Hockey

WASHINGTON – Lots of Flyers have played against Alex Ovechkin but only one, Sean Couturier, can say he’s played against “The Great 8” the longest. The head-to-head rivalry resumed on Thursday night when the Flyers […]

It may not exactly have been a memorable week for the Flyers but don’t place any blame on Bobby Brink. The right wing registered a pair of goals and an assist in a 4-3 shootout […]

Even with the playoffs seemingly out of reach, the Flyers did enter Monday night’s game at Tampa Bay with at least one small incentive to prevail. The Flyers could have swept the season series from […]

PHILADELPHIA – They’ve hit bottom, both literally and figuratively. A disastrous 1-6 homestand, capped by Saturday night’s 5-0 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes at the Wells Fargo Center, dropped them into the Metropolitan Division basement […]

PHILADELPHIA – After watching Noah Cates get scratched from the opening night lineup in October, who would have guessed he might be the Flyers’ best two-way player in March? If you need confirmation of that […]

VOORHEES, N.J. – Back in late autumn, when rookie defenseman Emil Andrae was here on what amounted to a 20-game trial necessitated by injuries, things were looking pretty bright. However, as the games stacked up […]

PHILADELPHIA – If you’re trying to find a real bright spot in a fairly dismal finish to the Flyers’ season, look no farther than Bobby Brink. The third-year player registered the second two-goal game of […]

PHILADELPHIA – As the games dwindle and the Flyers experience another late-season swoon, coach John Tortorella said the ones he feels bad for are his players. Unless there is a dramatic turnaround in the last […]

PHILADELPHIA – There are a number of reasons for why the Flyers have lost five straight games, all the defeats coming on home ice, but the No. 1 cause might have been singled out by […]