Hello, October. Here are a few Philadelphia Flyers-related notes to start your day (and month)… Hockey starts tonight. Like, real meaningful hockey. Four games on the slate: Bruins at Capitals, Canadiens at Leafs, Sharks at Avalanche, and Canucks at Flames. Both American games are on Versus. Also, our fantasy hockey live draft will be starting…
A year after the Flyers struggled repeatedly with a Devils team that clearly seemed to be beneath them, the orange and black have come out firing against a Devils team that’s been in playoff position since the season began, and it’s helped pull them back into the playoff race. Three goals in the game’s first…
Tonight’s game can be seen via TV on NBC Sports Network and via streaming on nbcsports.com or the NBC Sports App. (Note that NHL.tv and NHL Center Ice will be blacked out.) On radio, you can listen via 93.3 WMMR. So! Not that the Flyers haven’t, for all intents and purposes, been out of playoff…
18: Number of minutes/game Kimmo Timonen played for Team Finland during the Olympics Whilst over in Sochi, the 38-year-old veteran blueliner was on the ice for a grand total of 108 minutes. That’s good for third among Team Finland and second among Finnish defensemen. Mikael Granlund led all Finnish forwards with an average TOI of…
*Just when you were about to fall asleep out of hockey-less boredom and Phillies baseball, Ron Hextall comes out and BLAM Sean Couturier is extended! [BSH] *We talked a bit about this yesterday but it looks like the career of tiny ball of wonderfulness, Danny Briere, is coming to a close. [BSH] [Puck Daddy] *This…
We’ll continue going through profiles of each of the Flyers’ draft picks. Today we continue with their second-round draft pick from 2014, Canadian winger Nicolas Aube-Kubel. Background Date of Birth: May 10, 1996Primary Team, 2013-14: Val-d’or Foreurs, QMJHLNationality: Canadian (Slave Lake, AB)Height: 5’11”Weight: 187 Statistical Profile Estimated TOI/60 GF% GF% Rel Estimated QoC TOI% Estimated…
And a pleasant good morning to you fine folks! It’s Sunday morning and we’ve got the Flyers coming up very soon? Is anyone still recovering from their Saturday night? I understand. Just take a sip of coffee, imagine I’m saying all this very softly, and let’s get to the preview! The Flyers square off against…
Jake Voracek and Claude Giroux, obviously. Claude Giroux’s chirping. (And microphones.) Whatever Jake Voracek is doing here. Wayne Simmonds on the power play. Everybody on the Flyers’ top power play unit. Kimmo Timonen, even if he never plays again. Kimmo Timonen, simply for being alive. The Phantoms, back in Pennsylvania where they belong. The Flyers’…
Samuel Morin, the Flyers 2013 first round draft selection who looks like Chris Pronger and probably plays like him (or whatever), wants to be an NHL defenseman this coming year. That’s the takeaway from a French-language interview he gave to TVA Sports over the weekend. “I want to make the team. I got a taste…
The Flyers went into the Nassau Coliseum yesterday afternoon and brought it to the division leading New York Islanders. They’re now just five points out of a playoff spot with a huge stretch of games beginning, let’s talk about the impressive victory. 1. Holy shot quality, batman Getting blown out in overall shot attempts fazed…