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 […]
Brian Propp and Claude Giroux have more in common than just similar Flyer career point totals. In addition to being first-round draft picks of the Flyers, both came into the organization when numerous “big-name’’ players […]
“If your team is down, And it’s losing games, Who you gonna call? Streakbusters!” Well, the Streakbusters, aka, the Flyers were at it again on Tuesday night. The downtrodden New Jersey Devils had gone […]
No one thought Lou Gehrig’s record of 2,130 consecutive games would ever be broken. Until Cal Ripken came along. In recent years, Gordie Howe’s mark of 1,767 NHL games played seemed unreachable. Then a week […]
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