Blair Betts

The New York Rangers were in Philadelphia for the first time since last year's devastating shootout loss to end the season. Unfortunately, the Rangers left town with the same result.

Philadelphia Flyers' forward Blair Betts is a blue collar player who doesn’t mind doing the dirty work.  He spends most of his time on the ice killing penalties, but has no qualms about it.  He is appreciative of his success and is always modest.  It was a pleasure to talk to this hard worker and it’s an even bigger pleasure to have him represent the orange and black.  Enjoy my conversation with Blair Betts!

Donald Wood: How are you doing today?

The Broad Street Bullies. The moniker elicits varied reactions across the hockey world. In some it brings out fear, in others, unconditional hatred. In the surrounding Philadelphia area, it has always been a sense of pride, a badge of honor.

The Philadelphia Flyers won at home, again.

I waited until the horn sounded and I knew we drew first blood to walk into the family room.

However, once there was only a one goal lead, I told Jeff I had to leave the room to save the game. 

I hit the potty and the Flyers hit an empty net goal! 

Toilets flushing, Jeff screaming and horns blaring...welcome to my world. 

Yesterday was PA's Primary Day. I chose to spend my rainy day at the polls dressed for a game rather than any particular party. It was fun and amazing to see people (who normally would not look at me and disregard me due to Party affiliation) stop in the pouring rain to discuss the Flyers. I was soaked, psyched, and full of trivia and gave voters some tidbits to chuckle about.

That is the power of a winning Philly team.

I watched an entire game with confidence last night - wow!  First time this season there were no nerves, no flipping channels and walking away not to jinx a close game.  The Flyers were awesome.  I previously stated that rest between series might stop the team's adrenaline from pumping and seems the Flyers agree with me.  "I think with having just 1 day off in between series was good for us," said Blair Betts. "It really didn't give us a chance to sit back and dwell on what happened last series. We just put it behind us.