Justin Johnson
Justin Johnson is a Senior Correspondent and has been covering the Philadelphia Flyers for The Hockey Writers since the 2008-09 season. Justin has covered all levels of hockey across the United States and Canada. Justin is a graduate of Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ and currently resides in Southern New Jersey.
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Could Major Changes Loom for the Flyers?
The clock is ticking. It's ticking and it's ticking on multiple events. The Philadelphia Flyers season? Absolutely. As of this writing it's now 26 games into this abbreviated 48-game season and the Flyers are not in playoff position. They've played more games than many Eastern Conference teams and still find themselves 4 points...Flyers Coming Up Small In Biggest Stretch of Season
Starting on Tuesday, the Flyers embarked on what many appropriately called the biggest week of the year. For being such a big week, thus far the Flyers have come up very small. After starting out playing well in both games this week against the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins, collapses in the second half of the game cost...
Rivalry Night Win in Pittsburgh is a Great Sign for Flyers
February 21st, 2013 If this is what NBC was looking for with their Wednesday Night Rivalry Night, then the idea was a huge success. The Philadelphia Flyers effort separated the pretenders from the contenders on Wednesday night at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh. This was a wild but intense game, with the Flyers taking it 6-5. If this were a...If Flyers Aren't Legit Contenders Soon, Will They Deal?
There's a long way to go in the short 48-game season, but make no mistake about it, the Flyers have sputtered out of the gate. This week produced a lot of rumors in the hockey world and many involved the Flyers. This familiar pattern of rumors seems to happen every time the Flyers lose a decent number of games in any given...Flyers Fans Return in Large Numbers
One word that was uttered a lot during the lockout was "care." We heard how people weren't going to care about hockey's labor dispute. There were theories from a lot of different people that "nobody cares." It was put out there by many fans and media alike, but it was easy to be skeptical. Major markets such as Philadelphia have given...Flyers Drop Season Opener to Pens 3-1
We knew it wouldn't take much to get the juices flowing in a Flyers-Penguins season opener in Philadelphia, and that was exactly the case. The wild sold-out crowd at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia roared in approval of the return of the National Hockey League and their Flyers. It was a playoff atmosphere early on when the...
