Not too many aspiring 19-year-olds get to see power-play time in their first NHL game. That’s why a lot of eyes were on Porter Martone as he was about to make his Flyers debut on […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Right player, right place, right time. How much better could it be for Porter Martone, who was playing college hockey three days ago, to land with the hottest team in the NHL […]
PHILADELPHIA – By now, every point is a big deal for the Flyers. That’s why Sunday night’s game against Dallas had more than your usual amount of drama. Tied at a goal apiece going into […]
PHILADELPHIA – First-round draft picks usually come to the NHL with a lot of hype but don’t always live up to that hope. In the case of Porter Martone, the Flyers believe the player will […]
PHILADELPHIA – First-round draft picks usually come to the NHL with a lot of hype but don’t always live up to that hope. In the case of Porter Martone, the Flyers believe the player will […]
There were times in the 1980s when no one in the National Hockey League wanted to get on the wrong side of one Mr. Dave Brown. If a purported tough guy decided to drop the […]
Back when the Flyers traded franchise icon Claude Giroux to Florida for Owen Tippett, they were hoping Tippett would one day develop into that same kind of star player. That day may have arrived. Tippett […]
It’s not too often a hastily assembled fourth line turns out to be a team’s most effective one at both ends of the rink in a crucial stretch. Leading up to Saturday night’s game […]
PHILADELPHIA – After a month of nailbiters, the Flyers finally caught a break with the arrival of the last-place Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night. The Blackhawks, who once went 0-16-1 in Philadelphia between 1996 and […]
PHILADELPHIA – All players have pre-game routines but they’re susceptible to change at the drop of a hat. The trick is to stay with it, regardless of the circumstances. Just ask Flyers coach Rick Tocchet, […]
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