PHILADELPHIA – It’s a team that’s won two championships, been to the Stanley Cup Final eight times and has the second-highest winning percentage in NHL history. That said, when the Flyers go through a six-year […]
Fighting against a culture that he helped create – one that played a role in some way to his eventual downfall as Flyers’ general manager, Ron Hextall tried to be patient in an organization that […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – It sounded like a case of “my way or the highway’’ and in this particular instance, the highway finally prevailed. After four-plus years in charge of the Flyers, general manager Ron Hextall […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times. General manager gets fired or coach gets fired or stickboy gets fired and out comes a long procession of players to […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Many people thought the Flyers on Monday morning were going to fire someone whose last name begins with the letter “H,’’ but they were just slightly off. Rather than dismiss embattled head […]
Everybody deserves a second chance, but only if they earn it. Craig Berube is a perfect example. After the Flyers let him go as head coach at the end of the 2014-15 season, it would […]
PHILADELPHIA – He played in Toronto for six years and just a few months ago left to join the Flyers as a free agent. So of course it’s going to be somewhat emotional when the […]
PHILADELPHIA – A Gordie Howe hat trick is always a great way to get a home crowd energized. But when it’s executed by one of the slightest-built players on the roster, it can really get […]
More than a few eyebrows were raised when Dave Hakstol was hired as Flyers head coach on May 18, 2015. After all, he was the first hockey mentor to make the jump from college to […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – If Alex Lyon does make his season debut at Buffalo on Wednesday night, don’t worry about the Flyers’ rookie goaltender being overly nervous. That’s because he’s already a grizzled veteran of 11 […]
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