Since you read Broad Street Hockey Dot Com four times a day, you are likely aware that it’s the 50th anniversary season for the Philadelphia Flyers. And tonight when the team hosts the Arizona Coyotes at the Wells Fargo Center, it’ll be first of several “Heritage Nights” they host. They’ll welcome 15 members of the…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Fair to say this was a game the Flyers should have won While closer on the stat sheet than it may have seemed, this was still a game that the Philadelphia Flyers deserved to win. Though I…
If you’re not familiar with the Mannequin Challenge, it’s basically this: a group of people stand stock still while someone with a camera runs around recording them. Basically, the goal is to hold a pose like a mannequin. If you’re not familiar with the Philadelphia Eagles, I can’t really help you there. The Philadelphia Flyers…
The Philadelphia Flyers close out their season-opening three-game road trip with an 8:30 puck drop against the Chicago Blackhawks this evening at United Center. The real debate before this one is if it qualifies as #FlyersAfterDark … 8:30 starts are pretty rare, particularly on Central Time. But … here we are. The Flyers will likely…
Last Sunday, in our recap of the Flyers’ win over the Hurricanes, we mentioned how that win was unlike many of the Flyers’ games this season: an early lead, a late lead, good penalty killing, etc. By comparison, for almost 59 minutes, this game played out exactly how many Flyers games have gone this season:…
The Flyers are home for the second game of this four-game homestand tonight, hosting the Ottawa Senators … who are … good? Well, kinda. They’re sitting at 9-5-1 through their first 15 games, good for third in the Atlantic Division. They are allowing 2.29 goals per 60 minutes, which is the fifth best number in…
UPDATE from Monday night: The Flyers announced on Monday night that Streit will miss about two weeks with an upper-body injury. Per #Flyers GM Ron Hextall, Mark Streit will be out two weeks with an upper-body injury → https://t.co/4lKVkmpU7j — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) December 13, 2016 The Flyers have five games between now and their…
It’s kind of ironic that Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas returns from his six-game suspension tonight against the Buffalo Sabres. The last time Gudas hit the ice against Buffalo, it was marred by controversy: Gudas probably should have been suspended for this, as we wrote at the time, even though he was given a major for…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: One good period isn’t enough It’s fair to come out of this game frustrated with a few select players. It’s fair to have some issues with a few of the calls on the ice. It’s even fair…
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,…