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 […]
If it’s Saturday night, goaltender Samuel Ersson must be winning another shootout decision in rather decisive fashion. For the second time in as many Saturdays the Flyers goalie made […]
PHILADELPHIA – After a nice five-game winning streak, the Flyers were having trouble scoring goals, posting just five in their next four. That changed late in Thursday night’s game against the New Jersey Devils. A […]
PHILADELPHIA – Sometimes the best classroom for young NHL defensemen is a seat off the ice. Guys can learn a lot just by watching other, more experienced players go about their business. Such has been […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – There they were, a full half-hour before the scheduled start of the regular practice on Wednesday, working on their beleaguered power play. Associate coach Rocky Thompson oversaw this somewhat emergency […]
PHILADELPHIA – Carolina and the Flyers seem to bring out the best (or worst) in each other, as evidenced by their latest encounter on Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center. The two […]
PHILADELPHIA – Just when the return of defensemen Rasmus Ristolainen and Marc Staal gave the Flyers a full lineup, the old injury bug raised its ugly head again. The team announced on Tuesday […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Maybe he wouldn’t have done this a year ago, so a few eyebrows were raised when coach John Tortorella called off Monday’s scheduled practice at the last minute. It could […]
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 […]
ELMONT, N.Y. – Tyson Foerster had been working on that fantasy shootout move for who knows how many practices and Saturday night the dream came true. In what amounted to a “sudden death” […]
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