Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Steve Mason went down during practice on Friday morning and needed help getting off the ice. It’s a weird situation and nobody really seems to know just yet what happened to Mason. But it does seem at least relatively serious. Steve Mason is down on the ice, laying on his back, being…
The season ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper. Those hoping for a fast-paced game, with the Ottawa Senators desperate to make the playoffs and complete their improbable second half comeback were surely disappointed. The Senators were surprisingly sleepy throughout, but were lucky to face a Philadelphia Flyers squad that was even more…
As has become tradition, the gang kicks off a new season of Ice Sport Radio with a long look at all four NHL divisions – which teams are better, which are worse, what to expect, and where they might finish. The season’s underway and Ice Sport is back baby!
Phantoms captain Ben Holmstrom will undergo surgery on his right knee next Thursday at Methodist Hospital, the team announced today. Holmstrom injured the knee back on December 8 when he got caught in a rut during a game against the Syracuse Crunch. According to the team, the extent of the injury is not yet known….
Really cool video here … Claude Giroux, Scott Hartnell, Sidney Crosby, Ryan Miller and some other NHL stars recently laced up the skates and strapped into a sled, surprising some sledge hockey players and taking to the ice with them. It’s an inspirational little 3 minute video, and it’s even better because …. yes, there’s…
Bad news: through 22 OHL games, Travis Konecny has scored just five goals. That’s one goal for every assist he had in his most recent game. Yup – the Ottawa 67’s defeated the Oshawa Generals 6-2, and Konecny had five assists. In one game. Because he’s pretty good. Travis Konecny back at it tonight. 5…
For the second time in three seasons, Carter Hart has won the Vaughn Goaltender of the Year award. Hart was also a finalist for the CHL Player of the Year award; that award went to Alex Barre-Boulet of the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada in the QMJHL and Tampa Bay Lightning prospect. Carter Hart is the first goalie…
One of the finer points of HBO 24/7 Flyers–Rangers has been the accompanying soundtrack, whether it’s because the songs are good or because the lyrics happen to fit the story perfectly. But one of the problems is that apparently, those in post-production at HBO are total hipsters, and half of the songs are completely outside…
A few assorted thoughts on how the Eastern Conference is looking in this post-Columbus Day world we live in. If the playoffs started today, not only would the Flyers be the top seed in the Eastern Conference, they’d also be the President’s Trophy winners. And you’d better believe Mike Richards is going to touch that…
Much has been said about Claude Giroux’s lack of production in the first two games of this Eastern Conference First Round series against the New York Rangers. The Rangers top two defensive units, Ryan McDonagh-Dan Girardi and Marc Staal-Anton Stralman, have gone up against Giroux’s line almost equally and have had a lot of success…