One thing was made clear almost immediately after the Philadelphia Flyers acquired Trevor Zegras: The young forward wanted to rebuild his reputation across the hockey world.
In one of his first opportunities to speak with the media as a member of the Flyers, Zegras spoke at-length about not wanting to be known for his flashy plays or trickshots on the ice anymore, but just as “a hockey player”. Someone who contributes to winning games rather than getting noticed on social media. That was ...
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The Philadelphia Flyers have found a goalie and he is quietly having a historically good season.
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With their massive 5-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers raised their playoff odds to over 50% from just about anyone who does those sorts of calculations. They are more likely than not going to be clinching their spot before season’s end and hosting their first playoff games in Philadelphia since 2018.
And with just exactly how they won on Tuesday night in Newark, there is some more confidence in this team being able to make some more noise in the p...
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*First Trevor Zegras scored two goals and then Tyson Foerster scored two goals and then the Flyers cruised their way to victory. IT WAS GOOD. RECAP !
*Alright so we’ve got a week to go. What are the odds these boys really do it? [ BSH ]
*It’s obviously a lot of pressure, especially for the kids, one assumes, but the Flyers are keeping their cool down the stretch. [ Inquirer ]
*One of the reasons this is going so well is that the team has fully bought in to the changes coach Rick...
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In an incredibly important game for the Philadelphia Flyers’ playoff hopes, Trevor Zegras and Tyson Foerster stepped up in a big way to defeat the New Jersey Devils 5-1.
The Basics
First period: 1:56 – Trevor Zegras (Travis Sanheim, Owen Tippett), 3:38 – Trevor Zegras (Porter Martone, Jamie Drysdale) (PPG), 12:12 – Cody Glass (Jonas Siegenthaler, Lenni Hameenaho) Second period: 2:46 -Tyson Foerster (Matvei Michkov), 4:58 – Tyson Foerster (Trevor Zegras, Matvei Michkov) Third period: ...
The final week of the regular season is upon us, and with just five games remaining on the schedule, the Flyers are looking to keep the ball rolling and hold on to their recently grabbed playoff spot. It won’t be easy, but they’ve got some momentum behind them, coming off a massive overtime win over the Bruins on Sunday, and they’ll be hoping that they can keep it rolling into a win over their rivals in the Devils.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: ESPN/NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanat...
It’s been a tough year for Matvei Michkov. Although the dreaded sophomore slump is something that has happened to the best in the National Hockey League, Michkov now has another issue to deal with. And one that makes him a little lighter in the pocketbook.
The National Hockey League announced Tuesday they fined Michkov $2,000 for “embellishment” in a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. In the second period of the March 24 game (which Columbus won 3-2), Michkov received a two-minute mi...
On the scoresheet, it hasn’t been a great year for Flyers winger Garnet Hathaway. After earning 21 points last season, the veteran fourth-liner has one goal to go with two assists. But that’s on the ice. Off the ice, he’s been the same considerate and generous person he’s been known as. And it’s for that reason that the Flyers Tuesday made Hathaway their nominee for this year’s King Clancy Memorial Trophy. The honor is given annually “to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on ...
With one week to go in the regular season, the Flyers sit in sole possession of third place in the Metropolitan Division. There’s still work to be done, but the Flyers have put themselves in a good spot with 5 games to go.
Tuesday night’s game against the Devils is the start of a five games in eight days stretch to finish the season, and the beginning of a three-game road trip to Newark, Detroit, and Winnipeg. The Flyers will then return home next Monday and Tuesday for a tough back...
The Philadelphia Flyers have needed to work on the power play for a very long time, and head coach Rick Tocchet knows that. So, he’s trying out some temporary solutions.
On Sunday against Boston, the Flyers had a 5-on-3 for nearly two minutes in overtime. It was a very low-risk option, but Philadelphia head coach Rick Tocchet went with five forwards for that power play. The collection of Christian Dvorak, Porter Martone, Travis Konecny, Trevor Zegras, and Tyson Foerster took the ice to go...
A whole lot has been made of the goaltending for the Philadelphia Flyers. Somehow, this team has found a solution to their ongoing problem in Dan Vladar, and even if it’s a short-term one that we have no idea how it is going to look year-to-year, for the time being he’s the solidifier in between the pipes.
Vladar’s arrival has made us all look and see what this roster can do with someone capable of saving more than 90 percent of the shots that they face and it’s frankly been absurdly too ...
*It’s (rightfully) all Porter, all the time in the Flyers Cinematic Universe, mostly because it’s clear that this kid was exactly what the Flyers needed to turn this season around. [ BSH ]
*And boy are people noticing! The Flyers are fun again and we aren’t the only ones realizing it. [ BSH ]
*It’s not very often that a kid leaves college, joins his team, and immediately makes the kind of impact we’ve seen from Porter Martone over these first few games. If you ask him what he thinks ...
The Philadelphia Flyers need a centerman with some skill more than anything in the world, and one could be available for completely free this summer. Thankfully, it has been reported that the Flyers are interested.
Vitali Pinchuk is getting a whole lot of attention. The 24-year-old is wrapping up an incredibly impressive campaign in the KHL with Dinamo Minsk, who just last week, swept Dynamo Moskow in the first round are currently waiting for their second round opponent. The 6-foot-3, 203...
