The Goals and the Beautiful: A Hockey Love Story

By Kim Pollock
Posted on 01/31/2013 at 1:00 pm

I broke up with hockey in early Autumn. It wasn’t me, it was it, and I spent the next few months going between missing it terribly and being furious that it left me in the first place. Didn’t it know how much it meant to me? How different my life was without it? Sure, there were other hockeys. But they weren’t my #1. Plenty of fish in the sea, some fish even overseas, but my heart remained loyal. In the months between the breakup and now, I heard rumblings about hockey coming back into town. I wasn’t sure how I …

Poll: Who’s been the most disappointing forward so far?

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 01/31/2013 at 9:00 am

The Flyers haven’t exactly had a brilliant start to the season, and to the surprise of many, they are struggling to score goals. Who do you think has been the most disappointing forward so far?

Book Review: Jakki Clarke’s “Flyer Lives”

By Kim Pollock
Posted on 01/24/2013 at 1:00 pm

“As a player takes a trip down memory lane, so does the reader.” That is how author Jakki Clarke describes her new book, Flyer Lives, featuring stories drawn from interviews with various Flyers alumni and current players. Whether you’ve been a Flyers fan from the beginning or have just recently joined the fandom, you’ll love this collection of personal tales from some of your favorite Philadelphia athletes. The idea for Flyer Lives came to be as Philadelphia prepared for the 2012 Winter Classic. Clarke wanted to speak to several players about what it meant to them to be playing in …

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Poll: What is your biggest concern about the Flyers at the moment?

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 01/24/2013 at 9:00 am

With an 0-3 record to begin the year, there is a fair amount to potentially be worried about. The Flyers have managed only three goals for and eleven goals against in those three games. Both the power play and penalty kill have seen their struggles. Now, with Hartnell’s injury, (and Schenn’s suspension, in the short term), the depth will be tested. What is your biggest concern about the Flyers at the moment?

Czechoslovaks in Flyers Uniform – Petr Hubacek

By Filip Strych
Posted on 01/21/2013 at 12:00 pm

It’s been a while since we’ve discussed Czechs and Slovaks in the Flyers’ system. Today, we’re going to talk about Petr Hubacek, who played only six games with the Flyers but is well known in Europe and has a bit of success with various teams during his career, including the Czech national team. Petr Hubacek was born in Brno and started his career in 1998 with HC Vitkovice, one of the best Extraliga teams during the 90’s. He played there only for two seasons, recording 27 points (11 goals and 16 assists) during a 73-game span. The Flyers selected him …

Hockey Hilarity: Congratulations from the Chief

By Nick D
Posted on 01/18/2013 at 9:01 am

Friday funnies brought to you straight from hockey’s own players and media personnel. We’ll be mucking it up every week right here, examining puck ups, puns, tweets, and more! Well if you hadn’t read it everywhere, or hadn’t seen it on television, or heard about it on the radio, or random people on the street didn’t inform you, or your entire social media stream somehow missed it, Claude Giroux was named the captain of your Philadelphia Flyers earlier this week. There were about a million different tweets about it, most were positive, some were negative, a few were funny and this is …

Poll: Which second year Flyer do you expect to have the biggest season?

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 01/17/2013 at 9:00 am

The Flyers had an abundance of rookie riches last year with the trio of Brayden Schenn, Sean Couturier, and Matt Read. Heading into 2012-2013 expectations are high for this group as they step into even more prominent roles with the club.

Atlantic Watch: Season Preview

By Craig F
Posted on 01/16/2013 at 11:00 am

After a painful 3 1/2 months, the NHL will finally return to action this weekend. That being said, the schedule is much shorter, which makes every game that much more important. If you want to make the playoffs, you most likely won’t be able to afford any losing streak of severe length. Since no games have taken place yet, let’s take a look at the Flyers’ schedule for the next week and recent news related to the team, as well as what the rest of the division has done lately. For the Flyers, several stories have occurred this week that …

On Mike Richards, captaincy, and booing

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 01/16/2013 at 8:00 am

With Claude Giroux being named the 19th Captain in Philadelphia Flyers history, it will naturally bring up some talk of Mike Richards. Some people fear naming Giroux Captain at age 25, after his fourth NHL season, after having named Mike Richards to the same post at age 23, after his fourth season. I’m not here to debate the merits of those concerns, but rather, the discussions brought to memory something I wrote at another time and place. I wanted to bring it here to Flyers Faithful. So, please forgive me for bringing up Mike Richards…again. We may never get away from …

Around the Net 01.15.2013

By Dain S
Posted on 01/15/2013 at 9:00 am

Welcome to Around the Net, a weekly look through linkage at the Philadelphia Flyers and other news from around the NHL. In case you missed it.. The NHL lockout is over and here is the Flyers schedule: [Philly.com] Brian Boucher has returned, but not in a role you might expect: [Broadstreethockey.com] The Flyers sign Kurtis Foster: [The Checking Line] Danny Briere might be back sooner than originally thought: [CSNPhilly] Bill Meltzer weighs in on Boosh and prospect Scott Laughton: [Hockeybuzz] Looks like Mez might be ready for Saturday after all: [Philly.com] As if you needed any more reason to be …

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