An almost-daily column that takes a look back at how the Philadelphia Flyers have fared on this day, recalling some of the more memorable moments, achievements, and events that shaped the organization throughout the club’s storied history Heading into tonight’s contest with the Pittsburgh Penguins at CONSOL Energy Center, the Flyers are 10-10-6-1 in 27…
2015-16 NHL Season :: Game 73 of 82 at 35-24-13, 83 points5th in Metropolitan / 8th in East 38-31-4, 80 points 6th in Central / 9th in West Thursday, March 24, 2016 :: 9:00 p.m. ET Pepsi Center :: Denver, Colo., USA Get the Colorado perspective at Mile High Hockey How to Watch / Listen…
So, Canada won the 2015 IIHF World Championship today, beating Russia 6-1. Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier and Brayden Schenn will all be bringing gold medals home with them, and that’s awesome. #Gold pic.twitter.com/wtHblAMsRZ — Brayden Schenn (@Bschenn_10) May 17, 2015 What’s more awesome? The performance of Giroux in the tournament, scoring 10 points in 10…
Philadelphia Flyers (11-5-1, 23 pts) at Los Angeles Kings (13-7-2, 28 pts) Staples Center – 10:30 PM ET – Los Angeles, CA TV: CSN Philly HD Radio: 610 WIP, XM 208This is the open game thread. Behind Enemy Lines: Battle of California The Flyers begin a four-game West Coast swing tonight in Los Angeles as…
RALEIGH — Claude Giroux and Danny Briere are housemates and Flyers teammates, blah blah blah, but they’ll be playing against each other in Sunday’s All-Star Game. Briere was selected in Round 6 by Team Lidstrom. Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks made the announcement for Team Lidstrom, which could be found as ironic for reasons…
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Today’s open discussion thread, complete with your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news and notes… You can still have hope and be excited while acknowledging that basic math and simple research show the unlikely nature of your hope. Stats don’t have to kill optimists, but optimists don’t have to hate stats: [SB Nation Philly] The…
Another day, another game. The Flyers are back at it this Sunday evening in New York City, where they’ve traveled to take on the god-damned Rangers at MSG. Yesterday was a frustrating one against Tampa Bay, in which the Flyers probably deserved a whole lot better in the offensive end of the ice, but simply…
The Flyers defense corps can be best summed up over the past few seasons by the following sentence: “Anybody has to be better than Andrew MacDonald”. Year by year, we have slogged through the hockey seasons, waiting patiently for young players to finally emerge from Ron Hextall’s vaunted pipeline. Now, the fruits of Hextall’s labor…