Flyers Lack Discipline, Fall to Capitals 5-2 Justin Johnson | October 20, 2011 In the most anticipated game of the young season for the Flyers, they started off with a really nice effort against the 5-0-0 (now 6-0-0) Washington Capitals. The exception to…
Flyers Crush Senators in Ottawa 7-2 As Team’s Youth Breaks Out Justin Johnson | October 19, 2011 The Flyers tonight did something they haven’t done recently. Have a good game against the Ottawa Senators while playing in Kanata, Ontario. The Flyers not only won but won big…
Interview With Eric Lindros On His Career, Concussions, Winter Classic Reunion Rumors, More Justin Johnson | October 17, 2011 Once every decade or so a player comes along from juniors and leaps into the NHL with the expectation that he’s going to be a truly special player. A player…
Fantasy Hockey Chutes And Ladders Week 1 Chris Wassel | October 17, 2011 Welcome to our debut column here on The Hockey Writers kindly dubbed “Chutes And Ladders”. Riding the fortunes of a fantasy hockey team can be a lot like the…
Despite 3-2 OT Loss to Kings, Flyers Are Close To Where They Need To Be Justin Johnson | October 16, 2011 The Flyers have had a lot of big games early on this season, and so far they have answered the call on almost all of them. Former Flyer star Mike…
Flyers Win Wild Discipline Lacking Game Over Canucks in Home Opener, 5-4 Justin Johnson | October 12, 2011 The Flyers came into tonight’s home opener vs. the Western Conference Champion Vancouver Canucks with 2 straight wins on the road to open the season and a lot of things…
Six New Faces Prove Their Worth In First Weekend Of NHL Action Tim Kolupanowich | October 10, 2011 After one of the wildest offseasons in recent memory, all there was left was to see how well the GMs made out. If the first few days of the season…
Five Potential Free Agent Busts in 2011-12 Adam Maloney | October 8, 2011 As the season finally gets underway, almost every team has a shiny new player that they are anxious to show off. Admittedly, the free agency crop has been diminishing in…
10 Thoughts from NHL’s 2011 Opening Night James Neveau | October 7, 2011 Jim Neveau, NHL Senior Columnist While it may not have the pageantry of the NFL’s opening Thursday night game, or the tradition of Opening Day in MLB, the start of…
Top Ten Rookies To Watch In 2011-2012 Andrew Sykes | October 4, 2011 Last year’s crop of rookies included the likes of Taylor Hall, Tyler Seguin, Logan Couture and Calder Trophy winner Jeff Skinner. Here are ten first year players who should have…
Simmonds’ Slur Incident Indicative of Hockey’s Deeper Struggle Bob Mand | September 28, 2011 On Monday in a preseason game against the New York Rangers, Wayne Simmonds was caught on camera yelling what was pretty obviously a homophobic slur at the Blueshirts’ pest extraordinaire,…
Flyers Defeat Rangers in Preseason Game Full of Drama; Possible Suspensions, Simmonds/Avery Slur Justin Johnson | September 27, 2011 Did you think tonight’s Flyers-Rangers preseason match up was going to be another boring preseason bout with the crowd as dead as a November night in Glendale? Think again. Monday’s…