Hockey

  VOORHEES, N.J. – There is no catchy nickname for the five Flyers players who hail from Minnesota but that doesn’t mean the team isn’t aware of their meaningful heritage. There’s a certain ethos about […]

PHILADELPHIA – The post-game celebration noise coming out of the Flyers’ locker room sounded extra loud on Thursday night and for good reason. One of the club’s favorite teammates, Scott Laughton, had just completed his […]

    PHILADELPHIA – On coach John Tortorella’s team, when a player isn’t performing up to expectations, he gets to watch. And not on postgame video. Rather live, as in a seat on the press box […]

After three straight disappointing losses, one in overtime, the Flyers were determined not to make it four. When the Columbus Blue Jackets scored a power-play goal at 16:56 of the second period of Tuesday night’s […]

  PHILADELPHIA – After a somewhat controversial goaltender interference call in the third period that negated a goal which would have tied the score, the Flyers players squawked a bit about the injustice of it […]

    PHILADELPHIA – Talk about a timely comeback. Jamie Drysdale, the Flyers defenseman who was injured way back on Nov. 9 at Florida, made his return on Sunday night against the Utah Hockey Club. Just […]

  BOSTON – Going all the back to their admittance to the National Hockey League in 1967, the Flyers have never had a Calder Trophy winner for NHL rookie of the year. But all that […]

BOSTON – Coach John Tortorella has been known to deliver some spicy post-game rants about officiating over his 20-plus-year NHL coaching career and Saturday’s probably ranks up there among his finest. The Flyers bench boss […]

Sticking up for a teammate after a questionable hit has been a Flyers tradition going all the way back to the rambunctious days of the Broad Street Bullies. Even today, it’s still about as Philadelphia […]