The Two O’Clock Number: 92.63%

92.63% — the combined team-level save percentages of the two teams that the Flyers will play tonight and tomorrow. Via hockey-reference.com, the Chicago Blackhawks enter tonight’s game having stopped 92.46 percent of all shots that they’ve faced so far this season (excluding empty-net goals against). That’s the third-best mark in the NHL. And if that…

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What is GM Chuck Fletcher waiting for?

The Flyers have put themselves in just about an insurmountable position at this point in the season. Through 43 games they have struggled to just 36 points, placing them 30th out of 31 NHL teams and just one point ahead of the lowly Ottawa Senators. If we’re going off last year’s Eastern Conference playoff teams,…

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Phantoms weekly rundown: The Pilot

Happy start of the regular season, everybody! Hockey is officially back and we’re bringing you content, and today we’re here to introduce you to something new. We’re expanding our Lehigh Valley Phantoms coverage, and one of our new additions to the fold is this, a weekly rundown of all things Phantoms, complete with numbers, notes,…

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