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Category Archives: Philadelphia Flyers

Hatred and Violence Are at the Heart of Our Sport, and Sunday All the World Saw It

16 April, 2012

In their bloodlust, Arabs and Jews have nothing on the Flyers and Penguins. (Isn’t it grand!) Really, in a relative sense, what transpired on the ice in Philadelphia yesterday made the Middle East seem one big, happy, if diverse, family. Yesterday’s matinee jihad in the City of Brotherly Love was all consuming — it enveloped [...]

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Up North, Reconvened in a Perfect Circle of Puck Cheer

13 April, 2012

Part springtime sinus relief, part faith statement celebration: I am weekending in New England, where vestiges of winter are still to be found, supporting the Bears, the Caps, and the region’s craft beer culture, in the irreplaceable company of my puckhead pals Mike and Marleen. We were last united rather recently, over an elongated Presidents’ [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Boston Bruins, Hershey Bears, Mike and Marleen, Morning cup-a-joe, Pittsburgh Penguins, playoff hockey, Portland Pirates, Washington Capitals | Comments (3)

Helping Haters Hate Even More

12 April, 2012

Our pledge: If indeed the Penguins-Flyers series produces exquisite agony, night after night, a special set of schadenfreude for Washingtonians, we will screen-capture the finest representations of it. Why not start with last night’s epic chokejob by the Pens. This morning’s Pittsburgh newspapers read like love letters to Capitals’ fans.  

Also filed in Haters hating, Pittsburgh Penguins, playoff hockey, Schadenfreude | Comments (1)

When Animals in Orange Attack

6 January, 2012

Last month I intimated that the reconstitution of the Patrick division represented something very special for Capitals fans. But by very special I didn’t mean always uplifting. Dateline, Philadelphia, January 5, 2012. Three Philadelphia Flyers fans are wanted by Philadelphia police for their role in beating two New York Rangers fans in the immediate aftermath [...]

Also filed in Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, The Great Old Patrick Division, Winter Classic | Comments (4)

Size, of Body and Heart, Matters — Especially in 2012

31 December, 2011

Instructive moment: Rangers’ captain Ryan Callahan, made captain at so tender an age partly out of his affinity for playing December hockey games like they’re game 7s in May, blocked a John Carlson slapshot at the point the other night, and the selfless sacrifice led to a Rangers goal in transition seconds later. The block [...]

Also filed in Dale Hunter, George McPhee, HBO's 24/7, Jeff Schultz, Morning cup-a-joe, New Jersey Devils, New media, New York Rangers, Old Time Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins, The Great Old Patrick Division | Comments (6)

OFB TV: Christmas for Caps Fans — Hello Again, Patrick Division!

5 December, 2011

When it comes to the Capitals’ past, there are few voices in our region bearing the vivid fidelity of Baltimore WNST’s Ed Frankovic. Ed worked for the Caps during the glory days when the team nightly battled the likes of the Flyers, the Penguins, the Rangers, and the Islanders in the great old Patrick division. [...]

Also filed in Eastern Conference, Ed Frankovic, Much-needed realignment, New media, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, OFB TV, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ted Leonsis, The Great Old Patrick Division, Washington Capitals, Washington the hockey town | Comments (0)

We Want This (in the Worst Way)

4 December, 2011

‘The Hot Stove‘ last night dropped a realignment bombshell on us. Take a look: Christmas-pinch me: Could it really be that in the very same week Dale Hunter is returned to D.C. legacy-honoring leadership is emerging in realignment discussions, such that our Dick Patrick in particular would feel like a kid at Christmas? Even recently [...]

Also filed in Much-needed realignment, National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins, The Great Old Patrick Division, Washington Capitals | Comments (5)

First-round Ruminations

25 April, 2011

This morning I’m thinking of David Poile, for this morning, the former Caps’ GM is savoring his first playoff series win since he arrived in Nashville to guide the expansion Predators in 1998, and his first postseason triumph since the 1994 postseason with Washington. The Nashville Predators have known only Poile as their GM and [...]

Also filed in Carrie Underwood (the First Lady of Pucks), Chicago Blackhawks, David Poile, Michal Neuvirth, Morning cup-a-joe, Nashville Predators, New York Rangers, NHL playoffs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals | Comments (9)

Unlocking a Standings Deadlock

5 April, 2011

This morning the Capitals and Flyers are basically in a standings deadlock: 46-22-11, tied at 103 points apiece. Three games remaining for both clubs in this regular season concluding week.  It’s a much different perch for the Flyers relative to last season, when they only qualified for the postseason as the East’s eighth seed by [...]

Also filed in Eastern Conference, National Hockey League, New media, playoff hockey, Ted Starkey, Washington Capitals | Comments (10)

That Would Make Some Sweet Playoff Hockey, But…

23 March, 2011

If it ends up being a Philly-Washington conference final, the Eastern Conference champion might as well start digging a grave now to bury the battered bodies. That was a grueling 65-plus minutes of hockey last night between the two teams, and the Caps definitely got the worst of the physical play in the 3rd. The fact that Jason Chimera isn’t seeing stars right now and Scott Hannan is still walking (at least, we think both those things are true) is a testament to superhuman toughness.

Also filed in Matt Hendricks, Michal Neuvirth, Mike Knuble, Washington Capitals | Comments (1)

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