With no preseason games to prepare for the NHL’s regular season, there seemed like little time to get ready for when the real stuff began. In other words, injuries were bound to happen, or so […]
The 100-foot, right-on-the-money pass Oskar Lindblom executed to start Travis Konecny on a breakaway for the Flyers’ game-winning goal on Tuesday night pretty much tells you where the young Swede’s game is. Namely, a healthy […]
PHILADELPHIA – When it comes to back-to-back games against the same opponent, what a difference a day makes. Less than 24 hours after getting smoked by a 6-1 score courtesy of the Buffalo Sabres, it […]
PHILADELPHIA – Maybe the ease with which the Flyers scored 11 goals in two games against Pittsburgh came back to bite them on Monday night. There was none of that swagger when the underrated Buffalo […]
One of the major reasons for the New York Islanders’ somewhat surprising trip to last season’s Eastern Conference finals was the play of their fourth line. The energy provided by the trio of Matt Martin, […]
It was one thing to have rookie Morgan Frost make the Flyers’ season-opening roster, albeit as a spare forward, but quite another to toss him on the top line in his first […]
PHILADELPHIA – First-line center Sean Couturier will be sidelined two weeks due to a “costochondral (joint) separation’’ the Flyers announced on Saturday. According to two medical websites, the costochondral joints are the ones between the ribs and […]
PHILADELPHIA – It was a character win but it may have come with a high price. During the Flyers’ 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night at the Wells Fargo Center, top center […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – There were times last season when the Flyers had moments of doubt about the possible return of Nolan Patrick from a serious injury. Hockey teams hate it when a player of any […]
PHILADELPHIA – If there had been spectators at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night, most certainly they would have given the Flyers a rather raucous ovation. That’s because the Flyers went toe-to-toe […]
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