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Alan Bass, a former writer for The Hockey News and THN.com, is the author of The Great Expansion: The Ultimate Risk That Changed The NHL Forever. He has worked for the Philadelphia Flyers' Fan Development department, going to schools throughout the tri-state area to teach about fitness and the importance of teamwork. He is the General Manager of the Muhlenberg College Division II hockey team as well. You can contact him at Alanbasswriting@aol.com.

Philadelphia Flyers Quarter Point Update

Flyers' (C) Claude Giroux and (F) Jaromir Jagr

by Alan Bass, PhilaPhans’ Columnist A little more than a quarter way through this season (23 of 82 games played), the Philadelphia Flyers are sitting at second place in the Atlantic, second in the Eastern Conference (not counting division leaders), and fourth in the entire league. The team has looked impressive, considering there have been [...]

Philadelphia Flyers Pluses and Minuses of the First Ten Games

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by Alan Bass, PhilaPhans’ Staff Writer Ten games are already in the books and the Flyers sit at 5-4-1 with 11 points, good for second place in the Atlantic Division, behind the powerful, yet injury-riddled Pittsburgh Penguins. The Flyers have looked good at times thus far, but also terrible in certain games. It’s still a [...]

Philadelphia Flyers: Impressions From Game 1

Flyers' Captain (D) Chris Pronger

by Alan Bass, PhilaPhans’ Columnist With the season opener in the books and the Flyers getting (very slight) revenge on the Boston Bruins by defeating them 2-1, the overall first impression is that the team is good. Very good. Here are some impressions from the Flyers’ opening game of the 2011-12 NHL season: Unfortunately for [...]

Can Flyers’ Replacements Pick Up The Scoring Slack?

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by Alan Bass, PhilaPhans’ Columnist (Flyers) During the 2011 NHL offseason, the Philadelphia Flyers abandoned numerous pieces of their offensive juggernaut – Ville Leino, Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, Nikolai Zherdev, Darroll Powe, Daniel Carcillo and Kris Versteeg – in exchange for some much different faces in Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds, Jakub Voracek, Maxime Talbot, and [...]

Philadelphia Flyers Rookie Camp Interview with top pick Sean Couturier

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Sean Couturier, drafted eighth overall by the Flyers, sat down with Alan Bass of PhilaPhans.com after his second day of Rookie Camp.

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