Gritty and the Flyers helped make four-year-old Jack Callahan’s birthday wishes come true, throwing him a Gritty themed birthday party on Wednesday afternoon inside Philadelphia’s Ronald McDonald House. Jack, a current cancer patient receiving treatment […]
Steve Hallman always thought that training hard with diligence would lead to faster times in the marathon. It took a new, world-class coach to convince him that resting more with diligence would get […]
VOORHEES – After two games like that, something had to change, if only for appearance’s sake. While general manager Chuck Fletcher insisted the Thursday promotion of three players from the Phantoms – defenseman […]
PITTSBURGH – Claude Giroux called it embarrassing. Sean Couturier echoed that sentiment and threw a “horrible’’ on top of it. Starting goalie Brian Elliott, after getting shelled for six goals, confirmed there was anger in […]
PITTSBURGH – After a spectacular rookie season, this wasn’t how it was supposed to go in Year 2 for goalie Carter Hart. Following a strong start, with wins over Chicago in Prague and […]
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – When Tyler Pitlick was benched by Alain Vigneault a couple games back, he didn’t wait for the Flyers coach to explain the move. He went right to the source. Pitlick, who returned […]
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The week was proceeding rather well for the Flyers but on the seventh day they rested. Three straight wins over Vegas, Chicago and Columbus had left the Flyers in a good frame […]
PHILADELPHIA – This time a year ago, a two-goal deficit for the Flyers might as well have been 10 with less than half a period to play. But that was then and this is now. […]
In this age of advanced hockey analytics, there’s still one old-fashioned statistic that stands the test of time. That’s team goal differential. The formula is fairly easy: If you finish the season in the black […]
If you thought last year’s Cross Country Coaches National Youth Championships East Regional Meet at Tyler State Park was exciting, wait until you see this year’s return event. Meet directors Michael Gross and Tim Bamforth […]
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