It’s not how you start in most NHL games, it’s how you finish. The Flyers gave a clinic on this contention in their two-game series with the New Jersey Devils. After scoring three times in […]
Flyers coach Alain Vigneault doesn’t usually institute significant lineup changes after a win, but Thursday night he made a valid exception to the rule. Somewhat displeased with the play of veteran Robert Hagg and rookie […]
Flyers coach Alain Vigneault doesn’t usually institute significant lineup changes after a win, but Thursday night he made a valid exception to the rule. Somewhat displeased with the play of veteran Robert Hagg and rookie […]
When it came to smashing goaltender sticks over net cage crossbars, no one outdid The King, Ron Hextall. He transformed the act into an artform – overhand, sidearm, dramatic wind-up. And sometimes he even tried […]
Nothing seems to come easy for the Flyers these days, so they have to come up with some creative ways to pull games out of the fire. Such was the […]
Alain Vigneault is known as a coach who tries to put his players in a position to succeed. Which explains why he chose to pair returning defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere with a familiar face for Tuesday […]
Absorbing a board check from a 6-foot-4, 225-pound forward in a corner collision might seem rather traumatic for a defenseman. But dealing with something really serious like COVID-19 as Shayne Gostisbehere just experienced might prove […]
Sporting a high faceoff percentage isn’t just a source of pride in the NHL, it’s a necessity. The Flyers know this because they’ve been among the league leaders the past couple years and no doubt […]
While their record might be 3-1-1, the Flyers know they’ve been playing with fire, and not the good kind. Perhaps the most concerning element of their play has been shots allowed. They’ve given up at […]
In their history, the Flyers have had less success, percentage-wise, in Boston than any other NHL city. So when the Flyers fell apart in the third period of Thursday night’s game, it was […]
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