Just call him “Mr. OT.’’ For the second straight game, Travis Konecny scored in overtime on Tuesday night, giving the Flyers a 3-2 win over the Red Wings in Detroit. Konecny, who scored in OT […]
WASHINGTON – In overtime, the Flyers’ Big Three of Claude Giroux, Jake Voracek and Shayne Gostisbehere are supposed to strike fear in the hearts of NHL opponents. Don’t look now, but Philadelphia’s “secret weapon’’ trio […]
WASHINGTON – Don’t start printing playoff tickets just yet, but at least the Flyers can say they are officially back in the postseason picture. With a 2-1 overtime win over the Capitals on Sunday, the […]
PHILADELPHIA – The Flyers’ engines usually start slower than your car on one of those zero-degree mornings. In fact, in the first 45 games of the season, the Flyers had led only eight times after […]
PHILADELPHIA – Stop an opponent’s first line during even-strength play and there’s a good chance you’re going to come away with a win. That was part of the Flyers’ formula for success in their 3-1 […]
PHILADELPHIA – It was supposed to be a special night, with the Eric Lindros number retirement festivities and all, but the Flyers weren’t responding with their effort through two periods. Then two improbable heroes emerged. […]
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 […]
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