PHILADELPHIA – When rookie defenseman Emil Andrae made it to the Flyers’ final roster cut in early October, he knew he had a good chance of being first in line for a call-up. Turns out […]
BOSTON – After Sunday night’s loss to Montreal, the buzzword around the Flyers’ locker room was “disconnect.” Following Tuesday night’s 2-0 win at Boston, the new operative title was ”cohesive.” Coach John […]
BOSTON – Morgan Frost came on strong at the end of last season but there doesn’t seem to have been a carryover effect. At least not yet. Frost entered Tuesday night’s game still […]
PHILADELPHIA – The word disconnect is one you don’t want to hear when you walk into a professional hockey team’s locker room. When it applies to the way a team is playing, it implies the […]
PHILADELPHIA – If the goalie from Russia isn’t working out, there’s another from nearby Belarus waiting in the wings. That seemed to be the reasoning over the weekend as the Flyers chose to call up […]
Life on the sports bubble is never easy, especially when it comes to professional ice hockey. A player might be healthy, doing well in practice and already shown he’s a proven NHL-caliber performer. […]
PHILADELPHIA – Sean Couturier apparently wanted to make the first goal of the game he scored for his 500th NHL point a little extra special. So he added a second goal, this one […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – If there’s such a thing as a turning point to a season this early in the schedule, it may have happened in the second half of Wednesday night’s game at Washington. The […]
WASHINGTON – Maybe they didn’t win this game but at least the Flyers put up a decent fight on Wednesday night after falling behind by a substantial amount. Trailing by a 4-0 score, […]
WASHINGTON – As much as the lack of offense plagued the Flyers through their first six games, coach John Tortorella said he’s just as concerned with the team’s backchecking efficiency. When forwards don’t […]
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