’s big move — the Flyers putting Ian Laperriere on long term injured reserve — and why this severely hurts the team going forward. In a nutshell, according to Geoff, the Flyers cannot call up anybody right now. They don’t have the cap space. The Flyers…
As if you needed more evidence that Chris Pronger is awesome, here’s the video from intermission last night as he watched his two boys from the bench. They participated in the Mites on Ice game after the first period, and instead of heading to the locker room, Pronger and his wife Lauren stuck around on…
Paul Holmgren gets a lot of anger directed toward him around our fine corner of the Internet, usually involving the salary cap or some kind of injury issue. Right now, though, as Chris Pronger prepares for foot surgery that will put him out of the lineup for four to six weeks, all Holmgren deserves is…
PHILADELPHIA — This was Mike Richards‘ post-game interview today. He was a bit sarcastic, as you can see there, especially towards two out-of-town reporters: Helene Elliott of the Los Angeles Times and Adam Kimelman of NHL.com. We all know he’s not necessarily fond of the media, but his unnecessary sarcasm certainly rubbed several people the…
ATLANTIC CITY — Following today’s 4-2 Phantoms loss to the Albany Devils at Boardwalk Hall, Michael Leighton said he felt good and ready to return to the Flyers. (Of course he did, who wants to stay with a team that has three wins and 22 losses?) “I feel like I did what I had to…