PHILADELPHIA – If the Flyers fans wanted something to celebrate as Christmas approaches, the team was more than happy to accommodate. After trailing 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3, the Flyers came back each time and got […]
PHILADELPHIA – Fame can be fleeting when it comes to the Flyers’ defense. One minute Emil Andrae was sailing along after being promoted from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Then he skated into coach John Tortorella’s […]
PHILADELPHIA – The second halves of back-to-back games have not been kind to the Flyers this season. Just a glance at the stat sheet will tell you they were only 1-4 in the back end […]
PHILADELPHIA – As we have come to learn by now, no Flyer player is immune to the dreaded “night off.” So few eyebrows were raised late Thursday afternoon when coach John Tortorella announced that Cam […]
Sometimes it can be an advantage to playing the same team twice in less than a week. And sometimes it can’t. The Flyers went into Wednesday night’s game at Detroit fully aware the home team […]
Scott Laughton made headlines last week with his four-goal game against the Red Wings but the Flyers know his overall game, including his stellar defensive play, is what makes him so valuable. Laughton led the […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – While some may look at Ivan Fedotov’s current plight occupying the Flyers’ third goalie position in a normal two-goalie rotation as dire, it’s really nothing compared to what he had to […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Keeping the same lines together game after game can be important for developing chemistry from an offensive standpoint. But it can also have its benefits when it comes to defense as […]
When a team gives up seven goals in a loss, that one gets filed away under “wait until the rematch.” Such was the case on Saturday afternoon in St. Paul, Minnesota when the Flyers visited […]
“There are lies, damned lies and statistics,” is a phrase often attributed to humorist and essayist Mark Twain. As it applies to professional ice hockey, it points out how numbers can be manipulated to state […]
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