Around the NHL: One month in the books

  #458123750 / gettyimages.com In today's piece we will take a look the first month of the NHL season.  There have been some hot starts by teams and individual players. There have also been some poor starts by others.  First up will be team statistics through the first month.

Bill Minchin  •  03 Nov 2014
Around the NHL : Zetterberg shines, great goaltending and more

  Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg had just one point going into Friday's game.  After their home and home with the Toronto Maple Leafs, he now has six.  The Red Wings captain assisted on all four Detroit goals during Friday's 4-1 victory.  For an encore, Zetterberg provided some overtime magic, scoring the game's only goal in a […]

Bill Minchin  •  20 Oct 2014
Morning After: NHL must lose the shootout

T.J. Oshie scores in the shootout against Ray Emery in the Flyers 1-0 loss to the Blues on Tuesday night. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) It happened again. 65 minutes of pure edge-of-your-seat excitement was spoiled by a skills competition. I've said it several times about games like Tuesday's 1-0 loss for the Flyers to the […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Apr 2014
Game 70 Preview: Flyers host league-leading Blues

The Flyers face the Blues for the first time since October 22, 2011. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) With just 12 games to go in the regular season, the Flyers recent test continues with the NHL's best team. The St. Louis Blues come to Philadelphia for the first time since Oct. 22, 2011, leading all NHL […]

Kevin Durso  •  22 Mar 2014
Looking at the League: Exchanging captains, Vanek to Montreal, Miller dominating in St. Louis

Image courtesy of NewYork.CBSLocal.comIt was an exciting week in the NHL, as several teams were active in transactions on Tuesday and Wednesday, which was the day of the NHL trade deadline. A handful of big-name players were dealt to different teams, as the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning made the deal with the […]

Craig Forsythe  •  10 Mar 2014
Podcast Ep 91: Trade Deadline Talk

  On this episode of the Flyers Faithful Podcast on Flyerdelphia.com, Steve Jacot and Hal Greenblatt discuss trade deadline possibilities for the Flyers, such as Ryan Kesler, Alexander Edler, Christian Ehrhoff, and others. They also discuss whether or not this season can be considered a down year for Claude Giroux, the team's comeback win over the Capitals, the Ryan Miller trade, […]

Steve Jacot  •  04 Mar 2014
Kessel’s hat trick powers U.S.A. to 5-1 victory over Slovenia

Image courtesy of CBSSports.comAfter an emotional shootout win over Russia yesterday, U.S.A. responded with a 5-1 drubbing of Slovenia in their final game of the preliminary round this morning. Phil Kessel recorded a hat trick for the Americans, while Ryan Miller provided 17 saves in the win. Ryan McDonagh and David Backes also scored for […]

Craig Forsythe  •  16 Feb 2014
U.S.A. and Canada set to start in Sochi

Image courtesy of TQN.com The two nations that met in the men's gold medal game at the 2010 Winter Olympics are poised to take another run at finishing first in Sochi. Both the U.S.A. lineup and the Canadian lineup are filled with NHL players, as the two North American nations hope their success on the small […]

Craig Forsythe  •  12 Feb 2014
Around the Net February 7,2014: Mr. Snider hates the Olympics; Flyers beat Avalanche, host Calgary tomorrow; Trade rumors

Welcome to Around the Net, a bi-weekly look through linkage at the Philadelphia Flyers and other news from around the NHL. Snider mad over Giroux snub, Olympics Mr. Snider voiced his displeasure over his star player not playing in Sochi and his general dislike of the Olympics:[CSNPhilly-Tim Panaccio] [Broad Street Hockey-Kurt R.] [Puck Daddy- Greg […]

Dain Stiles  •  07 Feb 2014