Tag: Philadelphia Flyers

Dog doing its business on the ice is a perfect metaphor for Flyers’ season

At least someone is taking care of business on the ice in Philly.

The Philadelphia Flyers are having a very bad 2021-22 NHL season.

Losers of eight straight since November 18, the Flyers fired head coach Alain Vigneault and assistant head coach Michel Therrien on Monday in an attempt to turn the team’s 8-10-4 season around. Mere hours after said announcement, Flyers fans were given the most perfect metaphor possible for all they’ve endured this season.

Hosting the Colorado Avalanche on Monday evening, a handful of Philadelphia police dogs were hanging out on the ice after morning skates for a small visit of the team’s facilities. One dog, however, elected to do their business right on the Flyers logo at center ice, a perfect encapsulation of how the season has gone in Philadelphia.

Here’s a video of some of the good dogs attending Flyers practice, but obvious warning for the end for… dog business.

That really does sum it up quite completely as to how this Flyers’ season has been.

But hey, if the Flyers do manage to claw their way back from the hole they find themselves in this year, it will be because this dog rallied the team together! Definitely not any changes that are made by the new coaching staff. Only good dogs.

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Flyers’ Kevin Hayes celebrates first goal of the season with touching tribute to his late brother

For Jimmy.

Talk about a wonderfully cathartic moment for Kevin Hayes.

On Tuesday, Hayes scored his first goal of the season for the Philadelphia Flyers in a pivotal second period against the Calgary Flames. After missing the Flyers’ first 12 games of the season due to injury, Hayes finally got on the scoresheet in his second game this year.

While the goal wasn’t anything to write home about, it’s Hayes’ celebration afterwards that is the real tear-jerker. Back in August, Hayes’ brother Jimmy Hayes tragically passed away at 31 years old. The former NHLer played 334 games in the league for Chicago, Boston, Florida, and New Jersey and retired after the 2018-19 season.

After Hayes scored his first goal of the season, he pointed to the sky in a moving tribute to his late brother.

What a lovely moment indeed. Here’s to more goals being scored in Jimmy Hayes’ memory.

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A hockey fan created an incredible anime-style opening for everyone’s favorite mascot Gritty

Gritty would make a great anime protagonist.

Who knew Gritty and anime would go so well together?

That premise is what one hockey fan put to the test by creating an entire anime intro for the beloved Philadelphia Flyers mascot. On Monday, Twitter user, designer, and animator Jed-Angelo Q. Segovia posted a two minute anime intro for Gritty in the style of One Punch Man‘s first opening “The Hero!!”.

Not only did Segovia animate the entire video, he had help from Flyers fans and general hockey fandom in creating the music and the vocals used as well!

Of course, as Gritty famously spends a lot of time on the internet, the video drew the attention of the Flyers mascot on Twitter mere hours after it was posted

The amount of work put into this fan animation is astounding. The animation itself is awesome, looking equal parts fierce and silly, as Gritty keeps his trademark humor. I also love the shoutouts to other Pennsylvania and Philadelphia sports teams as well, with the Philly Phanatic, the Nittany Lion, Iceburgh, Swoop, Franklin, and even Phang have prominent moments alongside other NHL mascots.

Oh, and of course, the reference to the Flyers’ short-lived mascot Slapshot didn’t go unnoticed here either.

Just a phenomenal job all around by Segovia and the rest of the folks that worked on this. What a wonderful celebration of anime and Gritty!!

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NASCAR driver Ryan Ellis was quite confused after the Flyers traded for a player with the same name

“Trade me back.”

It’s one thing to share your name with a famous athlete if you’re a regular person. It’s another thing entirely to share your name with a famous athlete if you’re another athlete.

That’s the conundrum NASCAR driver Ryan Ellis found himself in after his name twin Ryan Ellis of the Nashville Predators was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Ellis, the NASCAR driver, found out on Twitter mere minutes after the trade was announced, prompting a hilarious sequence of tweets from dismay to disappointment.

Here’s how NASCAR driver Ellis first found out about his name twin’s trade to Philadelphia, in the form of a hilarious tweet.

This isn’t the first time the two have interacted either, as both met one another at a Predators game back in 2017 after it was revealed that they share the same middle name of James too. Here are some of Ellis’ best tweets after learning of his new fate as the premier defenseman of the Flyers for the foreseeable future.

NHL fans were stunned after the Flyers traded for defenseman Ryan Ellis in a blockbuster deal

Ryan Ellis is a Flyer and nothing makes sense anymore.

Saturday felt much like a miniature trade deadline in the NHL with the amount of activity going on. Though it was not the trade deadline, it was — in fact — the league-wide roster freeze heading into the upcoming expansion draft for the Seattle Kraken.

