The Philadelphia Flyers are now fully owned by the Comcast Corporation. On Thursday, the largest cable provider in America and the largest company in the City of Philadelphia officially announced that they are buying out the 24 percent stake that was owned by late team founder Ed Snider — and, since his death in April,…
Our friends at Philly.com have the day’s most important news: SHAKE SHACK COMIN’ TO THE WELLS FARGO CENTER. It’s going to be located behind Section 115 near the Cure Insurance Club. (Why is it still the Cingular Pavilion in my brain? How old am I? Jeez.) Here’s the rundown of menu items, via Philly.com: ShackBurger,…
It’s a little depressing to think about how the end of the 2015-16 Philadelphia Flyers season may have played out of Michael Del Zotto didn’t injure his wrist in February. Until that point, MDZ had been arguably the Flyers’ most important defenseman, playing significant minutes with Shayne Gostisbehere on the team’s de facto top pairing….
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare has been named to the roster for Team Europe at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. He’s the only Frenchmen named to the team and he joins fellow Flyer Mark Streit on the European team. Here’s the full roster, which was finalized today: Goalies G Frederik Andersen, Anaheim Ducks (Denmark) G Thomas Greiss,…
Team Europe has turned into the plucky little underdogs that, it turns out, could. Maybe not against Canada – at least not so far, as they’re in a do-or-die situation tomorrow for the best of three finals – but against everyone else, they got it. Case in point: their sudden death semifinal win over Team…
Four goals. In the NHL, scoring four times almost certainly means you’re winning. Let’s look at a few of the top-scoring teams in the league and how they fare when scoring four or more goals. · New York Rangers: 9-0 · Tampa Bay Lightning: 6-0 · …
One of the best parts of this season so far is, without a doubt, seeing Ivan Provorov make the NHL. Averaging 19:58 a game, he isn’t being thrown totally into the deep end; at the same time, he’s fifth in average ice time for both the Flyers and all rookies throughout the league. But something…
#1: This was a golden opportunity wasted While it was fun to watch with the rest of the world and laugh at Montreal on Friday night, as they took the biggest single-game beatdown that many of us have ever seen in an NHL game before, the truth was that this game was always going to…
Shayne Gostisbehere scored a goal last night. Chances are it will make you smile. [BSH] Michal Neuvirth looks like he will be the starting goaltender for the Czechs. [Puck Daddy] It looks like the Flyers will be getting new banners in the Wells Fargo Center rafters for the 50th anniversary season. [Facebook] Andrew MacDonald knows…
It’s going to be an emotional night at the Wells Fargo Center this evening when the Flyers raise a banner honoring Ed Snider to the rafters, in addition to all of the other 50th anniversary celebrations that the team has in store. There’s also a Shake Shack opening on the main concourse, which brings some…