Another weekend, another Saturday afternoon game, this time with the Tampa Bay Lightning coming in to town for the 1pm tilt. The Bolts will be without their Vezina-caliber starting goaltender, Andrei Vasilevskiy, who is out 4-6 with a fracture so the Flyers will be testing their backup, Louis Domingue. That said, the Lightning are coming…
Holy shit. The Flyers stormed back from a 5-1 deficit entering the third period to win 6-5 in a shootout last night. Game recaps: NHL.com | Daily News | Inquirer | NHL.com Highlights B&P’s Take: This game just seemed destined to be a loss. Carolina began celebrating their third goal as Lou Nolan was announcing…
After the other night’s 5-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes, I was really considering just skipping tonight’s game. I mean, the sheer existence of the Montreal Canadiens makes me want to rip my eyes out anyway, so I’d really need a good reason to not sit this one out. Re-runs of Parks and Rec are…
For the third straight post in our pre-draft series here at BSH, we’ll be talking about a defenseman here. After picking one out of the NCAA and another out of the Swedish league, we turn our attentions today to Canadian juniors — specifically, the Ontario Hockey League — and chat a bit about London Knights…
I can never really get into development camp that much. I understand that it’s important for the players and the organization for a lot of reasons — namely, it gets young players acclimated to an NHL environment both on the ice and off — but in terms of being a spectator, it’s really just an…
It was announced today that the Flyers have signed Nikolai Zherdev to a one-year contract. Unfortunately, no financial terms were released. CSNPhilly’s Sarah Baicker is reporting that it’s a $2 million deal. There isn’t much to say about Zherdev that Travis didn’t already say on Wednesday, but the Flyers are definitely banking on him to…
After a stellar preseason, Steve Mason looked poised to build off his Vezina-caliber 2014-15 performance this season. Unfortunately, a family issue stopped Mason in his tracks, contributing to a poor game against the Florida Panthers and causing the goalie to miss two starts. But tonight, it looks like Mason is ready to go. The Flyers‘…
With training camp less than three weeks away, Jaromir Jagr is preparing for his NHL comeback with modest expectations, but hopes to score goals against the Penguins. “First and foremost I want to stay healthy and be able to play. I’m not saying that I will be successful, but I believe I can be.” Jagr…
Bob Ford, a respectable Inquirer columnist, talks about Marty Biron keeping up his recent play. There’s also some interesting talk at the end of the article, including a quote from Marty, about the Continental plane crash in Buffalo last week. Biron played in Buffalo for 11 seasons, and his wife has relatives that live in…