Coming off an impressive West Coast road trip, the Flyers will look to continue their recent hot streak when they host the Avalanche at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Thursday night. On the other side of the boards, the Avalanche will look to rebound from an embarrassing loss to the New York Rangers earlier this week. Both teams will look to grab the upper hand early in an effort to secure a victory prior to the Winter Olympics.
Steve Mason has hot hand for Philly in net
Steve Mason has been dominant of late for the Flyers, winning three of the last four games played for the Flyers, posting a 1.51 goals against average. Two of the wins came via shutout for Mason. The Flyers return home from a three-game West Coast trip against Anaheim, Los Angeles and San Jose. Philly lost their only game of the trip to the Ducks and throttled the Sharks 5-2 on Monday to secure a 2-1-0 road trip. Now, they look to energize their rowdy fans in South Philly Thursday night when the Avs come to town.
Avalanche looking to rebound from rough loss
Colorado dropped a 5-1 decision to the New York Rangers on Tuesday night, which snapped the team’s four-game winning streak. The Avalanche are on a four-game East Coast swing right now before they take some time off for the Olympics. Head coach Patrick Roy was not happy with his team’s energy or performance from the first shift of their 5-1 loss earlier this week. He expects his players to be more prepared when the orange shirts line up across from them on Thursday night.
Shockingly, the Flyers are favored in this contest at BetOnline.ag by 1.5 goals. Despite this spread being favorable, we are more excited with the money line, which sits at -122 for Philly at home. We will bet 10 percent of our bankroll on the Broad Street Bullies and the money line to grab yet another win.
Chris Wassel
AA, AAS
CURRENTLY
Sports Writer and Journalist
RESIDES IN
Rahway, NJ
EDUCATION
Union County College, Montclair State University
EXPERTISE
Business, Writing, Sports, Food, Grilling, Olympics, Injuries, Politics, and more
Summary
Member of FSWA, FSGA, and a variety of Sports Betting Groups.
Lead arranger of news and injury reports for Rotoballer Hockey. Also did the news lead for NASCAR on the same site coming out of COVID.
Strategy and mapping out of various sports betting and sports articles for MyNHLTradeRumors and gambling.com.
Runs a hockey and fantasy hockey podcast that teaches fantasy hockey players how to improve their skills.
Experience
Chris Wassel has 20+ years of sports journalistic experience in various disciplines..
His ability to play sports is well documented. Most people in the business just write. However, Chris will race cars and even a super Moto bike from time to time. There is that fitness and hiking/cycling aspect too.
Chris has climbed mountains from Mount Washington to Mount San Jacinto in Palm Springs, California. For those that do not know. Chris also dabbles in food eating contests and challenges. Having a unique background with friends including Joey Chestnut and Casey Webb, Chris has the ability to eat a whole 16-pound turkey or a 32 inch meat lover's pizza.
Since 2013, Chris has primarily focused on sports writing and fitness. On social media, he will answer any question in many different aspects. Even Chris's ability to wager on Entertainment and US Elections is well documented. He was able to predict Joe Biden's inevitable dip in approval rating below 40%.
Throughout his career, Chris has worked at a lot of places from DraftKings to USA Today and much more.
Finally, Chris has been nominated for quite a few awards from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association for Hockey Writer Of The Year. Also, there have been a number of amazing fantasy hockey championships from expert to high-stake leagues.
Education
Chris received an Associates from Union Country College for business and accounting. Chris did sports journalism work at Montclair State University covering the hockey, baseball, and football teams.
Quote from Chris Wassel
"Do Not Think, Just Do.”
Education
1999 Graduate of Union County College
1993 Graduate of Rahway High School
Professional Achievements
Media credentialed member of the New Jersey Devils since 2010
Covered several NHL Drafts including the one day event in Newark in 2013
Been on countless podcasts, TV shows, and more including Sportsnet and even NHL Network