We here at Broad Street Hockey take poetry very seriously. It is an underappreciated art form. Hence, here is the iconic Christmas poem entitled A Visit from St. Nicholas (otherwise known as Twas the Night Before Christmas). Enjoy!
Twas the night before Christmas,
When all through the Flyers house
Not a creature was stirring,
Gritty bludgeoned the mouse;
The stockings were hung near the “Xbox” with care,
In hopes that St. Nick (Seeler) soon would be there;
Th...
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The holiday break is upon us. Time to gather round the Christmas tree, sing yuletide carols, and indulge in some kind of belt-altering feast on Dec. 25. Or for others to endure the relatives and in-laws, look at the clock until it ends, and start taking down all Christmas-related items the following day. Wherever you are on the spectrum, the NHL takes a break. So with the Flyers still knocking on the door in terms of becoming a possible playoff team, let’s look at what each Flyers player deser...
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Christmas movies are nice, but sometimes you need something with a little bit more JUICE. There has long been a debate about whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie. That debate is boring as hell at this point. There is no debating that Die Hard is a movie set at Christmas that uses the season for thematic purposes. The Christmas-set action movie is a tried and true tradition, beloved by writers like Shane Black to put a Santa hat on someone wielding a gun and have beautiful white snow sp...
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*The Flyers hit the road for their last game before we all get a little holiday reprieve, a 9 p.m. burner over in Chicago. RECAP !
*Denver Barkey is now three games into his NHL career and he’s continuing to take full advantage of the Flyers’ very unfortunate Tyson Foerster situation. Kid looks real good! [ BSH ]
*The Flyers’ current fourth line iteration is taking full advantage of the fact that Garnet Hathaway has not been able to find his game — any part of it, at all — through th...
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In the final game before the Christmas break and in a second half of a back-to-back, the Flyers went into Chicago and came away with a wire-to-wire 3-1 victory over the Blackhawks. At the tail end of a brutal condensed schedule where the Flyers played 10 games in 17 days, the Flyers now head into the holiday break with the second highest points percentage in the East.
The Basics
First period: 10:17 – Travis Konecny (Trevor Zegras, Sean Couturier) Second period: 11:13 – Noah Ca...
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It’s almost break time, folks! The Flyers are closing out their slate of action before the holidays with a quick trip out to Chicago to face off against the Blackhawks. They’re coming off of a huge win over the Canucks last night in their final home game of the year, but the next challenge is still ahead of them: keeping that momentum rolling.
Puck drop: 9:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: TNT 📻: 93.3 WMMR
Pregame reading
In case you missed it, the Flyers put together one of th...
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When it was confirmed that Tyson Foerster’s recovery from arm surgery would rule him out for the rest of the season, it dealt a massive blow to the Flyers’ forward depth. Not only had Foerster continued to be one of the best and most consistent two-way forwards on the team, but he was seemingly in the process of taking the next step offensively. Foerster’s pre-injury total of 10 goals remains tied for second on the team with Travis Konecny, even in his absence.
For a team that struggles t...
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The holiday season is upon us, and with that Santa’s list to see who has been worthy of gifts and presents under the tree. Or who deserves a lump of coal and a bah humbug! We look at what each Flyer has done so far from October through the Christmas break to figure out which list each player lands on. Here then is Santa’s naughty or nice list: Philadelphia Flyers edition.
Dan Vladar – Nice
Goaltender Dan Vladar has been a surprise this season, and probably one of the best free agent ...
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*FOLKS the Flyers played a complete game of hockey and came away with a win in regulation. A thing of beauty. A sight to behold. A blessing in our dark times. RECAP !
*Yesterday, someone had a little bit of a hissy fit because the press nerds asked him too many questions about one of the Flyers most interesting players. Oh no! [ BSH ]
*He’s very frustrated about having to answer all these questions. Why should he be asked these infernal questions?! [ NBC Sportsnet Philly ]
*Mayb...
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The Philadelphia Flyers were very good on this night. After choking on Saturday afternoon, the team rebounded with a great 5-2 victory against Vancouver, including two goals from the fourth line and an empty-netter by Matvei Michkov.
The basics
First period: No scoring Second period: 13:13- Nikita Grebenkin (Emil Andrae, Rodrigo Abols) Third period: 5:58- Carl Grundstrom (Nikita Grebenkin, Rodrigo Abols), 7:49- Christian Dvorak (Trevor Zegras, Travis Konecny), 13:05- Max Sasson (Cono...
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The Flyers are in Philadelphia for a one-game homestand to host a Vancouver Canucks team that have been on a roll since trading their best player. It might be a weird one.
Puck drop: 7:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
The Flyers are really playing some of the most boring and low-event 3-on-3 hockey we’ve ever seen in the NHL. [BSH]
At his pre-game media availability, Rick Tocchet really let everyone know that he’s fed up with answ...
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Philadelphia Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet is really sick and tired of answering questions about Matvei Michkov and wants to focus on literally anything else.
Coming into this season, a whole lot of the conversation surrounding this team was just how much the young Russian star could level up his play in his sophomore season. Wondering if he could hit triple digits in points, if he could take his John Tortorella-led teachings and start to care about defense, and all the rest. But when Mi...
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The Philadelphia Flyers are simply one of the most uneventful teams in 3-on-3 overtime history.
