Winnipeg Jets center Kevin Hayes played four seasons for new Flyers coach Alain Vigneault when the two were together on the New York Rangers, so it’s easy to see why the Flyers made a trade […]
When your power play is ranked only 23rd and your penalty kill is just 26th in the 31-team NHL, it’s time for a change. Which is exactly what the Flyers did over the past few […]
Continuing a trend toward hiring coaches with lots of prior NHL experience, the Flyers on Mondaycompleted their coaching staff for next season by hiring veterans Michel Therrien and Mike Yeo as assistants to serve on […]
VOORHEES – Once a less-than-flattering reputation gets started in professional sports, it’s a hard thing to stop. And so it seems to be the case with new Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault, who somehow may […]
VOORHEES – After a year off, Alain Vigneault said he wanted to get back into coaching again but only if the right circumstances presented themselves. He chose the Flyers because he believes they can give […]
VOORHEES – At next month’s World Championships in Slovakia, Team Canada head coach Alain Vigneault will get a head start on getting to know some of the players on his Flyers’ roster. That’s because Flyers […]
Step 1 of parting ways with Ron Hextall as general manager of the Flyers and hiring Chuck Fletcher to replace him had to do with shortening the timeline to contention for a Stanley Cup. Step […]
It only took a week for Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher to make up his mind about a new head coach, mainly because a candidate with the qualities he was looking for was easy to […]
VOORHEES – The search to find a new Flyers coach has already begun, but scratch what might have been the prime candidate off the list. When the Florida Panthers hired three-time Stanley Cup champion Joel […]
VOORHEES – Sure, the Flyers can use some help but any influx of talent should know how to play hockey “the right way.’’ Those last three words were something that both general manager Chuck Fletcher […]
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