The City of Philadelphia will host the 2014 Division 1 men’s ice hockey championship — the Frozen Four. We will not host the Division 3 final, though. The NCAA’s D3 Presidents Council on Wednesday voted down a proposal to include the D3 title game as part of Frozen Four weekend at the Wells Fargo Center…
Morning Observations is a feature where we break down the previous night’s game with an analytical eye. #1: Poor passing the root cause of Flyers’ issues Despite a whopping seven power play opportunities, the Flyers could manage just 22 shots on goal last night against the Anaheim Ducks, a pitiful display of offense. As a…
Philadelphia Flyers forward Matt Read sustained an injury in Thursday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Read was administered a hit by Pittsburgh forward Chris Kunitz and was forced to leave the game. During the second period, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren announced that Read had sustained an upper-body injury and would not be able…
Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers-related news… The Phantoms lost 2-1 last night, but Zac Rinaldo had a great game, as did Johan Backlund and the team’s PK unit: [PostStar.com] Claude Giroux is making an impact on the Flyers penalty kill: [CSNPhilly] All three of Pronger, Betts, and Carter…
Coming off a tough loss last night, the Flyers skate in St. Louis tonight against the Blues, in another tough matchup. Storylines include: a hot goaltender. Injuries abound. Jori Lehtera squaring off against his old team. The Flyers saying hey to Brayden Schenn. The second game in two nights, it’s also arguably the more difficult…
A child born this afternoon will be 16 years old when Mike Richards‘ contract comes off the Los Angeles Kings salary cap, the team announced today. OK, so they didn’t exactly do it in those same words, but that’s the effect of the settlement reached between the Kings, the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association…
PHILADELPHIA — Bob Clarke spoke with the media before the game tonight. He talked about his career and how “lucky” he was to play with so many great players. He talked about the Spectrum, which has been reduced back to a skeleton across the street — “it’s time, it’s the right thing to do,” he…
Last month when the Phantoms played a game in Atlantic City against the Albany Devils, I had a chance to see the team first-hand for the first time this season. It was, um, not pretty. It was so ugly, in fact, that I decided to look up the stats on the Phantoms to see how…
Today’s open discussion thread, including your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… Yesterday’s men’s Olympic scores… USA 3, SUI 1 – CAN 8, NOR 0 – RUS 8, LAT 2 The USA women also won yesterday, routing Russia 13-0 to move on to the semifinals. Mike Richards scored Canada’s third goal on Tuesday…
With the 2019 NHL Entry Draft out of the way it’s time for the Philadelphia Flyers to move on to their 2019 Development Camp, which starts tomorrow. Of the 41 prospects invited to camp, eleven are undrafted free agents who are still looking for an organization to give them a chance at the professional level….