With 21 regular season games remaining, the Phantoms are nine points away from the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Lehigh Valley has the chance to knock that number down to seven as it takes on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers tonight in Allentown. The Sound Tigers (21-29-5-1) are coming off a rough…
*Despite the best efforts of the New Jersey Devils and their friends the officials the Flyers turned it on in the last ten minutes and won a game hooray!! RECAP! *Jordan Weal is hurt and out at least three weeks because of course he is. [CSN Philly] *BUT GHOST THOUGH. [Sons of Penn] *Gudas did…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. The end-of-game statistics would have you believe that this was an evenly matched game that could have went either way. And in some ways, it was — it took about four fantastic Steve Mason saves in the third…
Coming into Saturday afternoon’s game against the Bruins the Flyers’ playoff chances stood at 3.6%. The game was a virtual “must win” being that the Bruins are the team the Flyers are desperately trying to catch. It’s hard to be hopeful given such a small chance but if the Flyers were going to pull it…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news and notes… The big issue in the CBA negotiations will be revenue sharing: [Red Light] [Puck Daddy] Point/Counterpoint on the Flyers‘ defense and goaltending: [Flyers Faithful] Daniel Alfredsson is returning to the Senators next year for his 17th season: [Silver Seven] [SBNation.com]…
Hello again, folks! After a brief hiatus the Flyers return to action today against the Vegas Golden Knights at the Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers are coming off of a bounce-back win in Ottawa on Wednesday, and now look to build off of that in their second home game of the young season. They will…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Remembering Dmitri Tertyshny: [EuroFlyers] Interesting free agents that are still available: [From the RInk] Including Paul Kariya: [From The Rink] SanFilippo says we should trust Paul Holmgren. Probably the best “But the team is better!” argument, even if that isn’t…
It’s pretty safe to say that Johan Backlund won’t play in a game for the Philadelphia Flyers this season. The goalie, in his first season of North American hockey, was called up in early December when Ray Emery went to the injured reserve with an abdominal injury. Brian Boucher was right behind Emery to keep…
The Flyers look for three straight in Tampa against the Lightning.
Claude Giroux had a goal against all but seven NHL teams in 2013-14. One of them was the New York Rangers. So for a team that relies heavily on their captain to pace them in the goal scoring category, this is a bit disconcerting. You know, since the Flyers need to beat the Rangers four…