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*What a weekend it’s been! The Flyers eased into it by squandering a strong start and putting together a tough loss to the Sabres in the penultimate game of their road trip on Thursday. [ PHLY ]
*They followed that up with their next game on Saturday afternoon against the Rangers in which they… squandered a good start and came away with another tough loss, this one in the shootout. [ BSH ]
*A little more on the loss herein, if we want to continue to stew. [ Inquirer ]
*Ahead of ...
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The Flyers had a difficult week, not due to the caliber of their competition, but because of how the games ultimately played out. Things started well with a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens, thanks in part to another quality start from Dan Vladar, which put the Flyers on a five-game point streak. However, the positivity quickly disappeared as the team blew back-to-back games that felt firmly in their control.
Ironically, their first loss of the week came off one of the best starts ...
about 2 months ago
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The Flyers negated a strong 40 minutes and an even stronger debut by Denver Barkey with what essentially was a choke job, losing to the host New York Rangers 5-4 in a shootout and blowing a two-goal lead in the third.
The basics
First period: 19:24 – Artemi Panarin (Mika Zibanejad) Second period: 6:42 – Travis Sanheim (Denver Barkey, Owen Tippett) (PPG) , 7:05 – Owen Tippett (Denver Barkey, Cam York), 10:18 – Trevor Zegras (Jamie Drysdale, Noah Cates) (PPG), 12:23 – Artemi Panarin (U...
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The Philadelphia Flyers have called up goaltender Aleksei Kolosov from Lehigh Valley today while also announcing that center Christian Dvorak and goaltender Dan Vladar won’t be dressed for this afternoon’s game against the host New York Rangers.
Transaction: We have recalled goaltender Aleksei Kolosov from the @LVPhantoms (AHL) under emergency conditions. Additionally, goaltender Dan Vladar (upper-body injury) and forward Christian Dvorak (lower-body injury) are day-to-day and will not pl...
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The Flyers are chipping away at their remaining slate of action before the holiday break, and closing out a pair of games in the state of New York this afternoon with a matinee matchup against the Rangers. The Flyers are coming off of a tough loss to the Sabres on Thursday, which saw their five game points streak brought to an end. It’s a quicker turnaround here, and the Flyers will be looking to get back on track here and prevent the Rangers from catching them in the standings. We’ll see how ...
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The Flyers announced Friday afternoon that they had assigned defenseman Egor Zamula to the Phantoms after he cleared waivers, and with the open roster spot, they called up forward Denver Barkey to step into their forward mix. It’s a chance to get a try out a different mix up front, and also a nice reward for some work well done on Barkey’s part through these first couple of months down with the Phantoms. It’s a little earlier than we might have predicted at the beginning the season, but it’s w...
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The hits keep on coming for the Phantoms. They’re already dealing with a lineup missing a couple of their key players — Helge Grans has been out with an injury since last weekend, and Denver Barkey was just called up to join the Flyers ahead of tonight’s game — and another blow came their way just as they were kicking off tonight’s matchup against the visiting Bridgeport Islanders.
With the newly arranged top line getting the start — Tucker Robertson promoted in the lineup to take Barkey’...
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The Flyers have a few games before the Christmas break, but in the meantime they might be getting some assistance from Lehigh Valley. The club is recalling winger Denver Barkey from the Phantoms and made the news official Friday evening.
Transactions: We have recalled forward Denver Barkey from the @LVPhantoms (AHL). Additionally, defenseman Egor Zamula has cleared waivers and has been loaned to Lehigh Valley. — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) December 19, 2025
There’s no word...
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With a number of prospects already on their holiday breaks, and still more slowing down in advance of them (or rather, gearing up for the upcoming international play), it’s been a quieter week around here, but there are still a handful of standout performances to highlight. Let’s get into it.
The News of the Week
This week saw a bit more shuffling taking place on the Phantoms’ back end, as they lost Helge Grans to injury ahead of last weekend’s games in upstate New York (he’s missed ...
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The Philadelphia Flyers have created a little bit more flexibility on the blue line. Defenseman Egor Zamula was placed on waivers Thursday afternoon, and, well, the 25-year-old has gone unclaimed and now can be sent down to the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms without worry.
It is not very surprising that no team wanted to add a depth defender who can’t even outplay Noah Juulsen or a player who was just in college a few months ago.
All 3 players from yesterday cleared — Elliotte Fr...
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*With Tyson Foerster out for probably the rest of the season, it’s looking like the ripples from that absence will be far reaching. [ BSH ]
*You might recall that as recently as Wednesday, we were musing around here that Egor Zamula’s days with the Flyers might be numbered. [ BSH ]
*Well, this turned out to be incredibly true, and he found himself on waivers yesterday afternoon. And we’ll see later today if he’s claimed and truly on his way out the door, or if he’ll soon be Phantoms ...
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The Flyers went into Buffalo on a point streak and looked to be on their way to another victory. An almost perfect first period turned into a nightmare of a second half that saw the Flyers drop this game by a final score of 5-3.
The Basics
First period: 7:40 – Jack Quinn (Mattias Samuelsson, Zach Benson), 8:38 – Noah Cates (Bobby Brink) Second period: 11:01 – Cam York (Trevor Zegras, Bobby Brink), 16:54 – Tage Thompson (Rasmus Dahlin), 19:30 – Noah Ostlund (Owen Power, Alex Tuch) T...
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