Given all the pandemic and injury issues, the uniform numbers on the Flyers’ nightly lineup sheet have taken on the look of some weird lottery game ticket. Coach Alain Vigneault has been forced to do […]
PHILADELPHIA – It wasn’t like the Flyers entered this schedule week which was straight out of the netherworld not knowing the possible consequences. Six games in nine days? Even a veteran coach such as Alain […]
PHILADELPHIA – What was supposed to be one of the Flyers’ strong suits this year has become somewhat of a liability. After finishing 11th in the NHL last season, the Flyers’ penalty kill has languished […]
The series was there for the taking. Leading the Penguins late in the second period, the Flyers had visions of taking two out of three in this week’s “series’’ and putting some distance in the […]
Just because they were able to put on skates and hit the ice right after they had been cleared from COVID protocol doesn’t mean a half-dozen Flyers were in top hockey shape. In fact, from […]
We’ve already watched Sarah Thomas work as a sideline official for this year’s Super Bowl and as many as seven female referees be employed by the National Basketball Association. Which begs the question: What’s taking […]
If the Flyers go on to do great things this year, they might point to Thursday night’s “The Time-out’’ and “The Comeback’’ as turning points in their season. When it comes to character victories, they […]
Brian Elliott might not be the Flyers’ MVP but he’s certainly a “VVP.’’ What, pray tell, is a VVP? Well, it’s a made-up acronym for “Very Valuable Player,’’ a role the No. 2 goaltender seems […]
No one said it was going to be easy but man, the running gods certainly threw a bunch of nasty stuff at the Bucks County Roadrunners Club’s Winter Series this time around. […]
It’s less than a three-hour drive from Buffalo to Pittsburgh but when it came to the difference between the Flyers’ play in the two cities, the span looked like light-years. The […]
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