The Broad Street Blog

This past Monday night was Philadelphia Flyers night at the Phillies game. Martin Biron threw out the first pitch and was joined on the mound by teammates Kimmo Timonen, Braydon Coburn, Jason Smith, Mike Knuble and Coach John Stevens.

During the regular season, It was very common to see a good deal of Penguins jerseys in the crowd at the Wachovia Center. Last night, there were some, but not many. Those fans wearing orange and black let the few wearing black and gold have it. As the Flyers finished their pre-game [...]

There was a great deal of hype coming into this series, and there was every reason for it. Everyone on both sides on The Battle of Pennsylvania couldn’t wait until Friday arrived to see what would happen in the first game. However, there was much to be desired after this game was over. [...]

The Eastern Conference Finals between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins is going to be unbelievable. That is all I have to say, just unbelievable. If you have any friends or family that don’t watch hockey, sit them down and have them watch this series, they’ll love the sport after seeing it. [...]

After a poor performance in game 3 by Carey Price and subsequent benching in the third period, the big question coming into tonight’s game 4 was who would be in net for the Canadiens. Following game 3 and during practice yesterday, Montreal coach Guy Carbonneau refused to answer who would be the starting goaltender [...]

Coming into this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, Martin Biron was an unproven quantity when it came to playoff hockey. At 30 years of age, he had never played in an NHL playoff game. Since the playoffs have started Biron has played spectacular in net and is the cornerstone behind the Flyers push through [...]