PHILADELPHIA – Back in the days of the old Spectrum, the place could get really loud. There was the first Stanley Cup-clinching goal on May 19, 1974, the J.J. Daigneault goal in Game 6 of […]
PHILADELPHIA – Cam York might be only 25 years old but from a hockey perspective he’s a grizzled veteran. The Flyers defenseman has played 309 NHL games just for the chance to compete in his […]
Now comes the interesting part. Hockey teams generally do better when they get off the road. That’s why they call it the “home-ice advantage.” But in the case of the Flyers, it’s the other way […]
PITTSBURGH – There were times this season when Garnet Hathaway could have easily given up. The 34-year-old Flyers right wing was a healthy scratch here and there and he finished the season with a meager […]
PITTSBURGH – Maybe some predicted the Flyers could win a pair of games in Pittsburgh to start their playoff series, but how many forecasted the high-flying Penguins would be held to just a pair of […]
PITTSBURGH – The ancient Greeks were the first to come up with what is now considered the cliché ‘don’t rest on your laurels.” However trite it might sound, that was the message the Flyers tried […]
PITTSBURGH – There were several reasons why the Flyers were able to hang a slightly surprising 3-2 defeat on the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of their playoff series Saturday night: >They held the […]
PITTSBURGH – Rasmus Ristolainen waited 820 games for this moment, so isn’t it justice when he winds up with the primary assist on the Flyers’ go-ahead goal on Saturday night? Ristolainen got the puck […]
PITTSBURGH – You don’t need to be a mathematician to figure out why this Flyers-Penguins series could come down to just a very few important numbers. Pittsburgh’s power play, led by the ageless Sidney Crosby, […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – While Porter Martone might be impressing some people with his offensive prowess during his first few weeks in the NHL, it’s his overall game which has taken a lot more onlookers by […]
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