Archive for November, 2009

Nov30th

Two Months of Ray Emery

AUTHOR: Eugene Markman | IN: Flyers | COMMENTS: 3 Comments

In sports, stability is a key component of  successful franchises.  Yet, somehow, ever since 1994-95, when the Flyers returned to prominence, we have seen the starting goalie change on a consistent basis.  I may be missing a few, but since that time we’ve had Ron Hextall, Dominic Roussel, Garth Snow, Sean Burke, John Vanbiesbrouck, Roman Cechmanek, Robert Esche, Antero Niittymaki, Jeff Hacket, and Martin Biron.  Now, we have Ray Emery.  He had great numbers and a winning record in Ottawa, and of course a Cup Finals appearance.
His off the ice issues lead to a stint in Russia, where he had [...]