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  • Philadelphia Flyers 2018-19 Season Preview

    Philadelphia Flyers 42-26-14, 98 points, 3rd in the Metropolitan Division Lost in the First Round to Pittsburgh (4-2) Additions: D Christian Folin, LW James van Riemsdyk Subtractions: C Valtteri Filppula, G Leland Irving, D Brandon Manning, RW Colin McDonald, G Petr Mrazek, G John Muse, D Johnny Oduya, RW Matt Read, G Dustin Tokarski Re-signed: D Robert Hagg, G Alex Lyon,…

  • Flyers stave off elimination with gutsy performance

      Even though the Philadelphia Flyers were out-shot 32-25, they held on to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 at PPG Paints Arena in Game 5 of their first round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs to force Game 6 back at Wells Fargo Center. After 7-0, 5-1, 5-1 and 5-0 final scores in the first…

  • Flyers even series with dominant effort by Elliott

      No matter how many shots the Pittsburgh Penguins fired at Second Star of the Game G Brian Elliott, he would not yield as he led the Philadelphia Flyers to a 5-1 victory at PPG Paints Arena in Game 2. When Head Coach Dave Hakstol elected to start his second line at the opening puck…

  • March 25 – Day 165 – Battle of the Keystone State

    Only five games are on the schedule today, but there’s some good ones! The first puck drop of the day is at 12:30 p.m., featuring Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (NBC/TVAS) as the afternoon’s lone matinee. Two games get underway at 7 p.m. (Vancouver at Dallas and Nashville at Winnipeg [SN360]), followed by Boston at Minnesota (NBCSN)…

  • Merkle’s Weekly Bumblings: Week 23

    Skater of the Week: Alex Pietrangelo How about the defenseman getting some love, huh? In all honesty, this wasn’t even a case of picking him out for having a stellar week ‘as a defenseman’, he lead the entire league in scoring last week full-stop. The 6-foot-3 210 pound King City, Ont. native racked up three goals…

  • 2018 Trade Deadline Preview: Metropolitan Division

    1. Washington Capitals– 31-17-5 (67 points, 53 GP) After spending a couple of months figuring themselves out and weathering the storm that’s been Braden Holtby‘s second-to-last career worst season (his 2.76 goals against average and .915 save percentage in 39 games played are better and the same as his 2013-14 2.85 GAA and .915 SV%…

  • January 31 – Day 112 – High Flyer-ing offense

    There may only be three games on the schedule today, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a quality matchup. The action starts at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time when the New York Islanders visit Toronto (SN/TVAS), and it is followed half an hour later by tonight’s co-nightcaps: San Jose at Detroit and Philadelphia at Washington (NBCSN).…

  • January 18 – Day 103 – The House that Lindros Built

    As usual, Thursday is the best day of the work week for hockey, as we have 10 games on the schedule. As it usually does, the action finds its start at 7 p.m. this evening with four tilts (Washington at New Jersey, Boston at the New York Islanders [SN360], Toronto at Philadelphia [TVAS] and Dallas…

  • January 12 – Day 97 – Gagner is “to win” in French, so…

    There’s one more day until the first wave of byes end! Get ready for an explosion of games tomorrow! However, that still means today’s list of matchups is rather short. Only five pucks are going to be dropped this evening, starting with two at 7 p.m. (Vancouver at Columbus and Calgary at Florida) and Washington…

  • November 27 – Day 54 – Battle of Pennsylvania

    Welcome to the last week of November! I know you think you need to be doing your Christmas shopping, but you have all of December to do that. Instead, sit down this evening and watch some hockey. If you’re wise and followed my instructions, the NHL has scheduled five games for your viewing pleasure. Two…