VOORHEES, N.J. – The $64,000 question for the Flyers’ woebegone power play is: How do you fix it? Five years of staggering through the wilderness, four of them last in the NHL and one year […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – When hockey players get injured, the medical update is usually either “day-to-day,” 10-day injured reserve or long-term injured reserve. In Owen Tippett’s case, it was really none of the above. That’s because […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – It was three seasons in one for the Flyers’ Matvei Michkov. There was the pre-Winter Olympic version of the second-year Russian player, a stretch in which he hardly looked like the guy […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – There had to be at least one time this recently ended Flyers season when captain Sean Couturier had a leisurely conversation with his two alternate captains, Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny. These […]
PHILADELPHIA – It will take a couple days for the disappointment of the Flyers’ unexpected early exit from the playoffs to wear off. So they won’t start clearing out their lockers at the Flyers Training […]
PHILADELPHIA – The standing ovation was loud, it was long and it was heartfelt. A soldout Xfinity Mobile Arena crowd stood up and cheered for a good two minutes, shouting “Let’s go, Flyers!” in unison. […]
PHILADELPHIA – It wasn’t the way the Flyers wanted their season to end but at least they can hold their heads high that they went down swingin’. The Flyers played probably their best hockey of […]
VOORHEES, N.J. — References to climbing steep mountains often come up when describing the situation teams face when trying to rally from far behind in a playoff series. Flyers coach Rick Tocchet took the parable […]
PHILADELPHIA – It hasn’t happened since the 2011 Eastern Conference semifinals but the Flyers are facing the very real possibility of getting swept in a best-of-seven playoff series. Fifteen years ago, the Flyers failed to […]
PHILADELPHIA – They generated plenty of chances. The problem was they couldn’t convert enough. It was another one of those nights for the Flyers, who now find themselves with their backs against the wall after […]
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