Broad Street Hockey

The Game: 7:00 p.m. ET, NBCSP, ESPN+, 97.5 The Fanatic Yes, there is a hockey game today. As some sort of distraction from everything going on around us on this Tuesday, our beloved Philadelphia Flyers are starting their southern road trip with a visit to the Carolina Hurricanes to see some familiar faces. While we can’t say that the Flyers will be looking at Broad Street … [Read more...] about Flyers visiting old friends as they face Hurricanes

Flyers coach John Tortorella isn’t one to wax poetically about his roster and talent, but on Monday morning after practice the coach was quick to elaborate on just how good Emil Andrae has been in the brief amount of time he’s been with the club. “He made a couple of plays in that second period where I thought it was one of our better 15 minutes of transition and … [Read more...] about John Tortorella incredibly impressed by Emil Andrae

We’re back to a more stabilized NHL schedule again this week, with a handful of four-game streamers (LA, Minnesota, Nashville, and New Jersey) and a smattering of teams playing on two light days. A bit of a shame, really: last week’s schedule with several games a night was the ideal schedule for fantasy and regular hockey fans alike. Nine teams play two games on light nights … [Read more...] about NHL Fantasy Week 5: The plots thicken

The Flyers were on the wrong end of the scoreboard in a 3-0 loss to the Bruins. The story of the game was Flyers goaltender Sam Ersson who left and didn’t return, putting an already muddled goaltending situation possibly much, much deeper in the mire. The Basics First period: 13:28- Morgan Geekie (Matthew Poitras, Hampus Lindholm) Second period: 11:23- Justin Brazeau (Brad … [Read more...] about Bruins 3, Flyers 0: Play again soon Sam

The National Hockey League announced Friday that Flyers forward Matvei Michkov is the Rookie of the Month for October. Not bad for only having one month under his belt. Michkov led all NHL rookies in goals for the month with four and is tied for the rookie lead in points with nine through 11 games. He leads all rookies in both power play goals and points (three goals, six … [Read more...] about Matvei Michkov is NHL Rookie of the Month