We should have seen this one coming. One quick look at John Tortorella’s coaching resume would have shown us he almost always likes to get a good look at his players when he […]
The percentages have always favored the team that scores first in hockey but the Flyers have been taking the numbers to the extreme this season. Heading into Saturday night’s game in Pittsburgh, the […]
It’s a stereotype which has been around probably as long as the hockey puck: That NHL tough guys are better at throwing checks and punches than they are at articulating the game. As […]
Things didn’t work out so well for former Flyer forward Rick Tocchet when he first tried his hand at coaching in Tampa Bay and Arizona but there was a good reason for that: […]
It was like watching a well-synchronized machine. Puck makes contact with stick. Stick fires puck. Puck hits back of net. That scene unfolded 34 times during the Philadelphia Flyers’ 1985-86 season when […]
Never has the color of a hockey stick tape or a jersey caused so much controversy, particularly now when we’re nearly a quarter of the way through the 21st century. Aren’t we supposed […]
As he lay in a local Bucks County hospital bed with electrodes strapped to his chest and nervous nurses pacing around his room, Paul Holmgren already knew what this feeling was like. […]
While his hockey career might have been something to write home about, a self-written book about the challenges in his life could turn out to be his greatest contribution to one and all. […]
While his hockey career might have been something to write home about, a self-written book about the challenges in his life could turn out to be his greatest contribution to one and all. […]
Hockey health can be such an arbitrary thing, especially when it comes to injuries of the nagging variety. Currently, as it pertains to the Flyers, there’s pretty much agreement that a patient approach […]
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