All Entries Tagged With: "mike richards"
Flyers Comeback Again Tie Series In OT
My Flyers overcame two 2-goal deficits and fought off an early end to the season thanks to an overtime goal by Ville Leino, beating the Sabres 5-4. The game started badly for the Flyers, with starting goalie Michael Leighton giving up three goals on the first eight shots, all of them arguably softies, before being [...]
Flyers Stage Comeback But Lose In OT to Buffalo
My Flyers had to be feeling good going into tonight’s game, but the Sabres won 4-3 in overtime after blowing a 3-0 lead they built up in the 1st. Brian Boucher gave up two softies to help put the Flyers in the hole with Tyler Ennis scoring from a bad angle and Thomas Vanek scoring [...]
Miller Stones Flyers, Series Tied 2-2
My Flyers couldn’t finish again and lost 1-0, but unlike Game 1 where they lost by the same score, tonight they peppered Sabre goalie Ryan Miller with some great shots and he was able to stop every one of them. Jason Pominville scored the only goal of the game midway through the 1st due to [...]
Flyers Continue To Make Shots, Take 2-1 Series Lead
Good positioning around the net by winger and recent healthy scratch Nik Zherdev proved to be the difference as my Flyers win again, 4-2 over the Sabres. An energized Jeff Carter, popping one on the power play, and Danny Briere made quick wrist shots up high beating Ryan Miller and Buffalo got their scoring from [...]
Flyers Make Shots, Get Bounces Win Game 2
My Flyers bounced back, playing much closer to the game they need to, and beat the Sabres 5-4. Key to the Flyer victory was their centers outplayed Buffalo’s, Claude Giroux, going high and beating Ryan Miller, and Danny Briere knocking in a rebound. The top 3 Sabre centers were held scoreless, but Sabres left wing [...]
It’s my Flyers versus the Sabres . . . . again!
It’s my Flyers versus the Sabres . . . . again! This is their seventh meetup since 1995, (3-3 split going in) and I can honestly say none of the series have been very good. They’ve been walk-overs one way or the other, dull or painful. Easy first round wins or first round humiliating embarrassments, [...]
Trade analysis: Versteeg lands in Philadelphia
The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded forward Kris Versteeg to the Philadelphia Flyers for a first and a third-round draft pick, both in 2011. Brian Burke is the most active general manager so far in 2011, trading rearguard Francois Beauchemin to the Anaheim Ducks earlier this month in exchange for Joffrey Lupul and prospect Jake [...]
Jeff Carter: Sniper Having a Stellar Season For Orange and Black
If you’re following the NHL in 2010-11, you’re hearing about the stellar years that Steven Stamkos, Sidney Crosby, and Daniel Sedin are having. Sedin leads the league with 69 points while Stamkos is the league leader in goals (39) and is second to Sedin in points (68). Crosby is second in goals (32), third in [...]
Canucks In Place for Spring Success After Big First Half of Season
Through 42 regular season games the Vancouver Canucks are well on their way to the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Flyers interested in Devils’ captain Jamie Langenbrunner
It has been a season to forget for the New Jersey Devils as they sit in last place in all of hockey with only 22 points and 10 wins—as horrendous as the Phantoms have been this year, Adirondack still has more wins than the Devils in less games. Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello appears to [...]
The race for the Frank Selke Trophy (Best defensive forward)
One third into the 2010-11 NHL season, let’s have a look at the best defensive forwards in the league this year. I have compiled a list of the best 20 players that should be considered for this prestigious, yet underrated award. Past winners since 2000-2001: 2000–01 John Madden New Jersey Devils C 2001–02 Michael Peca [...]
Pronger, Flyers get cheated by refs in shootout loss to Calgary
During the 2008 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, with the New York Rangers on a 5-on-3 power play against the New Jersey Devils in the second period of a Game 3 tied game, Rangers pest Sean Avery parked himself as a screen, facing Devils goalie Martin Brodeur only to begin moving his arms back and forth. Later [...]
The longest contracts in NHL history
The new deal Ilya Kovalchuk signed earlier this summer with the New Jersey Devils is an incredible 15-year contract worth $100 million US, for a cap hit of $6.67 million, that will keep the Russian sniper in the Devils’ uniform until his 42th birthday. It’s not the first time a contract is that long in [...]
Richards, Subban disappoints as Flyers beat Canadiens
Coming into Monday night’s game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Montreal Canadiens, much had been made of the blossoming rivalry between Flyers’ captain Mike Richards and Canadiens’ rookie PK Subban. In a post game interview following a 3-0 loss to Montreal last Tuesday, Richards had some harsh comments about the multi-talented Subban. “He’s a guy [...]
Subban, Canadiens set to face Richards, Flyers in Philly
The Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers meet for the second time in less than a week tonight, after the Habs blanked the Flyers 3-0 last Tuesday at the Bell Centre on Carey Price’s 41-save shutout. At the time, Montreal snapped Philly’s ten-game unbeaten streak with the victory. But the main topic after the game was [...]
Senators back from a dismal road trip, set to face Kings in Ottawa tonight
After a dismal 1-3 road trip during which the Ottawa Senators were outscored 17-6, they are set to face the Los Angeles Kings tonight at Scotia Bank Place. This will be the Kings’s third game of a four-game road trip. They sustained a 4-2 loss at the hands of the Buffalo Sabres on Friday, before [...]
Price, Canadiens blank Flyers 3-0 and extend their winning streak to 4 games
Netminder Carey Price made 41 saves, 20 in the second period alone, for his third shutout of the season as the Canadiens extended their winning streak to four games. Montreal scored two goals on the power play despite losing their power play general to a knee injury Saturday against the Carolina Hurricanes to improve their [...]
Leadership Drops a Glove
Mike “Leadership” Richards, following his Flyers 5-1 thrashing at the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins, threw down a lacy gauntlet aimed at Captain Sidney Crosby when questioned about Richard’s interactions with Pens antagonizer Matt Cooke. “if Sidney Crosby fights [Dan] Carcillo then maybe I’ll fight [Cooke]“ The local press was dogging Richards about the Flyers [...]
Richards’ leadership no longer in question
When Team Canada took home the gold medal at February’s Olympic Games in Vancouver, many fans around Philadelphia witnessed how that win benefited them and the captain of their hockey team. Flyers captain Mike Richards took home the gold, along with fellow Canadian and teammate Chris Pronger, and after that achievement, the two came back home and [...]
Who should be the next Sharks Captain?
Rob Blake served as San Jose Sharks captain for just one season before retiring. Now the keys to the car are available for the second straight off-season. The question is who takes over? The importance of the little “C” that’s patched to a players sweater is debatable. There’s evidence of a team’s captain being completely [...]
