Flyers Drop Fifth Straight To Buffalo In Overtime

Eight days into April and the Flyers are still looking for their first win of the month after Thomas Vanek scored an overtime goal to give Buffalo a 4-3 win. Nathan Gerbe netted two as Ryan Miller stepped in for Jhonas Enroth to start the third period as the Flyers dropped their fifth straight game. […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  09 Apr 2011
Minors Recap: 4-8-2011

Posted by Mike Frohwirth Buster, courtesy of Lakewood BlueClaws The Lehigh Valley IronPigs (AAA) and the Scranton Wilkes Barre Yankees were rained out Friday night. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Monday, April 18th. The Yankees were very fortunate not to have to face IronPigs starter Nate Bump. Bump […]

Mike Frohwirth  •  09 Apr 2011
Lackluster Flyers Lose 3-2 In Shootout Against NYR

The Flyers showed little effort in a loss to a less superior game…somebody stop the record from skipping. On Sunday afternoon in front of a national TV audience, Philly's lack of heart resulted in a 3-2 shootout loss to the New York Rangers. Thanks to 32 saves by Henrik Lundqvist and a shootout goal by […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  03 Apr 2011
Cliff Lee Takes the Win In His 2011 Phillies Debut

Posted by Danielle Wilson     I can’t explain how loud Citizen’s Bank Park was tonight. Why was it so loud? Clifton Phifer Lee started his first game as a Philadelphia Phillie in 2011.     Cliff didn’t fail to remind us just how incredible of a pitcher he is. In the first inning, he […]

Danielle  •  02 Apr 2011
Phillies Sweep the Astros in Opening Series

Posted by Danielle Wilson  Courtesy of ESPN.com Roy Oswalt kicked off the end of this three game series against his old team, the Houston Astros this afternoon at Citizens Bank Park. Thankfully, we didn’t need little Roy to play left field in this game, and we didn’t need Raul Ibanez to cover first base, either. […]

Danielle  •  03 Apr 2011
Rangers @ Flyers Preview

Game 79: New York Rangers @ Philadelphia Flyers, 12:30 pm, NBC. Rangers' Records Overall Record: 41-32-5 Away Record: 23-16-1 Record vs. Flyers: 1-4-0 Away Record vs. Flyers: 0-2-0 Flyers' Records Overall Record: 46-22-10 Home Record: 21-12-6 Record vs. Rangers: 4-1-0 Home Record vs. Rangers: 2-0-0 The Numbers Flyers' Winning % vs. Rangers: .800, 4/5 games […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  03 Apr 2011
Flyers @ Senators Preview

Game 80: Philadelphia Flyers @ Ottawa Senators, 7:30 pm, CSN. Flyers' Records Overall Record: 46-22-11 Away Record: 25-10-4 Record vs. Senators: 2-1-0 Away Record vs. Senators: 0-1-0 Senators' Records Overall Record: 30-39-10 Home Record: 14-20-5 Record vs. Flyers: 1-2-0 Home Record vs. Flyers: 1-0-0 The Numbers Flyers' Winning % vs. Senators: .667, 2/3 games (15th) […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  05 Apr 2011
Drawing some early conclusions

Posted by Mike Frohwirth The Phillies are off to an excellent start, having swept their first season series. What have we learned from their (very) early season success? Obviously, the 2011 Phillies won't be playing all of their games at home, or against the AAAA-quality Houston Astros. Three games provide a small sample size (SSS); […]

Mike Frohwirth  •  04 Apr 2011
Atlantic Watch: 3/30-4/5

If panic hadn't set in yet, it definitely has now. In a week they had four games to help better their chances of winning both the division and the conference, the Flyers lost every game managing to only gain one point all week long. Adding on to the recent worries about playing lazy and horrible […]

Sports Talk Philly  •  06 Apr 2011