Anyone who watches hockey knows players can’t live in fear of injury, a negative thought which might compromise performance. It’s a given: A damaged knee, shoulder or ankle can usually be repaired and […]
PHILADELPHIA – It’s never easy for the Flyers when they play the Montreal Canadiens. The record book shows that of teams they have played more than a hundred times in their history, the Habs and […]
There are finisher medals and then there are “Holy Cow, I can’t believe I actually ran 100K this winter’’ finisher medals. The latter type are the newest innovation for the 42nd annual Bucks County […]
VOORHEES – Players will go to great lengths to kill off a penalty, but Justin Braun may have taken things to a new level the other night. The Flyers were in the midst of trying […]
PHILADELPHIA – Good thing veteran forward Michael Raffl is such a versatile player because the Flyers need someone just like that right now. Coach Alain Vigneault decided to move Raffl from the third line down […]
PHILADELPHIA – This looked a lot more like the Carter Hart of last season. It’s been a season of ups and downs for the Flyers’ 21-year-old goaltender but Tuesday night was definitely an up. He […]
On Monday, three-time leukemia survivor Johnny Van Kemp, a North Carolina native who is in town for treatment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, had a meet-and-greet with several Flyers in their locker room. The players’ […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – If there were ever a 19-year-old player equipped to handle the pressure of playing on the Flyers’ top line, it’s Joel Farabee. Several veterans have commented that Farabee looks as cool as […]
PHILADELPHIA – Jake Voracek has been around long enough to have seen this, done that. So, like his captain, Claude Giroux, he took coach Alain Vigneault’s calling out last Thursday in stride. Vigneault said […]
PHILADELPHIA – It took 11 rounds to decide the shootout, but at least the Flyers could take some comfort from a spirited effort against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Flyers came […]
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