Hockey

      PHILADELPHIA – He spent 14 years in this town, played a thousand games and so while Claude Giroux was traded away from the Flyers late last season, a little bit of Philadelphia always will […]

PHILADELPHIA – Two bad teams, two bad losses. A couple days after dropping a game to the bottom-feeding Blue Jackets on Thursday in Columbus, the Flyers followed that up with a moribund 4-1 defeat by […]

      PHILADELPHIA – It didn’t take long.       Just 13 games to be exact. Flyers coach John Tortorella, known for his occasional moody behavior after games without favorable outcomes, blew off his post-game press conference following Thursday […]

The script called for the Blue Jackets to honor former coach John Tortorella with a video tribute and a standing ovation upon his return to Columbus on Thursday night. But the hospitality ended there. Tortorella, […]

VOORHEES, N.J. – From coach John Tortorella to several of his players, the opinion is fairly unanimous. Travis Konecny is not only the team’s best, most consistent position player right now but becoming a lead-by-example […]

PHILADELPHIA – It took the better part of a year but for Flyers goaltender Felix Sandstrom, getting his first NHL win was worth the wait. Sandstrom, filling in for starter Carter Hart (illness) on Tuesday […]

PHILADELPHIA – No one is above Tortorella’s Law. Flyers coach John Tortorella has made it clear from day one he wasn’t going to hesitate to bench any player – even a big star – if […]

VOORHEES, N.J. – For a hockey coach, there’s like handing out a good old-fashioned benching to get a message across to a player. In the Flyers’ case, make that two players. First it was forward […]

Coach John Tortorella has said all along the key to the Flyers having success early in the season would be the play of goaltender Carter Hart and he wasn’t kidding. Hart, coming off two brilliant […]