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Tuesday Morning Fly By: Welcome back, Flyers After Dark
*The Flyers are back in action tonight in Vancouver, and they’re looking to shake off the tough loss to the Kraken from Sunday. [ PHLY ] *This loss was, all in all, a real missed opportunity for the Flyers. [ NBCSP ] *Turns out there was a whole lot to talk about after a game where it kind of felt like not a lot happened? [ Inquirer ] *We don’t want to spend too much more time talking about that mess though. Let’s check in with the happenings over in World Juniors. [ BSH ] ...
Porter Martone finally shows off in latest World Juniors performance
It was bound to happen. We were just waiting for this sort of game from Porter Martone to come by and make a whole lot of jaws drop with the sheer magnitude of ability he has on the ice while skating for Team Canada at the 2026 World Juniors. It could’ve been against Latvia over the weekend but the central European nation stood strong against Canada for the second year in a row and managed to be a real hard out. It could’ve been against Czechia in the tournament opener but that is a large...
World Juniors daily recap: Competition heating up in right places
Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ll be keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place. Sweden vs. Germany Sweden is starting to look like the tournament favorites they were truly meant to be. In one of the first true blowouts by someone who most prospect analysts deemed as a favorite — sorry Czechia and Finland, you were in the second tier — the kids wearing the Tre Kroner walked up to the Germans and just absolutely rocked them, led by th...
Ranking every video game I played in 2025
If you remember last year , I debuted what is now my favorite ranking I have ever done (sorry, cheesesteaks). Videogames are my passion, therapy, and escape. They are interactive art. What a traditional artist can get out of going to Philadelphia Art Museum, I can get the same out of a three-hour session playing a videogame. I’ve continued both this tradition and yearly resolution in 2025 with an even loftier goal of completing 20 games (12 was my goal in 2024, though I wound up completing 22....
World Juniors daily recap: Finland dominates, Ruohonen, Westergard pop
Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ll be keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place. Sweden vs. Switzerland The Swedes kicked off the tournament with a close win over the Slovaks, and while they surely came out of that game looking to pick up some more steam and show a little bit more dominance in their offense, this wasn’t quite a level they were able to reach in yesterday’s matchup with the Swiss. They certainly got themselves off...
Monday Morning Fly By: Back at last
*The Flyers finally got back to action last night with a game on the road in Seattle. [ BSH ] *That didn’t go great for them, but what has been a lot more fun to watch unfold is all of the action happening in Minnesota at the World Juniors! We’ve had a boatload of coverage of that tournament going on over here. First, here’s a quick recap of the first day of action. [ BSH ] *And the second, in case you missed any of it. [ BSH ] *It’s also already looking like a productive tourna...
Takeaways: A lifeless loss in Seattle
In what was one of the most boring games of the season, the Flyers snoozed their way to a sloppy 4-1 loss in Seattle on Sunday night. Messy neutral zone play and little offensive creativity abound, the Flyers couldn’t solve Phillip Grubauer in their first game out of the holiday break. The basics First period: No scoring Second period: 3:48 – Jordan Eberle (Kappo Kakko, Matty Beniers) Third period: 5:49 – Chandler Stephenson (Eeli Tolvanen), 17:30 – Eeli Tolvan...
Flyers @ Kraken: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
The Philadelphia Flyers are back from their holiday break all stuffed and happy and have set off northwest to face the Seattle Kraken and continue what is technically a road trip that goes up to Western Canada. Puck drop: 8:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic Pregame reading According to Elliotte Friedman, the Flyers and Christian Dvorak are in conversation about a new contract extension. After signing a one-year deal last summer, he’s eligible for an ex...
Garnet Hathaway’s recent scratchings may lead to more time out of Flyers lineup
After a dependable 2024-45 season that saw him break the 10 goal mark for the fourth time in his career and form an effective partnership alongside Ryan Poehling on the Flyers’ fourth line, Garnet Hathaway had cemented himself as an everyday NHL regular. Until a hit by Boko Imama last February forced him to miss 15 games last year, Hathaway had played in every single Flyers game since joining the team in the 2023 offseason, and it seemed as if his name was a formality in every John ...
World Juniors daily recap: Close calls, but no upsets here
Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ll be keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place. Germany vs. Slovakia The opening match saw two teams coming off of day one losses, but considering their competition, it could be argued that neither team got off to a bad start. Slovakia kept it close against Sweden right to the end, while Germany cut the USA lead to just one goal twice in the second period. Slovakia got a big boost coming into this gam...
