By: Tyler J. Altemose (@TJamesAltemose) With today being the final day of the 2011-12 regular season, I figured I would draw up a chart with each of the playoff clinching scenarios in the Eastern and Western conferences. As you will see, it’s notably more complicated in the west where virtually nothing other than an Oilers ...
By: Tyler J. Altemose (@TJamesAltemose) Renaud Lavoie, reporter for RDS.ca, announced early Wednesday morning that the Philadelphia Flyers have signed Phantoms RW Matt Ford to a two-way, $600,000 deal for the 2012-13 season. Ford has been a consistently powerful force on the right side for the Flyers’ AHL affiliate Adirondack Phantoms since he was ...
By: Tyler J. Altemose (@TJamesAltemose) I want to preface this article by crediting Jen over at Broad Street Hockey for being the first to discuss this matter. She was the first person—or at least the first that I saw—to do it (and besides, there are few people besides her that would even know to ...
By: Tyler J. Altemose (@TJamesAltemose) Sergei Bobrovsky continued his strong play Thursday evening and was the difference-maker in a 3-2 Flyers victory over the New York Islanders. The Flyers were looking to gain some ground on the division-leading New York Rangers while the Islanders were looking to close the gap on the Atlantic Division ...
By: Tyler J. Altemose (@TJamesAltemose) The proposed NHL realignment plan set to go into effect starting with the 2012-13 season has been blocked by the NHLPA. The plan, proposed on December 5th by the NHL, was most recently discussed between the League and the NHLPA on January 1 during an Executive Board conference ...
By Tyler J. Altemose (@TJamesAltemose) Bad news has befallen the Philadelphia Flyers for a good portion of the season. The team has suffered four concussions–none the result of foul plays, they have lost their top scorer and defenseman, and have had to call up a number of rookies just to fill the void. It’s ...
By Tyler J. Altemose (@TJamesAltemose) The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that they have recalled F Ben Holmstrom of the Adirondack Phantoms, the Flyers’ AHL affiliate. The 6’1″ captain of the Phantoms, fresh off a Gordie Howe hat trick Saturday night, has 8G and 8A through 25 games. Holmstrom will be joining the team in ...
By Tyler J. Altemose (@TJamesAltemose) The Flyers have suffered a plethora of injuries within their defensive ranks. Chris Pronger is sidelined for the remainder of the season with severe post-concussion syndrome. Andreas Lilja and Erik Gustafsson remain sidelined by injury. Even Oskars Bartulis remains out for the foreseeable future. Marc-Andre Bourdon and Kevin Marshall, ...
By: Tyler J. Altemose (@HockeyGuyTy) This week’s prospect report tracks Flyers prospects from around North America and Europe between Friday, October 14 and Thursday, October 20. First, a couple of transaction notes. On Tuesday the Phantoms sent a couple of players down to the ECHL. LW Andy Bombach was loaned to the Flyers ECHL affiliate ...
By: Tyler J. Altemose (@HockeyGuyTy) This week’s top ten features a couple of teams that most people aren’t used to seeing at the top. The Toronto Maple Leafs remain unbeaten, the Colorado Avalanche have won four straight since their opening day shutout by their arch-rival Red Wings, and both Al Montoya and John Tavares look ...
