Throughout this NHL lockout, we’ve been posting stories each time the league cancels more games. They’ve been doing it every two weeks for months (oddly, I’ve been sitting in this exact same coffee shop every single time they’ve done it … maybe I should stop coming here) and we sit back and talk about how…
The OHL announced Wednesday that Anthony Stolarz has been suspended eight games for the below incident. *** London Knights goalie Anthony Stolarz, a 2012 draft pick of the Flyers, probably regrets this. He took a swinging chop at the back of the head of Josh Ho-Sang, a 2014 draft eligible member of the Windsor Spitfires…
Does anyone remember when the Flyers beat the Lightning—in Tampa—earlier this year? That wasn’t a mirage, right? Well, here’s another opportunity to do the same. The Lightning’s playoff position remains safe (barring an insane run by the Ottawa Senators which, hey, who knows, though that 5-0 loss to Chicago last night’s a bad look), and…
Entering the series with Boston, everyone predicted a low-scoring defensive battle. One 5-4 game later and that doesn’t seem true any more. What about the defensive battle, you ask. The official shot totals were 46-36 in favor of Boston, but it was 32-31 in favor of the Flyers entering the extra frame. While not a…
After an injury and suspension-ravaged training camp, the Philadelphia Flyers were able to avoid any major issues during their season-opening back-to-back this past weekend. Unfortunately, they could not make it through Game #3 unscathed. Forward Michael Raffl, who has primarily played on the top line with Claude Giroux and Wayne Simmonds in the absence of…
2014-15 NHL Season :: Game 74 of 82 at 29-29-15 (73 points)6th in Metropolitan | 12th in East 19-39-13 (51 points) 6th in Pacific | 13th in West Saturday, March 21, 2015 :: 10:00 p.m. ET Rexall Place :: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Get the Edmonton perspective at The Copper & Blue
Since interviewing Flyers prospect Jacob De Serres in November, we admittedly haven’t been keeping up on his progress as much as we should have been. Recently, Ben received an e-mail pointing us toward a blog devoted to the Brandon Wheat Kings that I have recently subscribed to. Hopefully this will lead to more information on…
As the seconds ticked away on 3-on-3 overtime, it seemed likely that the Philadelphia Flyers would be forced to earn a much-needed victory in the dreaded shootout. Claude Giroux and Shayne Gostisbehere had other ideas. Gostisbehere recovered an errand pass with a diving play in the offensive zone and fed a wide-open Giroux, who slipped…
Matt Read Age: 27 Depth Chart: Third line right wing Contract Status: $900,000 per year through 2014, then $3,625,000 per year through 2018 2013 Frequent Linemates: Wayne Simmonds (39.3% of time), Claude Giroux (37.9%) 2013 Stats GP TOI/GP Goals Assists Points 42 18:01 11 13 24 Corsi On Corsi Rel Corsi Rel QoC OZ Start…
On Tuesday, CSN Philly published a story about Wayne Simmonds headlined “Simmonds proud to represent black hockey players“, featuring this quote: In fact, Simmonds said that race-based negativity in hockey “really doesn’t happen in Canada. That’s pretty much the way it is.” This was in the context of getting the opportunity to play, and in…