Sinners, Not Saints
Flyers are sinning again, and its costing them.
Sinners, Not Saints
Bob Vetrone Jr.
Daily News Flyers beat writer Frank Seravalli points out that the Flyers have ranked as one of the two most-penalized NHL teams in four of the last five seasons ... and they are right back in that area this year.
Here is where they have stood in every season since the 2004-05 lockout:
| Season |
Minor Pens. |
Pens./ Game |
NHL Rank |
Head Coach(es) |
| 2012-13 | 39 | 6.5 | 30th | Laviolette |
| 2011-12 | 382 | 4.7 | 30th | Laviolette |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 4.2 | 22nd | Laviolette |
| 2009-10 | 402 | 4.9 | 30th | Stevens/Laviolette |
| 2008-09 | 446 | 5.4 | 30th | Stevens |
| 2007-08 | 461 | 5.6 | 29th | Stevens |
| 2006-07 | 465 | 5.7 | 19th | Hitchcock/Stevens |
| 2005-06 | 496 | 6.0 | 8th | Hitchcock |
Comments (9)
Not good.....— Mike Boryla- That's what the "faithful" wanna see - lots of fights and stupid penalties. As long as the Flyer tough guys win their fights they couldn't care less about who wins the game.— schnitzelboy
- schnitzelboy- you couldn't have said a more bs thing I've heard about the flyers that's more farther from the truth— jamarder
- Its a mentality that is and always has been an organizational problem...Like those stupid T shirts they sell FEAR THE FISTS!!....This organization still lives in the 1970's thinking they can win with fear and intimidation..They have no discipline...take the stupidest of penalties ..then you hear words like.. The Refs are against us..The NHL hates us..Shanahan has it out for us...the refs are interpretting the rules differently....simple fact is they must be taught discipline just like the Eagles...its not the 1970's anymore guys noone is afraid of us they just laugh and score power play goals— flyers1000
- Sure, blame Shanahan, the refs and the NHL at large. I expect those comments. So typical.
I'm sure this has nothing to do with the brand of hockey that "Mr. Snider" has built and promoted. The Flyers fans love it too. Don't deny it. Like someone posted earlier winning the fights is all that matters. If a Flyer ended Crosby's career but lost the rest of their games, the season would be a success in their eyes.
Let's have an HBO show that documents the broad street bullies and how tough they were. Let's highlight how the rule book tripled in size during that time as a result of their antics. Oh yeah, did that last year.— Sidney Crosby - Hey Sid, you're team acted like the Flyers teams of the 70's in last years playoffs. Why don't you stop being hypocritical and take control of your dirty goons? Playing like that will never get you the cup.
- What does fights have to do with minor penalties. Article is about minor penalties, right? Can you idiots tell the difference between 5min major and a minor penalty?
— Nitroglycerin - To get the full picture, one would also want to know how many penalties the Flyers draw on average. I don't think the absolute number of Flyer penalty minutes tells the whole story; it's the correlation/difference between penalties given to the Flyers and their opponents which really matters.— flyerdommo
- The strange part is, the Flyers have also been near the top of the league at power play chances, as well as times shorthanded, the last couple years.— chaos91
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