Caps/Flyers: A History Of Carnage And Mayhem
Japers' Rink —
In the three playoff series between the two teams, there have been 46 fighting majors in 16 games. Check out, for example, the first period of Game 3 of the 1984 Patrick Division Semifinals - seven minor penalties (including five hi-sticks and a rough), ten fighting majors and five 10-minute misconducts. 114 PIMs in one period. But that's nothing... The top home and road games for Caps, opponents and combined penalty minutes have both come against the Flyers in Washington blowout wins - a 6-0 win at Philly on December 21, 1980 in which the teams combined for 344 PIMs (check out Archie Henderson and Behn ...
Flyers-Caps Multimedia Fun-day
Philadelphia Flyers —
Thanks for all of the banter on the comments board - I appreciate you guys making this page more popular than the actual Washington Capitals page. Gregg Kanner is a good writer and all of the NHL writers on this server need your support. If I get another email about how great the RedSox or Raiders page is, I’m going to get sick.
To respond to ‘Ben’s’ comment about my “selective statistics” - Of course they’re selective, haven’t you taken stats in college? And being from DC you have to be accustomed to selective stats being thrown your way.
Anyway, tomorrow I will have ...
NHL Playoff Preview: The Threes Meet the Sixes [NHL Playoff Preview]
Deadspin —
NHL Closer writer Greg Wyshynski previews the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals right up until they drop what is commonly referred to as "the puck."
No. 3 Washington Capitals (43-31-8, 94 Points; Last made the playoffs with a guy named Cassidy behind the bench and a guy named Jagr on the ice) vs. No. 6 Philadelphia Flyers (42-29-11, 95 Points; Hindenburg-on-skates last season)
The young lass pictured here is Stormy, who was named "Philly's Hottest Flyers Fan" two years ago by rock station WMMR and hopefully has been treated well by both time and gravity since then. Besides some welcome eye-candy — even ...
Mike Richards May Have Found a Solution to Alex Ovechkin
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae —
Washington's Alexander Ovechkin is deservedly getting most of the attention leading up to the Flyers-Caps first-round series. And why not? He's already the Richard (most goals) and Ross (most points) Trophy winner, and he's earned himself a Hart (most Jesus-on-ice) this year as well. Although he's a tough player who likes to get rough and doesn't mind when a player takes a run at him, he's apparently not much of a fighter, as Mike Richards showed us in September of '06.
Beat down! Granted, we don't actually assume Ovie will or should drop the gloves in a playoff series, ...
Bring on Alex Ovechkin!
The Eric Gargiulo Blog at phillyBurbs.com —
Thanks to the700level.com for this classic video from 2006. Alex Ovechkin isn’t so bad after all.
