Carter Hart earned his first career shutout in the home opener against the New Jersey Devils. It doesn’t get much sweeter than that. While the Excellence of Execution will, rightfully, get the majority of the praise for his blanking of Jersey to push the Philadelphia Flyers to their first 2-0-0 start since winning their first…
Your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… Last night’s scores around the NHL: Rangers 3, Devils 2 – Blue Jackets 5, Canucks 3 The Flyers open their home schedule tonight. Coverage here all day long, of course. Get your Capitals point of view from the always excellent Japers’ Rink. Previews, get your previews:…
The gang previews the playoff matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins, which starts Wednesday night. Bill and Kelly and Steph and Charlie take a look at the matchups and try to get in Dave Hakstol’s head as the Flyers attempt to advance in the playoffs for the first time since 2012. Also, Claude Giroux should win…
Previous Chapters Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Last week on “Choose your own adventure…” “Though, despite this, the Flyers’ chances at a cup run are not dead. They still have a core led by Peter Forsberg, Markus Naslund, John Leclair, and Eric Desjardins. With the 1996 NHL draft upcoming, and the 96-97’ season looming,…
An almost-daily look back at how the Philadelphia Flyers have fared on this day, recalling some of the more memorable moments, achievements, and events that shaped the organization throughout the club’s storied history The Flyers have managed a 10-8-3-1 mark in 22 games played on November 12 over the course of team history. Philadelphia has…
Kimmo Timonen is still going after his Stanley Cup dream with the Chicago Blackhawks this season, but next year, he wants back in Philadelphia. According to the Inquirer, Kimmo plans on coming back to the Flyers next season. Timonen has planned all along to retire from playing after 2014-15, and since he’s been a healthy…
Some may see it as bad luck to pick an opponent you’d like to face when the playoffs aren’t guaranteed. With the uncertainty the Flyers have lovingly given us all season long, we could realistically finish anywhere from sixth place to tenth place at this point. But, our team does hold their own destiny, so…
Dave Hakstol was on TCN’s Breakfast on Broad this morning, and he spoke about the recent Flyers moves from the weekend, his thoughts on first-round pick Ivan Provorov, his role in the drafting process, and what he’s been up to since taking the job as head coach. “It was a great weekend for everybody,” said…
After Game One, Scott Hartnell couldn’t do much worse. And he didn’t. He actually had a good game. There were a lot of power plays yesterday, which contributed to a lot of the low scores. While the official shot totals saw the Devils out-shoot the Flyers 32-29, those totals fell to 24-18 at even strength….