Paul Holmgren once knew exchanging a Stanley Cup-winning coach for someone yet to stand behind an NHL bench was a bit of a gamble. But heading into the Flyers’ 2013-14 season, the former general manager […]
Diving into the bone-chilling, shark-infested waters of San Francisco Bay to start the “Escape from Alcatraz’’ Triathlon might sound daunting, but not for someone like Derek Fitzgerald and what he’s been through. The […]
Winnipeg Jets center Kevin Hayes played four seasons for new Flyers coach Alain Vigneault when the two were together on the New York Rangers, so it’s easy to see why the Flyers made a trade […]
They have shooters who can put the puck in the net. They have defensemen who can stymie that process by an opponent. And they have a goaltender who figures to be among the best for […]
No doubt there are more than a few Flyers fans watching these Stanley Cup playoffs and wondering about St. Louis Blues coach Craig Berube. Maybe Berube doesn’t quite qualify for membership in the […]
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 […]
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