Flyers working towards contract extension for Christian Dvorak
The Philadelphia Flyers want to keep Christian Dvorak around and are willing to sign him to a fresh and new contract extension, according to the latest report. Dvorak signed a one-year, $5.4-million contract with the Flyers on July 1 last summer as the team’s temporary fix at the center position as Philadelphia hoped to turn the corner from a not-so-good team looking at the draft lottery odds after every game, to one who was looking forward to the playoffs. And it has kind of worked out t...
Flyers prospects Westergard, Ruohonen shine for Finland in World Juniors opener
Among the six Philadelphia Flyers prospects who are out there in Minnesota representing their respective countries at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship, there are young players who fans are much more hyped about than others. Porter Martone leading the charge as potentially a face of the franchise and captaining Team Canada to a potential gold medal, Jett Luchanko is one of the rare players to have already played in the NHL who are at this tournament, and our trusty American power winger ...
Martone scores, Luchanko scuffles, as Flyers’ prospect duo make their debuts at WJC opener
Two of the Flyers’ most prized prospects got off to a winning start at the sport’s premier junior hockey showcase, as Canada took down Czechia to kick off their World Junior Hockey Championship. Porter Martone capped off the win with an empty net goal late in the third period for his only point of the night, but took two penalties, while Jett Luchanko was held off the scoresheet in his sixth WJC game. The Canadians leaned on Martone in particular as one of their main offensive ...
Porter Martone played perfect agitator in first World Juniors game
The Philadelphia Flyers are being represented by six prospects at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championships in Minnesota this week and the first day was highlighted by Porter Martone being the perfect little agitator in a big win for Canada over Czechia. It was a tough game for Canada as they faced the very team that caused that entire nation heartbreak a year ago, as they exited the tournament earlier than expected and millions of hockey fans started to question the decision making of tho...
World Juniors daily recap: USA keeps rolling, Porter Martone plays disturber
Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ll be keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place. Sweden vs. Slovakia This year’s tournament kicked off with a full slate of action, and it certainly began with some excitement. While it was a bit of a sleepy start to this first game of the day — both teams bringing a nice bit of pace but taking a little bit before they were able to ramp up their shot generation — once they got rolling this was quite a ...
Flyers goaltending prospect Yegor Zavragin gets leveled during KHL game while on the bench
It’s one thing for Yegor Zavragin to get run into or be hit during the ups and downs of a KHL season. But you often expect that to happen primarily in games, and sometimes in practice. However, it’s rare that a goalie who was a backup, sitting on the bench minding his own business, was leveled as badly as Zavragin was in a game Friday. Zavragin, a third-round pick by Philadelphia in the 2023 NHL Draft, was the backup goalie for SKA St. Petersburg as SKA played against Dinamo Minsk. In the...
A 2026 World Junior Championship guide for Flyers fans
It’s that time of year again, folks! Christmas is behind us but the most wonderful time of year still lies ahead — the 2026 World Junior Championship. There’s little better in this hockey season than this facing off of the world’s best under-20 aged talent, and this year’s installment is set to be no different. And on top of that, there will be a lot to be excited about for Flyers fans in particular, as the organization will be represented by a good handful of exciting prospects on some of the...
Friday Morning Fly By: Here come the youths
*Happy Boxing Day, non-American pals! A holiday for everyone not trapped here in this hellscape. Anyhoo, the best part about today is that World Juniors kicks off and our boy Porter earned himself a heck of an honor ahead of it. [ Inquirer ] *Stay tuned here to BSH for the outstanding coverage from Maddie and the rest of the team; but here’s a handy guide for how to watch the hockey children battle for world supremacy. [ Inquirer] *Everyone have a nice Christmas yesterday? We had som...
Twas the night before Christmas: Flyers edition
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...
What each Flyer deserves for Christmas
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...
Drafting our favorite Christmas-set movies
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...
Wednesday Morning Fly By: Welcome to your Christmas break
*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...
Takeaways: Sanheim, Barkey leave injured in Flyers 3-1 win over Blackhawks
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...
Flyers @ Blackhawks: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread
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...
Denver Barkey taking full advantage of rare opportunity with Flyers
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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