first round in five games. Then, after blowing a 3–1 series lead to the Philadelphia Flyers that extended the series to seven games, the Islanders would go on to win game 7 against the Flyers and advance to the conference finals for the first time since the 1993 playoffs. However, ...
The AHL appeared in serious danger of folding altogether if this downward trend was not reversed. However, two events in the fall of 1977 helped reverse the trend. The first of these was the decision of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers to return to the league as a team owner, and the secon...
“Ed created the Flyers professional, no-nonsense culture, fostered their relentless will to win and set the highest standards for every activity on and off the ice, including such initiatives as the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation and the Flyers Wives Carnival,” NHLCommissioner Gary Bettmansai...
The AHL appeared in serious danger of folding altogether if this downward trend was not reversed. However, two events in the fall of 1977 helped reverse the trend. The first of these was the decision of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers to return to the league as a team owner, and the secon...
the Philadelphia Flyers, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the California Seals, and the St. Louis Blues. However, Canadian fans were outraged that all six teams were placed in the United States, so the league responded by adding the Vancouver Canucks in 1970, along with the Buffalo Sabres, both locate...
best in the NHL. Sidney Crosby is still struggling to score but the Penguins have climbed into playoff position. One of the strangest anomalies is Boston, which has the top Power Play and the worst Penalty Killing. Some of the biggest stories coming out of the East are the Flyers struggles...
“thin the herd” of frequent flyers a tad bit, though I think this isn’t as much of a motivator as some make it out to be. If you want to hear more about the motivations of United, you can listen to arecent episode of Dots, Lines, and Destinationswhere we hadEd Pizzarelloon as...
Dallas' returned to a revamped Central Division, bringing them a much more broadcast-friendly schedule for divisional away games. The Stars had long lobbied for this, as they were unhappy with the large number of games they had to play on the road in the Pacific Time Zone as a member of...