PHILADELPHIA – Back to reality. Just a couple days after the Flyers beat the Islanders to end a 10-game winless streak, the losing resumed on Thursday night with a 4-1 defeat by the Tampa Bay […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – In a bygone era, the Philadelphia Flyers might have been better served with the name Philadelphia Fighters. The love affair between a working-class town and a pack of rowdy Canadians began a […]
PHILADELPHIA – Throughout nearly a month of futility, the Flyers kept hearing from their coach that their effort was fine, they just needed to finish games. On Tuesday night they took that wisdom to heart. […]
Scott Laughton has been through these scary situations before but the experience factor never makes it easier. The Flyers’ alternate captain was involved in a dangerous collision with Montreal defenseman Kaiden Guhle on Nov. 19 […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – While he won’t be making his season debut against the New York Islanders on Tuesday night, Cam Atkinson did lift the Flyers’ spirits with his first full practice of the year on […]
ELMONT, N.Y. – Just when it looked like the Flyers might have a chance to end a long streak of futility, reality set in. Leading by a 2-1 score late in the second […]
ELMONT, N.Y. – Last season might have been a dismal one for the Flyers but that had nothing to do with Travis Sanheim. The 26-year-old defenseman enjoyed a breakout year, posting seven goals/31 points with […]
PHILADELPHIA – It was officially billed by marketing people as The Thanksgiving Showdown. In hindsight, they probably could have promoted it as The Thanksgiving Beatdown. So badly were the injury-strapped Flyers overmatched in their game […]
PHILADELPHIA – When Kieffer Bellows arrived on the Flyers via waivers from the Islanders a few weeks ago, it was clear he was brought aboard to help fill some vacant roster spots caused by injuries. […]
Losing hockey games can get frustrating but when they keep happening in late, narrow fashion, the feeling might turn to downright depression. Such has been the case with the […]
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