Claude Giroux

[Photo Courtesy: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports] The Philadelphia Flyers entered the night trailing seven points in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. They faced off against the Ottawa Senators, who are currently in the playoff picture in the East. Zach Smith started the scoring very early on in the game by putting one past Ilya Bryzaglov, who has been in the media for the wrong reasons this past week. As the first prior progressed, the Senators continued to get quality scoring...Read Full Story

The Philadelphia Flyers have a lot of issues right now; each game they play they are one step further from making the playoffs. Since they only played two games in the past week — and keeping in mind their poor record — it was hard to determine a player of the week. Especially, when I [...]Flyer of the week: Claude Giroux is a post by the Best Sports Blogs at BallHyped.com. View and VoteRead Full Story

Copyright ©2012 The Associated Press. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.   No Author Published: January 15, 2013 No Source    email PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have named Claude Giroux the 19th captain in team history. General manager Paul Holmgren made the announcement Tuesday night. The Flyers say Kimmo Timonen will serve as associate captain, and Scott Hartnell and Danny Briere will serve as alternate...Read Full Story

Photo via Flyers.com We've seen a situation similar to this with the Philadelphia Flyers before. Just a few years ago, Jason Smith held the title as Flyers' captain as a veteran defenseman that was past his prime who eventually handed the captaincy over to a young star. Mike Richards, just 23 years old at the time, took over the captaincy for three seasons before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings. As of right now, 38-year-old defenseman Chris Pronger remains the captain of the team...Read Full Story

The NHL is back and Saturday afternoon, the Wells Fargo Center proved it. The Wells Fargo Center crowd, wasted no time making their voices heard.  The fans packed the building with orange t-shirts that simply said “Let’s Go!” The game began with the expected “bad hockey”. Both clubs first few shifts were some miscues and some tip-ins.  After the first few minutes, the jitters went away and both clubs, the Penguins picked up the pace. The speed began to pick up, and shortly after that, the...Read Full Story