The Flyers are getting so streaky, it’s downright freaky. Their season has gone like this: A 10-game (0-5-5) winless streak spanning November-December; a 12-game (10-0-2) point streak in February and now a five-game (0-4-1) winless […]
PHILADELPHIA – If the Flyers happen to meet the Pittsburgh Penguins in the playoffs, they’re going to have to come up with a new strategy. What they’ve done so far this season hasn’t been working. […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Wayne Simmonds’ return to the Flyers lineup couldn’t come at a better time. Strapped with a three-game winless (0-2-1) streak and faced with a pair of toughies (Pittsburgh, Boston) the next two […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – U.S. Army captain Erin Magnusson, a former high school goaltender, sidled over to Flyers rookie netminder Alex Lyon on Tuesday morning to ask him a few questions about their mutual position. But […]
Johnny Oduya is probably a perfect fit for what the Flyers need in a veteran defenseman right now. Oduya, who was claimed off waivers from Ottawa on Monday, went through his first full practice on […]
Anytime Wayne Simmonds misses just one game, it’s big news. So when Simmonds was forced to sit the last five with an upper-body injury, the Flyers felt the loss. But the recently ended 10-0-2 streak […]
PHILADELPHIA – Justin Williams probably shouldn’t have been traded away from the Flyers way back in 2004. But compounding the error was the Flyers’ inability to bring back their former 2000 first-round draft pick when […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – Even though Shayne Gostisbehere never played hockey for his Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School team, he was as thrilled as anyone when the Eagles won a state championship Sunday. Just 11 days […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – There are a number of reasons why the Flyers find themselves in first place, not the least of which is the role of the team’s leadership group. In last year’s exit interview […]
MONTREAL – Just call them the “first place’’ Flyers. That may sound odd but true. After Monday night’s 1-0 shootout win over the Montreal Canadiens the Flyers are alone at the top of the Metro […]
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