Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere has been suspended two games without pay by the National Hockey League for boarding Pittsburgh defenseman Mark Friedman during Tuesday night’s game in Philadelphia. Gostisbehere will miss the Flyers’ two games […]
Parties are supposed to be a fun time but not when a visitor shows up and pours cold water all over the guest of honor. Perhaps we embellish the role Sidney Crosby played in putting […]
Kevin Hayes competed in his 500th NHL game the other night and for a “skating’’ player, that’s a pretty significant milestone. Tuesday night, it was Brian Elliott’s turn to hit the five-century mark, but with […]
PHILADELPHIA – This is what “could have been’’ looks like. If things had gone differently this season, maybe the Flyers wouldn’t have had to make such a big deal out of a 7-2 hammering of […]
PHILADELPHIA – It’s not easy to stay motivated when there’s really nothing to stay motivated for. But players such as second-year forward Joel Farabee still see the value of playing hard to prove they’re true […]
One doesn’t need to see numbers to know the Flyers’ season has fallen into a state of mediocrity. But just in case. . . For starters, Saturday night’s 4-1 to the New Jersey Devils at […]
Egor Zamula’s return to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms really had nothing to do with his recent two-game debut performance with the Flyers. As coach Alain Vigneault explained during a pre-game media Zoom call before Saturday […]
To almost no one’s surprise, the Flyers say they’re surprised they didn’t make the playoffs this season. After all, hopes were high when the pandemic-shortened season began. Coming off last season’s success, those expectations were […]
Alain Vigneault said he didn’t want to talk about his team’s elimination from playoff contention. But he didn’t have to. His facial expression said it for him. Clearly, the Flyers coach […]
It’s been alluded to a thousand times but the quote always bears repeating. “It’s not whether you get knocked down,’’ legendary football coach Vince Lombardi once said, “it’s whether you get up.’’ The common interpretation […]
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