Matt Brauckmann
Matt is a contributor for the Philadelphia Flyers at The Hockey Writers. He has previously covered the Flyers for GrandstandU. He enjoys playing hockey and making music in his spare time.
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How to Fix the Flyers
May 25th, 2017 Here we are yet again in Philadelphia. The weather is getting warmer, May has come around, the Stanley Cup Playoffs are in full swing, and yet another year where the Philadelphia Flyers haven't been in the playoffs. In fact, the Flyers haven't even made it out of the first round since the 2012 playoffs. For a team that prided...
2016-17 Philadelphia Flyers Report Card
April 21st, 2017 The Philadelphia Flyers have no doubt just gone through one of the most up-and-down seasons in their 50-year history. There was a point this season when I was writing about the Flyers being one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference, a force to possibly make a deep run in the playoffs. That all quickly went by the wayside. There I...
Why "Your Team" Won't Win the Cup
April 11th, 2017 Tuesday is nothing short of Christmas for hockey fans. It's that time of year again. Fans have the highest hopes for their hockey team. The regular season becomes a thing of the past and every team has an equal shot at one of the best trophies in sports. Although there are sixteen over-zealous fanbases across North America waiting...
NHL Icing Growth by Nixing Olympics
April 4th, 2017 Monday afternoon proved to be the final nail in the coffin for the NHL's involvement in the 2018 Winter Olympics. https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/849103236585992192 The NHL has competed in the last five Winter Olympic games and without a doubt, some of the best hockey games of the past few decades have been produced in the...
Flyers Prolonging the Inevitable?
March 31st, 2017 It's been a wild ride this season for the Philadelphia Flyers. At one point, they were near the top of the league in the standings and in several offensive categories, those were the glory days. Just a few months later, all had gone downhill. The team couldn't score, they found themselves on the outside looking in, and there were...
Flyers Suffer a Brutal Tale of Two Seasons
March 26th, 2017 The 2016-17 Philadelphia Flyers' season is one that will not only go down as a massive disappointment but one that could essentially be divided by the black and white difference in play from one-half of the season to the other. There could be an argument made that the Flyers were in a 'rebuilding mode' for this season or even that...