Broad Street Hockey
A Lehigh Valley Phantoms blog. We talk about the AHL. That's it.
Total reads
5,624
This week
72
Rank
#25 of 456
Published
1,544 posts
Last 12 weeks
Most read posts
Featured on Sportsblogs
Run this blog? Add the badge to your site to show readers you're featured — it links back to this page.
Latest Entries
Thursday Morning Fly By: Going national
*We’re reaching the very upper echelon of our Top 25 Under 25 ranking! We’ve hit the top-3, and Tyson Foerster is ushering us in. [ BSH ] *Speaking of youngsters, Yegor Zavragin is popping over in the KHL preseason. [ BSH ] *On the topic, though, of no longer so young Flyers, Travis Konecny is still pretty good! But how do the Flyers manage him to keep getting the very best out of him? [ PHLY ] *In other news, the Flyers are going to be on national tv a whole lot this season. Ho...
The Flyers have officially become nationally relevant again
There isn’t much going on in the hockey world in August, but Flyers fans got good and bad news on Wednesday afternoon — and it’s the same piece of news. The NHL released its national broadcast schedule for the 2026-27 season on Wednesday, with the Philadelphia Flyers being one of the teams featured the most. The Flyers will be featured on the national stage a total of 19 times, 11 of which are home games and eight on the road. This is an increase of five games from their 14 national ...
Flyers 2026 Top 25 Under 25, No. 3: Tyson Foerster
To be consistently in the top-five of these rankings until aging off the ballot means that Tyson Foerster is expected to be one of the key pieces of this new core in Philadelphia. Danny Briere seems to think so, as Foerster signed a 56.8 million dollar contract with the maximum term allowed on the day he was eligible for the extension less than eight weeks ago. It’s a risk for a player who has just two healthy seasons in the league thus far, but the talent is worth betting on, and the best is ...
Yegor Zavragin is off to a great start in a crucial season
The Philadelphia Flyers season has not started yet. We’re still dozens of days away from rookie camp starting, and then a handful of days more until we actually get to watch NHL players on the ice at training camp to truly get a sense that the season is about to start. But, for one key Flyers prospect, he’s already getting in some games and looking pretty darn good. Yegor Zavragin is a name that has become more and more popular among Flyers fans ever since he was drafted in the third roun...
The Dolly Parton song that best describes each Flyer
The news hit a lot of people hard Tuesday afternoon. Country music legend Dolly Parton passed away. She was 80. Few if any had anything bad to say about the icon, from her rich discography, charity work, and downhome nature that could even warm the hearts of curmudgeons everywhere. There is no direct link between the Flyers and Dolly Parton aside from the fact her 1984 film Rhinestone was directed by Bob Clarke. No, not that Bob Clarke, another guy named Bob Clarke. On a personal note, th...
Wednesday Morning Fly By: Yawn and stretch and try to come to life
*The Flyers’ coaching staff sat down with Jason Myrtetus the other day to talk about all kinds of things, but naturally, there was a lot of talk about the power play. How to improve it, specifically. Because it stinks. Smells bad. Real bad. Anyway they seem to be pinning a lot of hopes on Porter Martone to do this. [ BSH ] *Another guy who might need to come up big to help fix the power play is up at number four on our 25 Under 25: Dry Guy The Fly Guy. [ BSH ] *We are really scraping...
Phantoms Expectations: Alex Ciernik settles in
While this season’s Phantoms team is going to be pretty well stocked with more veteran players to offer the necessary support to keep things rolling through a long and arduous season, this is still set to be quite a young roster that they’re icing this time around. With new — and some quite high profile — faces stepping in up and down the lineup, this will be a team with some intrigue, but there are few individual pieces with more to prove than forward Alex Ciernik, as he jumps into the North ...
Flyers 2026 Top 25 Under 25, No. 4: Jamie Drysdale
As we enter into the home stretch of the Top 25 under 25, we meet our highest ranked defender in the smooth skating, surprisingly solid, Jamie Drysdale. A player who was most known for his offense early on in his career, he has rounded out his game and become a truly important piece to the Flyers, both on and off the ice. No. 4: Jamie Drysdale 2025-26 Primary League/Team: Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) 2025-26 Statistics: 78 GP, 8 G, 24 A, 32 PTS Age as of 8/25/2026: 24 Acquired Via: Trad...
