Diving down to block a Shea Weber slap shot is sort of like trying to run across I-95 at rush hour. Something bad is bound to happen. In this particular instance, Flyers defenseman Robert Hagg […]
Apparently allowing a whopping five Montreal goals in Game 2 left a rather lasting impression on the Flyers. So much so that they haven’t allowed one in the two games since. Working […]
Just because the Flyers won Game 3 of their playoff series on Sunday night doesn’t mean they’re completely thrilled with their game. The faltering Philadelphia power play could top the list of things which have […]
Even if there aren’t fans in the stands, a goalie’s slow skate to the bench after getting pulled from a game is never any fun. Carter Hart didn’t get mad, he got even. The Flyers […]
Rather than have his team skate off the hangover from Friday’s 5-0 debacle-like loss to the Montreal Canadiens, Flyers coach Alain Vigneault elected to give his players a day off on Saturday. Perhaps they spent […]
O for Canada. That’s the number of goals Sean Couturier, Claude Giroux and Travis Konecny have scored in games that mattered since the Flyers arrived in Toronto for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Those are some […]
Alain Vigneault’s frown said it all. “We got our butts kicked today,’’ the Flyers coach remarked after a convincing 5-0 loss to Montreal in Game 2 of the opening round. “No doubt they outplayed us […]
At times like these, the game of hockey takes a backseat to real life. Just before Thursday’s press briefing, Flyers coach Alain Vigneault learned his good friend, Montreal Canadiens coach Claude Julien, had been hospitalized […]
Anyone who’s been watching Flyers games of recent vintage knows there are two Shayne Gostisbeheres. There’s the semi-injured one, like the fellow who’s been struggling with lower body issues which compromise his speed and agility. […]
If Carter Hart experienced any nervousness in his first “official’’ Stanley Cup playoff game Wednesday night, it certainly didn’t show. On the eve of his 22nd birthday the Flyers goaltender looked calm and composed against […]
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