'I Thought He Was Bionic' Ed Snider's Grandson Discusses His Legacy
In an exclusive interview, Ed Snider's grandson talks about his grandfather's health battles and commitment to help others.
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In an exclusive interview, Ed Snider's grandson talks about his grandfather's health battles and commitment to help others.
The wristbands were used as part of a pregame lights show.
Chris discussed Donald Trump's latest gaffes on the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton's appearance with Stephen Colbert, and the crowd drawing a penalty against the Flyers during last night's playoff loss against the Capitals. He talked with Politico's Josh Gerstein about the Supreme Court's hearing on President Obama's immigration actions at 7:00 and Richie Ashburn Jr at 8:50 about the 19th Annual Home Runs For Heart.
The Philadelphia Flyers honored founder Ed Snider before Game 3 of the playoffs in their first home game since his death last week. There were reminders of Snider on Monday night all around the Wells Fargo Center.
The Philadelphia Flyers will have to try to mount a comeback against the Washington Capitals without one of their best players.
Center Sean Couturier will miss the rest of the Philadelphia Flyers' first-round series against the Washington Capitals because of an upper-body injury.
The loss of Ed Snider had been difficult for the Flyers' family. For the players, getting back on the ice proved to be therapeutic.
Rich discussed Cruz sweeping Colorado, Paul Ryan's press conference and Bernie Sanders' ad airing in Philadelphia. He also discussed taxing tampons, Joe Biden's remarks when asked about women being President and Hillary Clinton & Bill de Blasio's controversial CP Time joke. Rich spoke with Gov. Ed Rendell at 4:30pm.
Chris discussed the Phillies losing their home opener to the San Diego Padres, a racist joke told by New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and the fight over the Republican presidential primary. He talked with Guy Ciarrocchi at 7:20 from the Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry, Sam Carchidi from the Philadelphia Inquirer at 8:00 about the death of Flyers owner Ed Snider and author Kim Holmes at 8:20 about his book, The Closing of the Liberal Mind.
The Philadelphia Flyers got two power-play goals from Wayne Simmonds, a strong effort from goaltender Steve Mason, and continued their surge toward the playoffs with a 3-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
General manager Ron Hextall announced Sunday that Neuvirth will miss the remaining three weeks of the regular season with an unspecified lower-body injury.
Steve Mason made 18 saves, Sam Gagner and Matt Read both scored power-play goals and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Friday night.
This will be the second and final meeting between these two teams this season.
The signing was announced by the Flyers on Sunday, a day before the NHL trade deadline. Raffl was a candidate to be dealt if contract talks fell through.
Claude Giroux scored one of Philadelphia's three first-period goals for his 500th career point and Mark Streit had three assists to lead the Flyers to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday.
Gostisbehere is the first rookie to have four overtime goals in a season and his points streak is the longest by a defenseman since Chris Chelios in 1995-96, who had 20 points in 15 games.
Derick Brassard scored early and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 21 shots as the Rangers improved to 5-0-1 in their last six games. They also beat the Flyers at home for the 11th time in 12 games.
Joseph Blandisi scored in regulation for the Devils, who snapped a three-game road losing streak to improve to 7-2-2 in their last 11 games.
The NHL has postponed Saturday's game between the New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers in Brooklyn because of the massive snowstorm hitting the East Coast.
The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association will honor Voracek at its annual awards banquet February 1 as its Philadelphia Pro Athlete of the Year.
Michael Raffl, Evgeny Medvedev, Matt Read and Sean Couturier scored to help the Flyers beat the Islanders for the first time in three games this season.
The shutout was Philadelphia's league-leading fourth this season. Reserve goaltender Michal Neuvirth has Philadelphia's other three shutouts.
"Philadelphia is the saddest pro sports city in America right now." That is the sentiment of USA Today sports blogger...and probably a few others.
The Flyers will look to win back-to-back games for the first time in more than a month tonight as they visit the New York Islanders up in Brooklyn.
Philadelphia trailed 2-0 midway through the second period before rallying for just its second victory since Oct. 24.
