VOORHEES, N.J. – At some point in the next season or two, Alex Ovechkin is likely to pass Wayne Gretzky as the National Hockey League’s all-time greatest scorer. Gretzky set the standard by […]
PHILADELPHIA – First games back after a long trip are always tough ones but the Flyers gave no meaning to the term “travel hangover” with their return-to-Philly performance on Saturday night. Just home […]
PHILADELPHIA – Toward the end of the recent Seattle game, Jamie Drysdale gambled and pinched into the attack zone at a critical time in the game. The Flyers had rallied from a 5-2 […]
If only the Flyers could pretend every game at the Wells Fargo Center was their season home opener. Their alltime record for the initial game of a season played in Philadelphia is a […]
Starting the season with four straight games on the other side of the continent figured to test the Flyers right off the bat. Things started off well with a shootout win over Vancouver. […]
Theodore Roosevelt once said: “Speak softly but carry a big stick.” The former U.S. president was alluding to how a world power might go about negotiating international peace. The inference seemed to be, talk things […]
The Matvei Michkov Era has officially begun. That much was made clear on Tuesday night in the Flyers’ game against the Edmonton Oilers. Michkov scored his first two National Hockey League goals […]
In the history of the Flyers, only a dozen had done it, so it’s a pretty big deal. That is, register 500 games as a Philadelphia defenseman. Travis Sanheim was about to […]
As is the case often in the early parts of seasons, the Flyers are still working on getting the timing down and positions set among line combinations. At Monday’s practice in Edmonton, that […]
It was probably asking too much for the Flyers to rally from a second intermission deficit two nights in a row but they sure gave it a heck of a try. Down 3-1 late […]
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