VOORHEES, N.J. – It might be one of the toughest jobs in hockey and the ironic thing is, it could involve exactly zero game action. We’re talking about the backup goaltender position, a very tricky […]
PITTSBURGH – It wasn’t like Matvei Michkov was guilty of not trying hard enough. He just didn’t realize that the effort he put forth in his sensational 26-goal rookie season wasn’t going to be enough […]
Flyers CEO Dan Hilferty remembers the first time he met Ed Snider, the man who started NHL hockey in Philadelphia and nurtured the sport for more than half a century. Snider was a business entrepreneur […]
While the Flyers’ quest to make the playoffs for the first time since the 2019-20 season has been garnering most of the local hockey headlines, there’s still the little matter of how they got here. […]
There were times in the 1980s when no one in the National Hockey League wanted to get on the wrong side of one Mr. Dave Brown. If a purported tough guy decided to drop the […]
One reason the Flyers might still have faint hopes for a playoff spot can be found in how they handle back-to-back game situations. Specifically, the second half of those challenges. Last season they were downright […]
What were the odds that the man who served as public address announcer for Game 6 of the Flyers-Bruins Stanley Cup Final back on May 19, 1974 would still be booming “And the Flyers are […]
If you had lined up all the stuff that was written and said about an impending Rasmus Ristolainen trade, it probably would have extended all the way back to Finland. But it didn’t happen. Why? […]
The trade deadline comes up on Friday and it’s somewhat challenging to figure what the Flyers are going to do with their roster of players. Will they be buyers? Sellers? Or simply do nothing at […]
If you’re an Olympic hockey fan, does it get any better than this? Powerhouse Team Canada vs. gritty Team USA for the gold medal and bragging rights for the next four years. While Canada will […]
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