PHILADELPHIA – Even an early three-goal lead couldn’t prevent the Flyers from creating one of their nightly close-game dramas. Philadelphia took that 3-0 edge into the third period against the New York Islanders on Saturday […]
Preseason prognostications were all over the map when it came to the Flyers. Some publications had the Flyers – who played their 20th game Saturday night — making the playoffs (barely), while others had them […]
PHILADELPHIA – Perhaps overshadowed by the Flyers’ recent 5-1-2 surge was a rather severe scoring slump which has coach Alain Vigneault a bit concerned. Heading into Saturday night’s game, the Flyers had scored just 26 […]
While Mary Cain is far from your average young female runner, the lessons she has learned the past few years about her health needs should resonate at any level across the United States. Cain made […]
PHILADELPHIA – When a team is leaving its goalie out to dry in the first period of a game, it’s time for the coach to take action. That’s exactly what Alain Vigneault did on Wednesday […]
PHILADELPHIA – For awhile there it looked for all the world like that Flyers’ fourth-line center spot was going to be held by a Russian, be it Mikhail Vorobyev or German Rubtsov. And somewhere down […]
VOORHEES – You say the Flyers are off to their fastest start since the 2011-12 season – hey, what’s the world coming to? It’s been that long since Philly got out of the gate this […]
VOORHEES – It never hurts to have an “informant’’ when you’re getting ready to play an NHL powerhouse team. That’s why the Flyers are picking the brain of ex-Washington Capital defenseman Matt Niskanen, now a […]
BOSTON – Imagine the odds one could have gotten on a bet the Flyers would sweep Atlantic Division powerhouses Montreal, Toronto and Boston, two of those games on the road no less? And to top […]
Anyone who watches hockey knows players can’t live in fear of injury, a negative thought which might compromise performance. It’s a given: A damaged knee, shoulder or ankle can usually be repaired and […]
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