Articles by Mike Watson (112)
Going into game number four of the season, the Philadelphia Flyers are still looking for their first victory. With two days of rest, they take on a well traveled Anaheim Ducks team tonight at 7:00pm at the Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers will be shuffling lines once again, as they announced Monday that center Vincent […]
This Week in Flyers History By Mike Watson #163399221 / gettyimages.com The 2014 NHL Draft was front and center the past few days at the WellsFargoCenter. The realization of a lifelong dream for many young men from all corners of the globe, to be drafted into the NHL, were about to come true. No […]
June 23, 2011 #450587898 / gettyimages.com June 23, 2011 After a second round defeat to the NJ Devils just two and a half months earlier, GM Paul Holmgren decided to transform the Flyers’ roster as if he were shaking a snow globe. On this June day, Paul traded Jeff Carter to Columbus, Mike Richards […]
#459437841 / gettyimages.com June 18, 2007 Back in June of 2007, the Flyers' brass made a trade with the Nashville Predators that is still paying dividends as they head into the 2014-15 NHL season. The Flyers traded a previously obtained 1st-round pick back to them in exchange for defenseman Kimmo Timonen and left winger […]
#102103015 / gettyimages.com June 9th, 2010 The shot that most Flyer fans didn’t see go in…. and wished it hadn’t. Game Six of the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs was a thrilling game, but a stunning defeat for the Orange and Black. Patrick Kane scored just 4:10 into overtime to give the Chicago Blackhawks their first […]
#53132859 / gettyimages.com June 2, 1978 In the summer of ’78, the Flyers and Rangers worked out an agreement in which the Flyers “allowed” their legendary coach, Fred Shero, to join the Rangers as their GM and head coach. For that, the Flyers received a first round pick, the seventh overall, in which they […]
#72041741 / gettyimages.com May 27th, 1975 :The Flyers win Game Six vs. the Buffalo Sabres to win their second consecutive Stanley Cup. This was the first Stanley Cup finals to be played between two non-"Original Six" teams since the NHL expanded in 1967. The series headed to Buffalo with the Flyers ahead three games […]
#83060887 / gettyimages.com May 24th, 1980 Mention the following two words to just about any Flyers fan and their faces will turn Phillies’ red in an instant: Leon Stickle. The Flyers were facing the NY Islanders in Game Six of the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals. After a league-leading 116-point regular season and 48 wins […]
#53126195 / gettyimages.com One of the more memorable goals in Flyers’ playoff history occurred on May 16,1985 . It was Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals vs. the Quebec Nordiques. With the Flyers up 3-2 in the series, they had the opportunity to close out the Nordiques at the Spectrum to advance to […]
#53126119 / gettyimages.com Mention the name Ron Hextall to any Philadelphia sports fan thirty years and older and you will get a response unlike most any other Flyer player in history. And that’s not only Flyers history, but in all of Philadelphia sports history. Why? Because when you talk about Ron Hextall, it’s hard […]