*Being a fan of this team is emotionally exhausting. RECAP. *From Detroit, this piece of Petr Mrazek and the excitement he’s felt being part of a new team in a new place. [Detroit Free Press] *Travis Sanheim has been great since being called back up from the Phantoms, having brought with him the confidence he…
One of the tools that we have developed at Broad Street Hockey for assessing player performance is the monitoring of zone entries. Each time the puck was advanced into the offensive zone, Geoff recorded who sent it in and whether they carried the puck in or dumped it in. We found that gaining the zone…
Let’s take a look back at the best game of the 2018-19 regular season: The Stadium Series. Bask in the joy of the ‘comeback kids’ era style of a win. Who can ever forget Claude Giroux putting one past Matt Murray to break the curse of Outdoor Games for the Flyers? Let’s also not forget…
Tom Sestito had a busy weekend in the United Kingdom, and it’s not over just yet. On Friday against the Cardiff Devils, Sestito had two assists in Sheffield Steelers’ 4-3 victory. A rather uneventful evening, at least relatively speaking. Things got interesting on Saturday. Sestito and the Steelers traveled to Coventry to take on the…
After a tough loss on opening day a month ago, the Flyers are in Pittsburgh today for the second of four meetings with the Penguins during this shortened 48-game season. You could just feel the hate when you woke up this morning, couldn’t you? Philadelphia Flyers (7-9-1, 15 pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (11-5-0, 22 pts)7:30…
Wait, are you trying to tell me that the Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoff hunt? Those same Maple Leafs that haven’t been to the playoffs since Jeremy Roenick dispatched them from the 2004 Eastern Conference Semifinals? They’re like, a relevant team in the Eastern Conference again? Man, that’s weird. 7 p.m. tonight at…
The Flyers are back in action tonight after a week off, and Claude Giroux will be joining them for his preseason debut. He’s by all accounts recovered from his offseason hand injury, suffered when he showed a golf club that he’s the boss, and he’ll be in the lineup tonight against the New Jersey Devils….
The Olympic break is finally here. Our last mailbag was a little over two weeks ago, so, with the Flyers still 17 days away from playing their next game, I decided to answer some questions about how the team has fared since the middle of January. In this week’s BSH mailbag, I took a look…
Philadelphia Flyers (7-9-1, 15 pts) at Pittsburgh Penguins (11-5-0, 22 pts)7:30 p.m. | Consol Energy Center | Pittsburgh, Pa.TV: NBC Sports Network, TSN2, RDS | Radio: 93.3 WMMRGet the Pittsburgh perspective at Pensburgh
Tonight the Flyers will take the ice for the final time before their 2016-17 regular season begins next week, as they’ll head to Boston to take on the team they edged out for the final playoff spot in the East last season. It’s been an interesting preseason for the Flyers, who have seen two top…