Thirty blocked shots. Thirty-nine saves for Carter Hart. Three straight penalties killed in the third period, including a major that bled over from the previous stanza. A hat trick for Sean Couturier. Five hundred (and one) assists for Claude Giroux. Who the hell is this team? Despite being out-shot 42-19 and losing the shot attempts…
… and the kid had his own roller coaster, for f**k’s sake. He had a MCDONALDS IN HIS HOUSE. Seriously, this is going to hurt us a lot more than it hurts Ilya Bryzgalov. The goaltender wants a lot of money and the Flyers are clearly willing to give him that money, or else they…
*And now, Nolan Patrick is out indefinitely. Good. That’s fine. Everything is fine, this is all great. Nothing to freak out about here. IT IS FINE. [BSH] *So, let’s look a little deeper at what exactly is going on with Nolan Patrick, now that we know. [Courier-Post] *Oh, and we are probably sending Morgan Frost…
What a great day! The Eagles’ parade was glorious and the Flyers were able to pick up a win! It wasn’t exactly their prettiest win, but there was a lot to like. Let’s dig into what we learned. All stats and graphics via Corsica.Hockey, HockeyViz, Natural Stat Trick, and NHL.com 1. Watching reruns Theory: everyone…
.016 — the difference in save percentage through the first two games of the series between Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist and Flyers goalie Ray Emery. We all knew that going into the series goaltending was going to be a huge advantage for the Rangers, what with Lundqvist being one of the three or so best…
The Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders kick off the 2015 preseason on Monday night with a pair of split-squad games — one at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the new permanent home of the Isles, and another at PPL Center in Allentown, home of the Phantoms. The team released the rosters for both games on…
Today, the Flyers announced that goaltender Felix Sandstrom would be sent down from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms to the Reading Royals, the Flyers’ ECHL affiliate. The @NHLFlyers have reassigned goaltender Felix Sandstrom from the #LVPhantoms to the @ReadingRoyals of the ECHL. https://t.co/5gp8UY726b — LehighValleyPhantoms (@LVPhantoms) October 7, 2019 Sandstrom, who was drafted in the 3rd…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news… Matt Walker may need surgery. Ironic: [CSNPhilly] Penalties are killing the Flyers: [Philly Sports Daily] [Daily News] The Phantoms started the weekend by beating Syracuse 3-2 [PostStar.com], and had a pretty goal from Eric Wellwood. Video: [PostStar.com] In that game, Johan Backlund…
The following quotes have been transcribed by the Philadelphia Flyers public relations department. We can’t guarantee their complete accuracy because we didn’t write them ourselves, but we provide them as a post-game service. Flyers Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky Q: Is that the first time you’ve been in a shootout here, or, I forget, maybe you saw…
There were rumors that a connection between the Flyers front office and Chicago backup goalie Ray Emery would bring the former Flyer back to Philadelphia for another stay with the Flyers. It looks like those rumors have come to fruition, as multiple reports (originating from TSN’s Darren Dreger) are reporting that Emery has signed a…