Porter Martone to be central to Flyers 2026-27 power play
The Flyers are less than a month away from training camp, and just under three weeks from seeing the Rookie Series taking place in Lehigh Valley. But in a special roundtable interview with Flyers Daily which was released Monday , the Flyers coaching staff stated that winger Porter Martone is going to be part of Philadelphia’s power play this season, and perhaps the catalyst that could start changing things for the better regarding that side of special teams. And assistant coach Jaroslav “...
Tuesday Morning Fly By: Getting closer
*Can you believe next week is September? It feels unbelievable. The unrelenting passage of time, amirite? Anyhoo, as we inch closer to things like training camp and preseason and such, have a look at this dive into the Flyers as a whole and how they plan to take a step forward after finally getting back into the playoffs last season. [ Flyers ] *One guy in particular that we’re looking forward to seeing take a step forward during this upcoming season is Denver Barkey, who impressed the he...
Heikki Ruohonen is making the grade
The last couple of years for Heikki Ruohonen have been, if nothing else, active. The center, drafted by the Flyers in fourth round of the 2024 draft, has certainly been racking up the miles travelled — having moved on from his playing career in Finland at the close of his draft year, his journey took him for a brief sojourn to Muskegon of the USHL before, with detours to represent his country on the international stage interspersed, landing at Harvard, where he’s just wrapped up his freshman y...
Flyers 2026 Top 25 Under 25, No. 5: Denver Barkey
The final week of Top 25 Under 25 ranking is unfolding before us, and we’re moving into the top-5 with Denver Barkey. One of the Flyers’ more underrated prospects, he made an immediate high impact for the Phantoms in his rookie season and earned a quick recall to the big club, but the next challenge lies ahead — now that he’s tasted the NHL job, he works to keep it. No. 5 Denver Barkey 2025-26 Primary League/Team: Lehigh Valley (AHL), Philadelphia (NHL) 2025-26 Statistics: 7 G, 16 ...
Monday Morning Fly By: End of August
*We’re getting into our last full week of August, and actual hockey happenings are just around the corner! So we’ll begin here with a quick reminder of some important dates coming up, for those still needing to fill out the planners and whatnot. [ NBCSP ] *Checking back in with our Top 25 Under 25 ranking (which is nearing its conclusion already!) we’ve got Alex Bump clocking in at the sixth spot. [ BSH ] *Even more on Bump and some of the Flyers’ most exciting prospects herein. [ NH...
EA Sports really got the Flyers’ NHL 27 ratings wrong
While we’re twiddling our thumbs for the new Philadelphia Flyers season to start — or just have any semblance of professional hockey on our screens — some might opt to buy the latest installment of the NHL franchise by EA Sports for their respective video game console. It gives us a little jolt of excitement to get something hockey-related back in our minds once again as we gear up for several more months of Flyers hockey. NHL 27 isn’t out until September 11 but we’re getting little inkli...
Flyers 2026 Top 25 Under 25, No. 6 Alex Bump
As we draw toward the end of this exercise, Alex Bump comes in just outside the top five at No. 6. His first full professional season was an exciting climb, beginning in Lehigh Valley before eventually earning an opportunity with the Flyers. No. 6 Alex Bump 2025-26 Primary League/Team: Lehigh Valley (AHL), Philadelphia (NHL) 2025-26 Statistics: 11 G, 15 A in 36 games (LHV), 5 G, 4 A in 17 games (PHI) Age as of 9/15/2026: 22 Acquired Via: 2022 NHL Draft — Round...
One bold prediction for each Flyer in 2026-27
With the countdown to the season opener less than six weeks away, and training camp less than a month from starting, it’s a good time to see what might be in the cards for each Flyer on the roster for the 2026-27 season. But let’s push the envelop a bit, and set the bar a little higher than usual. Here then is one bold prediction for each Flyers player regarding the upcoming 84-game season. Some might be a bit lofty. Of course, if every one of these predictions became reality, the Flyers would...
