Games cancelled through January 14; NHL’s fiscal cliff approaching

By Bob H
Posted on 12/20/2012 at 4:07 pm

More bad news on Day 96 of the lockout: the National Hockey League announced on Thursday the cancellation of its regular-season schedule through January 14. That brings the total number of contests lost to the lockout that started September 16 to 625 — more than one half of all games originally planned. For the Flyers, there goes their entire Holiday road trip, which was provisionally set to begin on December 31 in Phoenix. But that one, along with contests in Los Angeles on January 3, San Jose on January 5, and in Vancouver one day later have been deleted. Also …

The Eleventh Day of Claudemas: 11 over-the-top moments

By Bob H
Posted on 12/20/2012 at 3:00 pm

Here we are in December with little to do in this tough lockout time. What’s a blog to do? Well, it looks like a 12 Days of Christmas-themed series of posts is the way to go. But, we realize that all of you hockey fans aren’t into Christmas, so we’ve named it after the man nicknamed Orange Jesus and called it Claudemas. So, forward we go with the count-up! On the eleventh day of Claudemas, Flyers Faithful gave to me…11 things in franchise history that were just a little bit louder and stranger than the maximum, because there’s a fine …

This Week in Flyers History 12/16-22

By Bob H
Posted on 12/16/2012 at 2:00 pm

Welcome to the second-to-last installment of the second series of “This Week in Flyers History,” which aims to dredge up old memories, good and bad, of Flyers feats in the recent to distant past and to provide good fodder for trivia buffs. As it was during the second half of last season, we’ll be here every Sunday through what would have been the first part of this season, choc full of facts, figures, names and dates you need to know to gain that true depth as a Flyers fan. Reminder: this series will conclude as of December 31. On to …

The Sixth Day of Claudemas: Six natural hat tricks

By Bob H
Posted on 12/13/2012 at 3:00 pm

Here we are in December with little to do in this tough lockout time. What’s a blog to do? Well, it looks like a 12 Days of Christmas-themed series of posts is the way to go. But, we realize that all of you hockey fans aren’t into Christmas, so we’ve named it after the man nicknamed Orange Jesus and called it Claudemas. On the sixth day of Claudemas, Flyers Faithful gave to me…six natural hat tricks by the great Tim Kerr! Who’s the greatest goal scorer in Flyers history? Numbers will tell you it’s Bill Barber, who still holds the …

New sked for New Year? NHL cancels slate through December 30

By Bob H
Posted on 12/10/2012 at 4:05 pm

In a move that should come as no surprise, the National Hockey League decided to blow out 99 percent of December games, this time in a 15-day block between the 15th and 30th, making the announcement on Monday afternoon. Despite the work done by the NHL and NHLPA this past week in New York to close significant gaps in philosophy and how billions of dollars should be divided, a new Collective Bargaining Agreement has not been struck, but is closer than ever to being fashioned. With games only wiped out through December 14th, it was inevitable that a lack of …

This Week in Flyers History 12/9-15

By Bob H
Posted on 12/09/2012 at 2:00 pm

Welcome to the next installment of the second series of “This Week in Flyers History,” which aims to dredge up old memories, good and bad, of Flyers feats in the recent to distant past and to provide good fodder for trivia buffs. As it was during the second half of last season, we’ll be here every Sunday through what would have been the first part of this season, choc full of facts, figures, names and dates you need to know to gain that true depth as a Flyers fan. Reminder: this series will conclude as of December 31. On to …

Second period kind to Royals in win over Everblades

By Bob H
Posted on 12/05/2012 at 10:00 pm

If a team that leads the Atlantic Division plays on home ice and hardly anyone’s around to see it, does it really matter? The Florida Everblades came north to start a seven-game road trip on Wednesday, and must have felt at home with temperatures better suited to the Southeastern USA in December rather than the Northeast. Too bad the Reading Royals felt even more comfortable despite a sparse crowd visibly less than the 2,281 announced, and walked away with a 4-2 victory thanks to a three-goal second period. Adam Comrie, David Marshall and Denny Urban lit the lamp in the …

The Day Before Tomorrow

By Bob H
Posted on 12/04/2012 at 10:00 am

Today is the day. As a consortium of six owners and 18(?) players meet at 2 PM in Times Square, they hold the power to either advance Collective Bargaining Agreement talks or give up and move toward canceling the 2012-13 season. “We have confirmed with the Union that we will attempt to schedule a players/owners-only meeting for some time on Tuesday afternoon in New York,” NHL Deupty Commissioner Bill Daly said a Tuesday morning statement. “No further details have been confirmed at this point. The expectation is, depending on the outcome, that the Board of Governors will either delay an …

This Week in Flyers History 12/2-8

By Bob H
Posted on 12/02/2012 at 2:00 pm

Welcome to the next installment of the second series of “This Week in Flyers History,” which aims to dredge up old memories, good and bad, of Flyers feats in the recent to distant past and to provide good fodder for trivia buffs. As it was during the second half of last season, we’ll be here every Sunday through what would have been the first part of this season, choc full of facts, figures, names and dates you need to know to gain that true depth as a Flyers fan. December 2, 1973: Flyers 5, Golden Seals 1 – California’s Barry …

Penn Hockey: One more for the Vine

By Bob H
Posted on 11/29/2012 at 2:00 pm

The University of Pennsylvania hasn’t played a meaningful Division I hockey game since March 4, 1978. Nonetheless, Penn hockey has existed for the last three decades as a successful club team, moving through a succession of divisions and maintaining rivalries with virtually every other program in the region that’s not its traditional rival and neighbor Princeton. But with the seismic changes coming in the college hockey world next season, and the fact that Philadelphia is poised to host the Frozen Four in April of 2014, isn’t it time that the Quaker City features the Quakers themselves to represent it on …

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