Kim is a member of the Flyers staff over at The Checking Line and also covers the Flyers for Chicks Dig The Long Ball. She is one of the very few Flyers fans who also loves the Chicago Blackhawks. Check out her personal hockey blog, Sticks and Knobs, and follow her on Twitter. Below, she gives us the top five reasons she loves the Flyers. 5. The History I haven’t been a Flyers fan my entire life – though I remember watching games with my dad when I was younger, I wasn’t a diehard fan until much later in my life – but I …
Point/Counterpoint: Gleason or L. Schenn?
Making a case for the Flyers to make a move on defenseman, Tim Gleason, now…by pavialax When Paul Holmgren was busy with his version of an extreme makeover of the Philadelphia Flyers, it seems he thought of everything. He found the right mix of finesse, grit, youth, speed, size and veteran presence to create the type of team chemistry that he wanted. With a healthy Chris Pronger, the flyers are a formidable opponent for any team and a top contender come playoff time. The flyers found out last season, Chris Pronger’s skates are hard to fill. It was a stretch …
3 on 3 for the week of 1.15.2012
Welcome to this week’s 3-on-3, where we look back on the week that was for the Philadelphia Flyers. The Orange and Black had a busy week with four games, losing the bookends but still managing two wins in regulation to capture four points, bringing their season total to 56 points, good enough for fourth place in the Eastern Conference. Let’s get to this week’s 3″ Hot” and 3 “Not”: 3″Hot”: Sean Couturier: The 19-year-old first-round draft pick is having a very good rookie season and last week was the best of his young career. Showing no ill effects from the …
Friday the 13th (that bodes well)
Today (Thursday night, really) is my birthday. I share it with Claude Giroux and we won’t talk about the years in between I and the All-Star superstar ginger. It’s the first big snow here in Illinois and I’m driving down to Nashville tomorrow (Friday the 13th, oh dear) to see the Preds and Flyers play in Music City. A very full couple of days. I have been racking my brain on why I, an English teacher, English nerd and voracious reader, am having a heck of a time finishing The Final Call by Kerry Fraser. It is not an exceptionally long …
Are You a Walrus?
The Lulz feature was originally inspired by the lolcats site but features hockey pictures with funny, quirky, ironic or just plain mean captions. This feature should run weekly on Fridays; TGIFWL (Thank Goodness It’s Friday With Lulz).
RICE & MICE: Black and blue nails
Have you ever slammed your finger in a car door? Ever hit your finger while hammering? Ever dropped something on your toe? You know the excruciating pain that that causes; the feeling that your entire heart is crammed into the tip of your finger (or toe) and it might just burst from the pressure, but it doesn’t, so there is no relief. In Wayne Simmonds case, a puck shot by Claude Giroux made a beeline for the tip of his finger. Yeah, he knows the feeling. The medical term for these black and blue nails is subungual hematoma. This is …
3 on 3 for the week of 1.8.2012
Welcome to 3-on-3, a weekly look back at the week that was for the Philadelphia Flyers, from a statical point of view. Last week the Orange and Black went 2-1 in their three games, capturing four out of a possible six points. Let’s get to this week’s 3 “hot” and 3 “not” players of the week. 3 “Hot”: Danny Briere: Briere had a hat trick and a fight on Saturday against Ottawa and for the week he was a plus-2. He is currently fourth on the team with 28 points in 36 games. The 34-year-old right wing seems to be …
Jaromír Jágr and new Sazka ad
Jaromír Jágr has lots of faces. He turned into Santa Claus one time. Now? I’ll keep this one a secret. Jaromír made another Sazka ad for Czech TV. He rides a scooter through the town. Notice the logo on the back of his scooter. He’s a delivery guy for a fictional company that refers to the Philadelphia Flyers. Two girls answer the doorbell when after rings it and they are surprised to see him. He salutes them and makes a familiar smile. There is a subtitle: “Win in Sportka and do only what you really enjoy”.
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Hi, you’ve reached Eden’s voicemail. I can’t come to the phone right now as I’m stuck on a multiple-day field trip with high school theatre students. Their overdramatic tendencies and general excessive volume prevented me from being able to see either last night’s game or the final episode of HBO’s 24/7. I’m stuck in a place called Normal with a bunch of theatre students which seems like over-irony and as much as I like theatre and grew up in it, less than twenty-four hours in and I remember why I got out. If you don’t hear from me by next …
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Lulz feature was originally inspired by the lolcats site but features hockey pictures with funny, quirky, ironic or just plain mean captions. This feature should run weekly on Fridays; TGIFWL (Thank Goodness It’s Friday With Lulz).