Brett Hull
For most of the game, they stayed the course, but not in a way that is surviving another team’s push. They controlled large portions of the game with their play. It also helped that the goaltending remained on point, one of the most noticeable consistencies of the first 10 games of the season. The result was a big two points in regulation against a divisional opponent that had only lost in regulation once all season, and silencing an all-time great in the scoring column with a milestone in his sights.
Embed from Getty Images By Dan Heaning, Sports Talk Philly staff writer Hockey fans got an early Christmas gift this year with the return of the international tournament, the World Cup of Hockey. For the past two weeks, the World Cup has been in exhibition mode and games have been largely relegated to ESPN3. […]
Another week of Flyers hockey is in the books and it was a rough one. Get all caught up with links to everything posted to Flyerdelphia this week. Here is you Flyerdelphia week in review.
October 24, 1989 In one of the leaner years in Flyers history, the 1989-90 squad was floundering with a 1-6-1 record to start the season. Despite injuries and a suspension to Ron Hextall for 12 games — the Chris Chelios incident — the shorthanded Flyers knew a home win against the St. Louis Blues was imperative. […]