PHILADELPHIA – Another night, another close-but-no-cigar performance. The Flyers kept Tuesday night’s game close, finally earning a tie with a goal midway through the third period against the St. Louis Blues. But the Flyers needed […]
PHILADELPHIA – In a crossword puzzle, the Flyers’ season could be summed up in one 11-letter clue: Frustrating. One need look no farther than the team’s last three games, all against Metropolitan Division powerhouses, all […]
PHILADELPHIA – An eye infection sidelined Flyers goaltender Carter Hart for Monday afternoon’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes, the second time this season he’s been bothered by this problem. Backup goaltender Martin Jones was scheduled […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Maybe the Flyers’ season has become a helpless cause but don’t think it’s a complete loss. There remain lessons to be learned, like how to play with pride and […]
As far as we know, there is no such thing as an NHL captains training school. The only real way to get a quality “education’’ is to play the game awhile, learn from veteran players […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – When the clock ticks down and a lead looks precarious, there are two ways the players on a hockey team can go. Play to win. Or play not to lose. The Flyers […]
PHILADELPHIA — As was the case in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night, the Flyers once again kept themselves in contention well into a game against a Metropolitan Division powerhouse on Thursday night. […]
With a guy who plays with the speed and fire of a Gerry Mayhew, it was bound to happen. Crashes into boards happen literally every minute of an NHL game, but not with […]
Claude Giroux has been captain of the Flyers longer than anyone in team history, including Hall of Famer Bob Clarke, and there’s a built-in two-way allegiance with the team. Yet as antithetical as it might […]
Could there have been anything more fun for the Flyers than being party poopers at Sidney Crosby’s big career goal No. 500 celebration? It started off as one big barrel of laughs on Tuesday night at […]
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