The lead-up to tonight’s game amongst Flyers fans was largely one of discontent. The Flyers scratched not one but two of their exciting young players in Shayne Gostisbehere and Travis Konecny, making them the proverbial scapegoats from Tuesday’s monstrosity of a game against the Hurricanes. This — coupled with the insertion of other not-exactly-fan-favorites Dale…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Flyers lost the goaltending and 5v5 battles In the wake of a 5-2 loss to a division rival, it’s not going to be easy to pick out positives from the wreckage. At the same time, it remains…
We’re still streaking on this week’s Broad Street Hockey Radio, as the Flyers have won nine in a row. The emergence of Ivan Provorov as a top-pair defenseman and Brayden Schenn doubling his goal total in one weekend are both celebrated, as is the team’s ability to overcome injuries to key players in the midst…
LOS ANGELES — John Tortorella of the Columbus Blue Jackets was supposed to be the head coach of the Metropolitan Division All-Stars here this weekend. He opted out, however, to care for his son’s — an Army Ranger on deployment — ailing dog. So the Metro team needed a replacement, and … well, who better…
This is probably the weirdest thing I’ve come across while covering a Flyers game. A couple got married before the game tonight against Washington … in the hallway of the balcony level at the Wells Fargo Center. They were going to get married in their suite, but the Flyers apparently like to turn up the…
The lead-up to tonight’s game amongst Flyers fans was largely one of discontent. The Flyers scratched not one but two of their exciting young players in Shayne Gostisbehere and Travis Konecny, making them the proverbial scapegoats from Tuesday’s monstrosity of a game against the Hurricanes. This — coupled with the insertion of other not-exactly-fan-favorites Dale…
There was a lot of Philadelphia Flyers goodies in Elliotte Friedman’s weekly 30 Thoughts column this week. Some of it related to their actual play (#17, #18), but it’s the stuff off the ice that’s a bit more interesting to discuss, I think. After all, for the most part, we can see pretty much everything…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Best 5v5 game from the Flyers in weeks It’s no secret that the Philadelphia Flyers haven’t been playing their best hockey lately, which their recent five-game skid served to illuminate. But even during the team’s ten-game win…
Last year’s schedule was — and I cannot actually confirm this, but it feels like it in my head — a bit of a rarity for the Flyers, as none of their three games against the Boston Bruins were Saturday afternoon outings that inevitably ended in Flyers losses. Those seem to have been a staple…
Goals, hats and a shirtless Wayne Simmonds — yes, really — were all on display as the Flyers and Ducks took center ice on New Year’s Day. In an east meets west game, it was the Ducks that came out on top by way of shootout as the Flyers were on the wrong end of…