The Philadelphia Flyers, surprisingly enough, made the biggest splash ahead of the 3 p.m. ET roster freeze, trading away former No. 2 overall pick Nolan Patrick and young defenseman Philippe Myers for Nashville Predators blue liner Ryan Ellis. Myers will stay in Nashville while the Predators flipped Patrick to the Vegas Golden Knights for Cody Glass.

It was a shocker of a deal, coming out of absolutely nowhere as the roster freeze deadline hit. The Flyers finally acquired the top-pair defenseman they were looking for, giving up on two young players — with Patrick especially needing a change of scenery — for a chance to win now, while also keeping their first-round pick for the upcoming draft that could possibly be used for another deal down the road.

Here’s how the NHL world reacted to the stunning deal from general manager Chuck Fletcher out of Philadelphia.

Flyers’ James van Riemsdyk did the most hockey thing ever after scoring a goal with his face

And he returned and scored again later in the game!

There’s taking one for the team, and there’s putting your face on the line like James van Riemsdyk did on this goal. On Thursday’s game between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers, van Riemsdyk inadvertently became a goal scorer after a Travis Konecny shot redirected off of his face and into the net.

With the Flyers down a goal in the second period and the team pushing the play, Konecny took a seemingly shot on Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin. At the same time, van Riemsdyk was standing by the front of the net looking for a deflection.

And he got one, taking the puck right off his face as it bounced below the standing Shesterkin and into the net for the tying goal.

Talk about painful! Van Riemsdyk himself was down on the ice after the play, for good reason, and went to the locker room to get checked out for signs of a bigger injury.

Thankfully, van Riemsdyk returned in the early goings of the third period, this time wearing a jaw shield to protect the lower half of his face.

And that wasn’t all! Mere moments after returning, van Riemsdyk added to the Flyers lead with his second goal of the night, but this time using his stick instead.

You don’t get much more poetic than this in hockey.

The Philadelphia Flyers picked the absolute worst time for this donation deal

The most unfortunate timing possible.

To say the Philadelphia Flyers have been porous at goaltending over the last month would be… an understatement. In the month of March alone, the Flyers lost games by scores of 9-0, 8-3, and 6-1 (twice!), most notably helping the Buffalo Sabres break their historic 18-game losing streak on Wednesday with a 6-1 loss.

The team’s goaltending duo of Carter Hart and Brian Elliott have seen better days, as their combined save percentage of .875 is the NHL’s worst this season by a fair margin. In March alone, Flyers goaltenders saved just .831 percent of shots taken against them, an astoundingly terrible number.

Which makes the team’s choice of a donation deal with Walmart for April a questionable one at best.

That is certainly… a thing! To be fair to the Flyers, this deal with Walmart — to donate 100 meals to families in need for every save made in April — was likely made well in advance of the team’s goaltending troubles. And it’s a great cause to donate to as well.

However, hockey fans couldn’t help but notice the unfortunate situation the team has put themselves in on social media.

Sometimes you win, and sometimes you just gotta take those unfortunate, ill-timed losses.

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The Rangers beat the Flyers 9-0 despite all their coaches missing the game

WOW.

What a bizarre night it was for the New York Rangers.

Hours before they faced the Philadelphia Flyers at Madison Square Garden, the franchise announced that due to COVID-19 protocols, the entire coaching staff would miss the game. Coaches from their AHL franchise, the Hartford Wolf Pack, would be behind the bench.

And then the Rangers casually went out and potted nine — NINE! — goals without letting the Flyers score once.

Mika Zibanejad — who’s had his share of struggles this season — had six points, including a hat trick, lighting the lamp three times in the second period.

If you like offense, this video is for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=543Ffdyxctk

WOW.

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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers live stream, TV channel, start time, prediction, odds

The Philadelphia Flyers will host the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first game of the 2021 NHL season, stream all the games live right here.

The Philadelphia Flyers will host the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first game of the 2021 NHL season from the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night.

The Flyers will look to continue the momentum from last season where they finished with the top seed in the conference and knocked out the Canadians in the first round. As for the Penguins, they are looking to improve over last year and will look for their young squad to step up in this shortened season where they will need all the legs they can get.

These two young squads should make for a fun matchup, here is everything you need to know to stream the NHL action tonight.

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers

  • When: Wednesday, January 13
  • Time: 5:30 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: NBCSN
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

Prediction: I’m going to stick with the Penguins in this one and think they can pull off the road victory in the first game. I’ll also be taking the under of goals in the game with under 6.

Bet: Pittsburgh Penguins ML (-110). Under 6

NHL Odds and Betting Lines

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Penguins vs. Flyers (-1.5)

O/U: 6 (-110)

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