Friday Morning Fly By: And now, it’s 40
*The countdown thing is tired, right? I know. But headlines are hard in the dog days of August. Stop yelling at me! Anyhoo, every now and again one of these infernal ranked lists that we keep linking to says Good Stuff about the Flyers, and that makes it fun. For all of us! [ BSH ] *Speaking of the August dregs, we’re bored. So we’re doing wild speculation with a little side of ridiculous ideas. Don’t be so serious about it it’s fun. [ BSH ] *Shane Vansaghi won’t have Porter Martone ...
Flyers 2026 Top 25 Under 25, No. 7: Oliver Bonk
Breaking into the professional game last season, Oliver Bonk’s trajectory might have been a little stilted at times — through no fault of his own — but the work he’s done to continue to build up his stock has been undeniable. Already on the fast track to AHL graduation, Bonk is set to enter a critical sophomore year with the Phantoms this fall, continuing to polish out his game and refine his case as the Flyers’ next man up. No. 7: Oliver Bonk 2025-26 Primary League/Team: Lehigh...
Flyers’ drafting looks even better after latest rankings
Earlier this week, we looked at the four Flyers that Corey Pronman ranked among the best players under the age of 23 in the NHL. Now, after those rankings largely included players drafted in the first round, The Athletic’s prospects writer put out his list of the top 100 players under 23 drafted outside the first round of the NHL draft. While the Flyers have had a few questionable decisions in the first round, such as trading back to draft Jett Luchanko and trading up to grab Jack Nesbitt...
The Flyers could make the ultimate gamble with Toronto’s first-round pick
The Philadelphia Flyers have one foot in being a somewhat competitive hockey team and the other foot still in a rebuild. While they are coming off a surprisingly successful season, making the playoffs and even winning a round, they aren’t going to be going all-in on this current roster and think that they’re just a couple pieces away from hoisting the Stanley Cup in the not-too-distant future. It’s a difficult dance to perform and it’s extremely unorthodox in this modern NHL. We’re so use...
Phantoms Expectations: Hunter McDonald needs to take the next step
At just about a month away from the action in the hockey world picking up again, the opening of this next season for the Phantoms looms large. A team that saw some piecemeal improvements made in their first year under their new coaching staff and some key prospects graduated upwards, there remains some lingering disappointment over how the season went — or didn’t go, into the playoffs — and a large sense of unfinished business needed to be tended to. There’s a lot left to be accomplished ...
Thursday Morning Fly By: 41 days to go
*You’ll be shocked to learn that the BSH Photo Library, courtesy of the great Heather Barry, contains zero pictures of Luke Glendening. He’s so dynamic! Anyhoo, yesterday we talked about Corey Pronman’s latest ranked list, and today we bring you some detail about the Flyers that appeared. [ BSH ] *While we’re talking prospects, here’s a story on yet another one honing his skills at college. This time it isn’t some dumb state school, this time we’re talking fancy pants Ivy League. [ NBC Sp...
Dracarys! Our hot takes on House of the Dragon Season 3
After a masterful adaptation of The Hedge Knight that was the television series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms , we go from gritty down-to-earth drama back to the fantastical and diabolical nature of a civil war, continental politics and of course…DRAGONS. House of the Dragon came back with Season 3 after what most would agree with a disappointing Season 2. The finale aired this past Sunday and boy do Steve and I have some thoughts on the episode and the season overall. Note: SPOILER ALERT FOR...
4 Flyers ranked on Corey Pronman’s top NHL players under 23
We’re in the dog days of August, and we have yet another ranking that is generating some discussion. Corey Pronman, the senior NHL prospects writer for The Athletic, released his list of the top NHL players and prospects aged 22 or under as of Sept. 15, 2026. Pronman notes that his ranking is based on who he thinks will have the best NHL careers, so players like Zach Benson, who already has 101 points in 211 NHL games, may be ranked lower than you’d think. That also is an attempt to ...
Flyers 2026 Top 25 Under 25, No. 8: Yegor Zavragin
As we enter into the top 10 of this year’s Top 25 Under 25, we meet the highest ranked goalie on this year’s list, Yegor Zavragin. After being deemed surplus to requirements with SKA St. Petersburg, Zavragin was traded to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the KHL offseason, and will once again find himself in a battle for a starting job at the highest level of Russian hockey. No. 8: Yegor Zavragin 2025-26 Primary League/Team: SKA St. Petersburg (KHL)/SKA-VMF St. Petersburg (VHL) 2025-2...
Displaying items 51-75 of 1544 in total