Jason MacNeil

Halifax

Freelance Writer at Large at Freelance

Freelance writer at large (or medium) Ft. Myers Magazine, BroadStreetHockey PartonAndPearl, formerly Montana Press, Toronto Sun, HuffPost, NME, Billboard.

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Articles

Takeaways from Phantoms’ 6-4 loss to Bears in Game 4

1 week ago | broadstreethockey.com | Jason MacNeil

Lehigh Valley had a chance to knock off the Hershey Bears Friday evening, but Pierrick Dube’s two goals and a resurrected power play gave the reigning Calder Cup champions a wild 6-4 win, tying the best-of-five series at two games each. The Phantoms will have another chance to advance to the next round Sunday afternoon in Hershey.
2024-25 Flyers Player Grades: Aleksei Kolosov’s numbers as bad as his usage.

1 week ago | broadstreethockey.com | Jason MacNeil

What a difference a year makes. Near the end of the 2023-24 season, Belarusian netminder Aleksei Kolosov was heading over to Philadelphia (with Ivan Fedotov close by). The duo would help take some of the workload off Sam Ersson or, worst case scenario, one would find himself in Lehigh Valley while the other served as Ersson’s backup.
Matvei Michkov not named Calder Trophy finalist

1 week ago | broadstreethockey.com | Jason MacNeil

The National Hockey League revealed its three finalists for this year’s Calder Trophy. And Philadelphia Flyers forward Matvei Michkov is not one of them. The three finalists were announced during the NHL Draft lottery broadcast. The finalists are Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lane Hutson, San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini, and Calgary Flames goaltender Dustin Wolf.
Sam Ersson named to Team Sweden for World Championships

1 week ago | broadstreethockey.com | Jason MacNeil

Flyers goaltender Sam Ersson was officially named to Team Sweden’s roster for the World Hockey Championship which begins later this week in Ersson’s homeland of Stockholm and also in Herning, Denmark. The two countries are co-hosting this year’s competition. Repping his country in front of the home crowd.
Some takeaways from Phantoms’ 4-2 gutsy win over Hershey

1 week ago | broadstreethockey.com | Jason MacNeil

Cal Petersen came in relief and stopped 15 shots, Nikita Grebenkin had a game-winning bomb, and the Lehigh Valley Phantoms flustered the visiting Hershey Bears for a thrilling 4-2 win Sunday at PPL Center. The Phantoms now lead the best-of-five series two games to one.
How the Flyers have historically fared in the NHL Draft Lottery

2 weeks ago | broadstreethockey.com | Jason MacNeil

The Philadelphia Flyers have been in the NHL Draft Lottery almost routinely since the 2016 version, missing the cut (or not being a cellar dweller) in the pandemic-influenced season (2020 lottery) and the aforementioned 2016 lottery. But given just how competitive the team was in the ’90s and most of the ’00s, the lottery balls were not in the realm of possibility. The Flyers were just too damn good for their own good.
6 short-term UFA goalies Flyers could target

2 weeks ago | broadstreethockey.com | Jason MacNeil

As it was mentioned a few hundred times this season, the Philadelphia Flyers had (and still have) bad goaltending. Given the save percentages and other metrics that gauged just how dire the situation was, Flyers general manager Danny Briere was to the point: if it made sense, the Flyers wouldn’t hesitate to upgrade their goaltending, whether it was through trade, signing an unrestricted free agent, or parting (or buying out) one or both of Ivan Fedotov and Aleksei Kolosov.
Some takeaways from Phantoms’ 3-0 loss to Hershey

2 weeks ago | broadstreethockey.com | Jason MacNeil

The second round of the AHL playoffs kicked off for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms Wednesday night. But Hershey was a bit too much to handle as the Bears shutout the Phantoms 3-0 at Hershey’s Giant Center.
Some takeaways from Phantoms 3-2 win over Penguins

3 weeks ago | broadstreethockey.com | Jason MacNeil

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms, thanks to two Jett Luchanko assists, are moving on in the American Hockey League playoffs, eliminating the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a thrilling 3-2 win Friday night in Lehigh Valley.
Takeaways from Phantoms’ 5-2 Game 1 win

3 weeks ago | broadstreethockey.com | Jason MacNeil

Jett Luchanko was solid, Alex Bump was strong, and Parker Gahagen was stellar as the Lehigh Valley Phantoms beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 5-2 in the opening game of their best-of-three playoff series Wednesday night. The Phantoms look to eliminate the Penguins with a win at home Friday night.