PHILADELPHIA – All that talk about the Flyers getting off to slow starts was forgotten, at least for one night, when they heated up the Wells Fargo Center early on Monday evening. Three […]
PHILADELPHIA – The so-called thousand-mile journey of a National Hockey League coaching career begins with a single step and so it was with Dave Hakstol some six years ago. Fresh out of coaching […]
There was already enough incentive meeting former coach Dave Hakstol for the first time as a head coach since he was let go nearly three years ago. But taking on an expansion team with high […]
PHILADELPHIA – Flyers fans had to wait 20 months to fill the Wells Fargo Center and enjoy a little drama. But it turned out the delay was worth the trouble. In front of a packed […]
PHILADELPHIA – It’s sort of like a movie director calling a young talent and yelling into the phone: “You got the part!’’ Max Willman knows the feeling. He was all set to play another season […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – It’s more than just a catchy slogan on a T-shirt. To a man, the reason for wearing those black with orange lettering “something to prove’’ tops around training camp is because the […]
New forward Patrick Brown played four years of hockey at Boston College along with good friend Kevin Hayes, plus one year with another new Flyer, Cam Atkinson. If somehow all three wound up playing on […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – When two of a team’s top four defensemen aren’t practicing a few days before the season opener, questions are certain to abound. So when both Ryan Ellis and Rasmus Ristolainen […]
No more excuses. Even though the pandemic is still a crisis in progress, the NHL sounds confident it can put together a full season, even with an Olympic break in February. The […]
More veteran experience has been the theme of the Flyers’ offseason/preseason and that trend continued on Monday when 29-year-old veteran forward Patrick Brown was claimed off waivers from the Vegas Golden Knights. Also on Monday, the […]
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