By Jon Smith: The most common theme throughout the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs series between the Flyers and Sabres was that a goalie would start, play poorly, and be replaced. That theme repeated itself again Game 7, only this time is was Sabres superstar goalie, American hero, and all around super human [More...]
By Jon Smith: Tell me if you’ve heard this one before – the Flyers played a good-to-dominant game, pounding the opposing goalie with 30+ shots. And lost. Yes, Flyers fans have seen this movie before. This sequel, however, had many more twists and turns along the way, including a controversial (read: terrible) call on Mike [More...]
By Jon Smith: In just about every playoff game, there is a singular moment you can look to as the deciding point in the game, and Game 3 was no different. At 6:59 in the 3rd period, as Darroll Powe joined Nikolay Zherdev in the penalty box, the Flyers were faced with 1:45 of a [More...]
By Jon Smith: After one game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there is good news and bad news for Flyers fans. The good news is that the Flyers came out and played harder than they had in all of March and April. They checked well, they skated hard, and they unloaded 35 shots on Buffalo Sabres [More...]
By Jon Smith: The time hockey fans all crave and desire is finally here — playoff time. The time of the year when every shift, faceoff, penalty kill, defensive clear, and line change becomes critical. The NHL playoffs are easily one of the top sporting events out there, and forget about it when it comes [More...]
By Jon Smith: For the past three weeks, as the Flyers play has leveled off from good to average, the main talk of the town has been about the goaltending. Bob or Boosh, Boosh or Bob, call up Leighton, maybe pull Hexy out of retirement? It’s all anybody could or can talk about. Well the [More...]