If there’s anyone who might need his spirits lifted up a bit, it’s Ben Harder. And that might be a big reason why this Sunday he plans to keep alive his 20-year streak of participating […]
This is a column which could have – and should have – been written a long time ago. To be exact, right around the time we were one of the first to start beating the […]
Now that the Flyers have hired their first coaching staff with proven NHL experience in nearly a decade, we can make one close-to-surefire prediction: The responsibility for getting back to serious contention now lies squarely […]
There may not be a lot of “favorites’’ still left standing in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but that certainly hasn’t detracted from the level of excitement on a nightly basis. Game 7s all over the […]
You see a lot of “26.2’’ bumper stickers on cars driving around the roads these days but not too many that say “50.0.’’ Well, that’s because marathons are fashionable and get a lot of television […]
When your power play is ranked only 23rd and your penalty kill is just 26th in the 31-team NHL, it’s time for a change. Which is exactly what the Flyers did over the past few […]
Continuing a trend toward hiring coaches with lots of prior NHL experience, the Flyers on Mondaycompleted their coaching staff for next season by hiring veterans Michel Therrien and Mike Yeo as assistants to serve on […]
Youngsters love to dream about possible future exciting careers in professions like firemen. But how often do they get a chance to experience what it’s like to actually sit behind the wheel of a real […]
One man made history with his vision of how the sport of hockey should be played. The other possessed the ability to tell the world of that unique genius. Both have now left us with […]
It certainly was the Flyers’ winter of discontent but there might be a silver lining to the once cloudy outlook. When the season ended, the Flyers appeared to be a long way from any sort […]
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