Although Steve Mason struggled in Columbus — who didn’t? — he is not far removed from his Calder-winning rookies season. At the young age of 24, Mason posted a .944 SV% and .190 GAA in seven games as a Flyer. One could argue that he has had the best numbers of any Philly netminder since Roman Cechmanek, everyone’s favorite unibrowed Czech. Can he keep up the pace?
2013 Year in Review: Scott Hartnell
When someone leads the team in scoring and pushes the 40-goal plateau, expectations will be high on that player to maintain such a pace. It becomes an even bigger focal point when that player signs a massive contract extension that could potentially make him the highest paid forward on the team. Unfortunately for Scott Hartnell, the showman failed to deliver in a year where all eyes were on him. It all started last season, when the winger enjoyed his best year in the National Hockey League to date. Playing alongside Claude Giroux and Jaromir Jagr, he placed career bests in …
Voracek escapes injury in car accident
Philadelphia Flyers Forward Jakub Voracek was involved in a car accident earlier today. Voracek crashed his Ferrari into a truck near his home town in Kladno, Czech Republic. The 23 year-old Flyers winger was luckily uninjured in the accident. Paul Holmgren spoke with Jake earlier in the day and released a statement about it. “He was involved in a car accident in the Czech Republic. Although his car did suffer damage, there were no injuries. Jake is fine,” said Holmgren. The news was first reported by a Czech news outlet (sport.cz) According to the site, Voracek tried to avoid hitting the truck …
Podcast Episode 64: Broseph Stalin
On this edition of the Flyers Faithful podcast, Steve and Hal discuss Ilya Bryzgalov’s dream of an excellent adventure with Genghis Khan, Einstein, and Joseph Stalin as well as his latest ducking act and the Highway Robbers. The guys also encourage you to check out our upcoming roller hockey and ice hockey tournaments, and talk about the second round of the 2013 NHL playoffs. Flyers Faithful Podcast Episode 64 You can listen to the episode by following the link above, or by right clicking on it and saving it to your computer as an mp3. You can also download the Flyers Faithful Podcast from iTunes …
Then and Now: Martin Biron
Four goaltenders were picked in the first round of the 1995 NHL Draft. Two of those goalies, J.S. Giguere and Marc Denis, never played for the Philadelphia Flyers. The other two went on to serve as the starting goaltender for Philly at one point in their careers. One of those goaltenders was Brian Boucher. The other goalie was Martin Biron. Picked 16th overall by the Buffalo Sabres, Biron went on to see part-time duty for the organization between the seasons of 1995-1996 and 1998-1999. In 1999-2000, Biron suited up in 41 games for the Sabres during the regular season, but …