Madeline Otis Campbell

1 day ago | broadstreethockey.com | Madeline Otis Campbell

The other shoe, it would appear, has just dropped. The Flyers made what might well have been the worst-kept secret in the hockey world official yesterday, as they announced that they’ve hired Rick Tocchet as the team’s new head coach, putting to rest weeks worth of speculation. But the hiring of the head coach wasn’t going to be the end of the story here, and there remained several loose ends in need of tying up, as far as filling out the rest of the coaching staff goes.

2 days ago | broadstreethockey.com | Madeline Otis Campbell

Skip to content x Already member? Login first! Email: Username: Comments / New The Phantoms’ second round elimination came as a bit of a surprise, and leaves some tough questions in its wake.

6 days ago | broadstreethockey.com | Madeline Otis Campbell

Last night saw the Phantoms and the Bears back in action for the first time since Sunday, and with it came the opportunity to close out this series in four games, and to do it on home ice for the Phantoms for the second series in a row. It was a difficult task ahead of them — knowing well the strength of that Hershey squad, who hasn’t lost a playoff series in three years — but the approach they were bringing with them into this matchup seemed, ostensibly, like a mature one.

1 week ago | broadstreethockey.com | Madeline Otis Campbell

*The Flyers’ coaching search doesn’t look like it’s going to be wrapped up anytime soon, so we still have tons of time to sit here and galaxy brain potential options to fill the vacancy. [BSH]*Some might argue that Phantoms coach Ian Laperriere presents as an interesting internal candidate for the job as well. [NBCSP]*One player who’s thrived under Laperriere’s tutelage this season? Zayde Wisdom, who’s quietly done some stellar work to rebuild his game at the AHL level.

1 week ago | broadstreethockey.com | Madeline Otis Campbell

*Folks… yesterday was not a good day to be a Flyers fan. It was just bad news on bad news on bad news! The Flyers came out of the Draft Lottery drawing as losers, falling back two spots to pick sixth overall. [BSH]*Matvei Michkov was also snubbed for the Calder, falling outside of the top-3 and not even getting a nod as a finalist. [BSH]*AND David Carle signed an extension with the Pioneers, officially committing to stay at Denver for the foreseeable future.