The Broad Street Blog

Flyers fans, and all Philadelphia sports fans for that matter, are left to reflect on a dubious anniversary today. It has been 25 years since one of the 4 major sports teams from the City of Philadelphia last won a championship. That team was the 1983 76ers.

Yesterday, the Vancouver Canucks announced that 21 year old defenseman Luc Bourdon died. It was reported that he lost control of his motorcycle near his home of Shippagan in northern New Brunswick.

Yesterday, Daily New Live on Comcast Sportsnet had a Flyers special from 5:30 to 6:30 on the program that runs from 5:00 to 6:30. The guests included the Flyers TV crew of Jim Jackson, Steve Coates, and Keith Jones, players Braydon Coburn and Mike Knuble, Coach John Stevens and GM Paul Holmgren.

The Detroit Red Wings picked right back up where they left off in game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. From the opening face-off to the final buzzer, the Red Wings picked apart the Pittsburgh Penguins every step of the way. It wasn’t until 12 minutes into the first period, on a power play, that the Penguins were able to get their first shot on Detroit netminder Chris Osgood.

For the Penguins and their many, many fans (who were no where to be found 15 months ago when the team was about to leave town) this was not the start they were hoping for against the Detroit Red Wings.

Well, from this week’s You Can’t Make This Stuff Up File, a minor league pitcher was traded for bats, “10 Prairie Sticks Maple Bats, double-dipped black, 34-inch, C243 style” to be exact.