The Broad Street Blog

The Flyers opened the 2008-09 season last night against the New York Rangers looking to follow up their run to the Eastern Conference Finals. This year’s slogan is “Hungry For More.” The Flyers looked anything but hungry in the first 20 minutes of the game, you could even call them anorexic.
The Flyers [...]

You’ve just got to love Penguins coach Michel Therrien. And by love I mean view as a hypocritical clown. Every time I turn around this guy is bitching and complaining about something, then goes and does it himself. Earlier this year, he whined that the Flyers showed the Penguins no respect by [...]

Watching last night’s Rangers - Devils game and the exchange between Sean Avery and Martin Brodeur, you would think Avery was trying to get the attention of Dancing with the Stars with his moves. The problem for Avery was that his dance partner, Brodeur, wanted nothing to do with him.
Avery was tasked [...]

In less than a week, the Philadelphia Flyers have played 3 games against teams from New York, one against the Islanders and two against the Rangers, and have 3 wins.

First up for the Flyers were the New York Rangers last night. New York decided to go with backup goaltender Stephen Valiquette, who has been lights out against the Flyers this year. It was a raucous atmosphere at the Wachovia Center even before the game started. The game was a sell out, and there were plenty of Rangers fans in attendance.