This Week in Flyers History 4/22-4/28

By Bob H
Posted on 04/22/2012 at 12:00 pm

Welcome to another installment of This Week in Flyers History, which seeks to fill in the gaps in fans’ collective memories and to give them a hand up when their friends question their hockey knowledge. April 22, 1976 Maple Leafs 8, Flyers 5 — Darryl Sittler ties and NHL record with five goals and Toronto forces a deciding Game 7 in this Quarterfinal series thanks to a high-scoring affair at Maple Leaf Gardens. April 22, 1981 Flyers 9, Flames 4 — Brian Propp nets a natural hat trick in a five-goal first period — his first career three-goal effort — …

Dear Flyers,

By ecnewman
Posted on 04/20/2012 at 12:00 pm

I am sick. Which is not your fault by any means. It’s been this way since I started teaching. So I don’t blame you for that. I do blame you for the emotional upheaval I’ve been dealing with this last week. Last Wednesday? Never again. I can’t take that. Don’t forget that I live in non-Flyers country and having to defend you on a daily basis is wearing. When you go and do insane things like Game 4, it makes it even worse. So, finish it tonight, Flyers. Every single fan knows what this team is capable of. We want …

Hockey Team or Funny Farm?

By frick
Posted on 04/20/2012 at 9:00 am

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).

Behind The Crest: Bernie and Kim Parent

By Kim Pollock
Posted on 04/19/2012 at 12:00 pm

A little girl sits high up at the Spectrum and plays with her Barbie dolls while her father dominates in goal below. Fast forward to 35 years later — that same girl sits with her young children, and watches her father, now a legend, take the ice one more time. “The feeling when he stepped onto the ice, and the chants and ovation he got… just watching him out there was amazing. It was a great experience for me and the kids.” Kim Parent was just a year old when her father, Bernie, led the Flyers to their first of …

RICE & MICE: A step in the right direction…

By pavialax
Posted on 04/18/2012 at 6:57 pm

A step in the right direction on the road to recovery. This could be huge for the Flyers. James van Riemsdyk is nearing a return from the fractured bone in his foot. Likely, he will have missed a total of 19 regular season games, along with the first 4 games of the 1st round of the playoffs. Van Riemsdyk originally fractured the foot while blocking a shot on March 1and had surgery to fix the fractured area with a plate on March 6th. At that time, it was estimated that he would miss 4-to-6 weeks. After seeing the doctor early …

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