PHILADELPHIA – All’s forgiven. There never was any real contention between fans of the Flyers and Eric Lindros. Rather, the perception was that there was a real conflict between Lindros and Flyers management for the […]
VOORHEES – Growing up in the Toronto area, Wayne Simmonds watched one player he knew he wanted to be like someday. Eric Lindros. While Simmonds doesn’t have quite the intimidating physique of the former Flyer […]
NEW YORK – All those good things the Flyers executed in a four-game win streak disappeared in a New York minute Tuesday night. Tight team defense? Missing. Solid goaltending? Absent. Special teams? A disaster. The […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Confidence can be a tricky thing. It’s sort of a chicken or the egg thing – you have to play better to be confident but you have to be confident to play […]
NEWARK, N.J. – When both sides of special teams show good numbers on the scoresheet, it’s a safe bet a team will wind up in the win column. And so it was on Saturday night […]
VOORHEES – A first meeting between the top two picks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft might, in most cases, figure to be a contentious one. But when Nolan Patrick, the Flyers center who was […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Sean Couturier is having too much success in games that count than worry about playing in an exhibition All-Star game that doesn’t. So there were no sour grapes when the media strode […]
For Claude Giroux, it’s getting to be a habit and a good one at that. On Wednesday, Giroux was named to the NHL All-Star Game for the third time in the last four years and […]
PHILADELPHIA – Shayne Gostisbehere is known mostly for his offensive skills but now he’s even making headlines with his defense. It was there for all to see on Sunday when Gostisbehere executed a steal, leading […]
PHILADELPHIA – The late Freddy Shero once started Bernie Parent in goal 37 straight games. Then he went to Bobby Taylor. When reporters asked him why he gave Taylor the start, Shero shrugged and said, […]
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