Claude Giroux
Welcome to Around the Net, a bi-weekly look through linkage at the Philadelphia Flyers and other news from around the NHL. On this lovely Friday, we look at the Flyers hot streak, prospect Robert Hagg signing a contract and Claude Giroux's MVP candidacy.
Image courtesy of DallasNews.com Dallas Stars (32-25-11) @ Philadelphia Flyers (36-25-7), 7:00pm, CSN-Philly/FS-SW The Philadelphia Flyers look to keep rolling tonight against the Dallas Stars. Despite being in different conferences, both teams are fighting to make the playoffs, as the Flyers currently sit second in a congested Metropolitan Division and the Stars are fighting for […]
(Image courtesy of the lovely and semi-talented @estebomb) You’re doing it again, Flyers. Don’t look at me like you don’t know what I’m talking about. I was sitting in the press box as you did that thing last Saturday versus the Penguins. I was in my living room as you did it again on Sunday. […]
Patrick Kane had two assists in the Blackhawks 7-2 win over the Flyers on December 11. The Flyers host the Blackhawks on Tuesday night. (Photo Courtesy of NJ.com) The Flyers second meeting with the defending Stanley Cup Champions has so much more meaning than the first. The first meeting against the Chicago Blackhawks, a 7-2 […]
Wayne Simmonds scores his second goal of Sunday's 4-3 win over the Penguins. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) The two games the Flyers played against the Pittsburgh Penguins were very different. At home on Saturday, the Flyers cruised behind a raucous home crowd to a 4-0 win. Steve Mason was lightly tested. The Flyers scored on […]
Image courtesy of Gregory Shamus/NHLI via Getty Images The Philadelphia Flyers provided their second win of the weekend against the Pittsburgh Penguins, as they beat their division rivals 4-3 this afternoon on the other side of the state. Wayne Simmonds had two goals and Claude Giroux had a pair of assists, while Steve Mason stopped […]
Matt Read scores his second goal of Saturday's 4-0 win over the Penguins. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) There wasn't a more perfect beginning to the Flyers home-and-home weekend series against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pure dominance from start to finish was on display on Saturday afternoon at Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers 4-0 win featured many […]
Image courtesy of ProHockeyTalk.com Philadelphia Flyers (34-25-7) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (44-18-4), 12:30pm, NBC/TSN2 The home-and-home between these teams yesterday saw the Philadelphia Flyers dominate a shorthanded Pittsburgh Penguins’ team, as the Orange and Black provided a 4-0 victory over their rivals. On top of several players who have been out awhile now for the Penguins, […]
Steve Mason and the Flyers open a weekend home-and-home with Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday in Philadelphia. (Amy Irvin/38Photography) The Keystone Rivalry gets two installments added to its storied history this weekend. A potential playoff preview, all eyes will be on the Flyers two meetings with the Pittsburgh Penguins starting with Saturday's […]
Welcome to Around the Net, a bi-weekly look through linkage at the Philadelphia Flyers and other news from around the NHL. Know your enemy Broad Street Hockey goes behind enemy lines:[Broad Street Hockey-Collin Mehalick] Measuring stick The Flyers will fnd out how good they are this weekend: [Philly.com-Sam Carchidi] [CSNPhilly.com] [Hockeybuzz.com-Bill Meltzer] "Win today and […]