*The Flyers’ 10-game losing steak is mercifully over, and not a moment too soon for all of our sakes. [BSH] *It was finally time to break up the top line vs. the Flames. [NBCSP] *Down Goes Brown says the Flyers are flat-lining, and it’s time to break out those draft lottery simulators. [Sportsnet] *Prior to…
Once the final puck drops at the Spectrum this season, the Philadelphia Phantoms are no more. Comcast-Spectacor, the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm, announced today it has reached an agreement to sell the Philadelphia Phantoms hockey team, the Flyers top American Hockey League affiliate, to the Brooks Group of Pittsburgh, PA, owners and investors of…
Chris Pronger talks hockey in great depths, describes his relationship with the media and doesn’t mind if he ends up with more wins than friends when all is said and done. Pronger has taken three different teams to the Stanley Cup finals in the last four years. That’s hardly a coincidence. “Hopefully I’ve had some…
Eastern Conference Semifinals, Game 1 — Boston leads series, 1-0[Box Score] – [Full Series Coverage] – [Game Page] – [Boston Reaction][Shift Charts] – [Head-to-Head TOI] – [Corsi and Fenwick] – [5-on-5 Faceoffs] PHILADELPHIA — Peter Laviolette is a very good hockey coach. Without him, the Flyers do not make the Stanley Cup Final last year…
The NHL made the most boring possible picks in naming the captains for the 2015 All-Star Game. Blackhawks forward Jonathan Toews will captain “Team Toews” at the All-Star Weekend, held in Columbus January 23 to January 25. The home team will be captained by Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno. Assistant captains for Team Foligno will…
Mark Streit is a defenseman and the captain of the New York Islanders. Just filed to @newsdaysports: sources say #Isles captain Mark Streit will not return. Turned down team’s best offer, will hit open market. — Arthur Staple (@StapeNewsday) June 4, 2013 Okay. Mark Streit is a free agent defenseman. He’s a former captain of…
Happy weekend, everybody! We’ve officially made it through the week, and we’ve officially made it through our “who should be the new 3C list!” We’ve looked through our best (and, uh, not best) options and had some talks and maybe now we have some feelings about potential fits and who we want to see win…
PHILADELPHIA — This was Mike Richards‘ post-game interview today. He was a bit sarcastic, as you can see there, especially towards two out-of-town reporters: Helene Elliott of the Los Angeles Times and Adam Kimelman of NHL.com. We all know he’s not necessarily fond of the media, but his unnecessary sarcasm certainly rubbed several people the…
With the draft behind us and just days remaining until the entire hockey world will be focused on which free agent their favorite team is going to sign – like how the Flyers are going to sign John Tavares thanks to this convincing letter – let’s take a moment to try and gauge how the…
The NHL’s competition committee, which includes Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider, multiple general managers, and multiple player representatives, met this week and delivered several rule change suggestions. The rule changes are merely suggestions to both the NHL’s Board of Governors and the NHLPA’s Executive Board and require further approval before going into effect. As follows,…