Flyers winger Porter Martone is averaging five shots a game, has a game-winning overtime goal to his credit, and two assists. The Flyers are 2-2-0 since he’s entered the lineup, and find themselves (for the time being) sitting in third place in the Metropolitan Division. The NCAA Frozen Four — where Martone was generally considered to be headed along with his Michigan State Spartan teammates — is still three days away in Las Vegas. Martone shouldn’t be here, yet here he is. However, as big of ...
The Philadelphia Flyers sit in playoff position in April. We wrote them off , and they didn’t write back. There’s still time for things to go sideways, but if we’re to believe our eyes, the rest of the teams in the hunt are out of gas. Philadelphia has gotten a huge boost from adding two young, healthy top-six forwards when other teams are firing their coaches. Turning back the clock, we remember that the goal of the season was to get the young players in “meaningful games” late in the season....
Porter Martone’s arrival in Philadelphia has made for little short of a revelation.
Since signing his entry-level deal and joining the Flyers just a week ago, he’s stepped up to make an immediate and significant impact — Martone has jumped right in and flourished within the increased pace of play, and brought a confidence in playmaking that’s given the team’s offense an undeniable boost when they’ve needed it most. He’s been buzzing since his arrival, but he put just about as big of an ex...
As the Philadelphia Flyers make an incredible push to get to the non-pandemic playoffs for the first time since 2018, an eye is on what potential prospects are doing around the hockey world. And one prospect that was rumored to potentially be on his way over to North America, might not want to stay in Sweden instead.
Jack Berglund has impressed mightily this season. While some consternation about the initial pick was warranted, as none of the major public scouting services placed him anyw...
Whatever narratives you can make about this Flyers season thus far, you would have to admit that they have caught fire at the right time.
Their dramatic 2-1 win against the Bruins on April 5th allowed them to leapfrog the Islanders for the final Metropolitan division playoff spot, as the regular season winds to a close and the playoff race starts to thin out. And as they have started to really fine-tune Rick Tocchet style hockey, they may have gotten the biggest boost of all in the ...
*It’s been a busy weekend around here, folks! The Flyers kicked it off with a big win on the road over the Islanders on Friday. In case you missed it, you can relive it with us here. [ BSH ]
*It was a big win, as we said, but it was a particularly emphatic showing that Matvei Michkov delivered on a more individual level. [ BSH ]
*The Flyers kicked off the weekend on a high note, and they closed it out on one too! They came away with a hard-fought win over the Bruins in overtime last ...
On March 6, the Flyers found themselves six points out of a wildcard spot, and eight points back of the Islanders with two games in hand. Detroit were 10 points ahead of them. With just 67 points, Philadelphia had to overtake Washington, Columbus, and Ottawa just to get to the second wildcard position. They were a meddling 4-4-2 over their previous 10 games. And had Florida, Toronto, and New Jersey just two to three points back. At the time, many hoped the Flyers would end up sinking further, ...
It was a storybook ending Sunday afternoon. After a tight-checking, low-scoring battle, Porter Martone scored his first National Hockey League goal in overtime, leading the Flyers to a 2-1 win and moving into the third seed of the Metropolitan Division.
The basics
First period: 4:19- Christian Dvorak (Porter Martone, Rasmus Ristolainen) Second period: No scoring Third period: 0:35- Pavel Zacha (Casey Mittelstadt, David Pastrnak) (PPG) Overtime: 2:31- Porter Martone (Christian Dvorak,...
Thanks to a whole bunch of teams around the Flyers in the standings, there is a very important hockey game in Philadelphia this afternoon. With a win today, the Flyers can leapfrog the Islanders and claim third in the division, giving them a well-deserved playoff spot. All they have to do is beat the Bruins.
Puck drop: 3:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: TNT 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
In the Flyers’ big win on Friday night over the Islanders, in a crucial do-or-die gam...
It has not been a great sophomore season for Matvei Michkov — it’s undeniable at this point. But as the Philadelphia Flyers continue to push hard to stay and finish on top of the playoff race, the 21-year-old full of boundless potential that has had some growing pains came up big in the most important game of the Flyers’ season.
On Friday night, with anyone with any inkling of what is going on in the Eastern Conference race, had all their attention drawn to the New York Islanders hosting ...
The Flyers closed out their back-to-back on the road on Long Island, facing off against the Islanders in a must-win game to keep their playoff push alive. It wasn’t a perfect showing, but the Flyers came up with a largely commanding effort, and came away with a hard-fought win to put themselves within reach of a playoff spot.
The basics
First period: 13:54- Owen Tippett (Sanheim), 15:01- Alex Bump (Michkov, Cates) Second period: 2:52- Matvei Michkov (unassisted), 15:37- Jean-Gabriel ...
Would you look at that, it’s game day again! After taking a tough loss to the Red Wings on home ice last night, the Flyers are back in action tonight, taking a quick trip up to Long Island to close out their season series against the Islanders. It’s do or die time for the Flyers’ playoff push, and we’ll see soon how they’re able to rise to this occasion.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP+ 📻: 93.3 WMMR
Pregame reading
In case you missed it, the Flyers lost las...