PHILADELPHIA – Rick Tocchet was always upbeat, optimistic as a Flyer player, so why would anyone expect him to be any different as the team’s next coach? That positive approach was what seemed to come […]
The excitement level is always high when the Kiwanis-Herald Sesame Place Classic rolls around but this year the amount of emotion will be historic. That’s because this Sunday’s event will be a celebration of the […]
It took awhile but at least the Flyers didn’t have to look far to eventually find their next head coach. On Wednesday, the team hired one of its former star players, Rick Tocchet, as the […]
While we’re waiting for the Flyers to decide on a new coach, it might be worth going over what the new guy is going to need when he gets here. For instance, at least one […]
One minute the Flyers were tied with two other teams for a shot at the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NHL Draft. The next? Relegated to sixth place overall, which was as far as […]
Finishing eighth in last year’s United States Men’s Olympic Marathon Trials might have put the national running spotlight on Josh Izewski. But for a sheer personal thrill, Sunday’s victory in the 40,000-runner Broad Street Run […]
As a player, Rick Tocchet once returned to the Flyers and helped them get all the way to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals. As a coach, would he attempt another Tocchet […]
Hey buddy, where’s the fire (truck)? Well, with all due credit to a generation from a bygone time, the saying could still work in today’s modern grammar, at least as it applies to a big […]
When a team finishes in last place in its division, the search to find a bright spot or two is usually pretty challenging. And so it is with the 2024-25 Flyers, who found themselves in […]
It’s never too early to get started. For validation, just take a look at some of the photographs of the McGurrin family through the years. Parents Jim and Heather started bringing their kids to the […]
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