Hockey

      VOORHEES – Even though his team was not performing up to expectations, Ron Hextall claims he never saw storm clouds building over his four-plus-year Flyers general managership.       “I didn’t see this coming,’’ he said during […]

      VOORHEES – What went wrong?       Why did the Ron Hextall era ultimately end abruptly Monday, especially after it seemed the team was on the right track last April, finishing third in the Metro Division with […]

VOORHEES – At his Friday press conference to discuss his recent firing, ex-Flyers general manager Ron Hextall said the one regret he might have had was not securing a player last summer “with a little […]

He’s the leader of the Flyers’ next generation and he still believes the current cast, including a handful of 30-somethings, can get the job done. Sean Couturier was last year’s runner-up to the Selke Trophy, […]

VOORHEES, N.J. – When Flyers’ management announced on Tuesday that it expects to be both active in trades and aggressive in salary cap spending, players listened up. How active and how aggressive depends on the […]

VOORHEES, N.J. – Anyone who thought the Flyers would just sit still while they look to hire a new general manager should probably think again. Team president Paul Holmgren wasted no time Wednesday – two […]

PHILADELPHIA – When the subject of Ron Hextall’s firing on Monday came up at Tuesday’s press conference at the Wells Fargo Center, the word “unyielding’’ came up often. The perception, at least from Flyers president […]

PHILADELPHIA – So where do they go from here? One day after the Flyers fired Ron Hextall as their general manager and executive vice-president, the team held a press conference at the Wells Fargo Center […]

PHILADELPHIA – It’s a team that’s won two championships, been to the Stanley Cup Final eight times and has the second-highest winning percentage in NHL history. That said, when the Flyers go through a six-year […]