Welcome to the refreshed Broad Street Hockey! To celebrate the new look and feel of our sports communities, we’re sharing stories of how and why we became fans of our favorite teams. If you’d like to do the same, head over to the FanPosts to begin. Each FanPost will be entered into a drawing to…
The Flyers signed Pierre-Edouard Bellemare to a questionable two-year contract extension yesterday, which was a meaningful thing that shows how the Flyers overvalue this particular fourth-line player. Here’s a less-meaningful thing that also shows how much the Flyers overvalue Bellemare: Bellemare will be the Flyers’ newest assistant captain, says Hakstol. — Sarah Baicker (@sbaickerCSN) March…
The Flyers are hosting the Capitals tonight in an 8 p.m. puck drop on NBCSN’s Wednesday Night Rivalry night. Live stream is available here. Philadelphia lineup Forwards Brayden Schenn – Claude Giroux – Wayne Simmonds Dale Weise – Sean Couturier – Jake Voracek Michael Raffl – Nick Cousins – Matt Read Chris VandeVelde – P-E…
The Flyers organization and its fans are a bit sadder today, as we’ve lost another former player and current member of the organization. Ilkka Sinisalo was a core member of the Flyers’ lineup in the 1980s and has been scouting for the team since 2004. He passed away today in Finland at the age of…
The Flyers are in Buffalo tonight for a hockey game in the month of may that matters. For, uhh, both teams. Kinda? Maybe? Philadelphia enters tonight’s game on the road with a three-point gap between them and the final wild card playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Immediately behind them in the standings? Well, it’s…
Valentine’s Day: it’s a day for love. Or, if you’re a professional hockey team, a day to subject your players to goofy puns and general awkwardness. Such was the life of the Philadelphia Flyers in the lead up to Valentine’s Day, in which many of them were subjected to an adorable photoshoot in order to…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Players felt they just got the bounces this time Following the game, the general consensus from the Flyers’ locker room was that the team’s performance against the Avalanche was not so different from the team’s play over…
So the Islanders, huh? I’ll be honest, I really don’t have any feelings about the Islanders. I kind of feel bad for them for being the Islanders, but that is probably a holdover from a few years ago when they were absolute trash. Aren’t they kind of good now? Who knows? Who cares? My only…
Valentine’s Day: it’s a day for love. Or, if you’re a professional hockey team, a day to subject your players to goofy puns and general awkwardness. Such was the life of the Philadelphia Flyers in the lead up to Valentine’s Day, in which many of them were subjected to an adorable photoshoot in order to…
There aren’t that many French players in the NHL. Sure, you’ll often see Team France at the World Championships, but that’s generally about it. Only 11 French-born players have ever played in the NHL. Only six of them have ever played over 100 games. Only two of them are still active: Antoine Roussel and Pierre-Edouard…