Wayne Fish, Author at FlyingFishHockey

Yeo delivers wish list message loud and clear

January 7, 2022 Wayne Fish

Mike Yeo decided to sleep on it, rather than deliver the message in the emotional heat of the moment. So about 14 hours after his team got run out of the Wells Fargo […]

Flyers’ fill-ins no match for streaking Penguins

January 6, 2022 Wayne Fish

PHILADELPHIA – When Sidney Crosby and the Penguins hit town looking for their 10th straight win, you better have your A-game ready. It’s up for debate whether the Flyers had their A-game spirit on Thursday night […]

Ready or not, Flyers’ Brassard set to make his return

January 6, 2022 Wayne Fish

In a situation like the Flyers are in right now, it’s all hands on deck. With the latest COVID surge depleting the Flyers’ roster on what feels like a daily basis, even someone such as […]

Doylestown’s Izewski seeks even faster times at national-class level

January 6, 2022 Wayne Fish

Josh Izewski’s brilliant time of 1:03.38 to finish fourth overall in the 2021 Philadelphia Distance Run half-marathon would have been impressive enough in its own right. But then later everyone finds out it […]

Depleted Flyers give an honest effort but fall to Ducks

January 5, 2022 Wayne Fish

When a team finds out during the afternoon before a night game that it will be without two of its best players, there has to be an emotional letdown factor. At least that appeared to […]

Provorov placed in COVID protocol, ironman streak comes to an end

January 4, 2022 Wayne Fish

The thought was the only ways Ivan Provorov’s ironman streak was going to end would be by either injury or suspension. But lurking in the weeds was the possibility of a COVID-19 infection. Sadly, the […]

Flyers’ 6-3 loss ends seven-game point streak

January 2, 2022 Wayne Fish

It took the Flyers exactly 12 seconds on Saturday night to be reminded it’s not a good idea to fall behind early in a road game. Predictably, once the Los Angeles Kings had the lead […]

Is Giroux on track for Hockey Hall of Fame someday?

January 1, 2022 Wayne Fish

Now that Claude Giroux has become the second leading scorer in Flyers’ history, what better time than today to start the debate over his credentials for possible induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame […]

Flyers rally again, salvage point in 3-2 OT loss to Sharks

December 31, 2021 Wayne Fish

After playing in Seattle on Wednesday night, the Flyers didn’t get to their hotel in San Jose until 4:30 Thursday morning. And that would have been a convenient excuse if they had given up in […]

Konecny thinking more about team play than his offensive slump

December 30, 2021 Wayne Fish

For someone who’s been as consistent a goal scorer as Travis Konecny has been over the past few years, a 15-game drought might be less of a concern to him than you might think. The […]