Remember back in those days when the Flyers used to play nearby rivals Pittsburgh, New Jersey and the New York teams five, six or even seven times a season? Sure you do. […]
PHILADELPHIA – It didn’t take long. Just 13 games to be exact. Flyers coach John Tortorella, known for his occasional moody behavior after games without favorable outcomes, blew off his post-game press conference following Thursday […]
The script called for the Blue Jackets to honor former coach John Tortorella with a video tribute and a standing ovation upon his return to Columbus on Thursday night. But the hospitality ended there. Tortorella, […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – From coach John Tortorella to several of his players, the opinion is fairly unanimous. Travis Konecny is not only the team’s best, most consistent position player right now but becoming a lead-by-example […]
PHILADELPHIA – It took the better part of a year but for Flyers goaltender Felix Sandstrom, getting his first NHL win was worth the wait. Sandstrom, filling in for starter Carter Hart (illness) on Tuesday […]
PHILADELPHIA – No one is above Tortorella’s Law. Flyers coach John Tortorella has made it clear from day one he wasn’t going to hesitate to bench any player – even a big star – if […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – For a hockey coach, there’s like handing out a good old-fashioned benching to get a message across to a player. In the Flyers’ case, make that two players. First it was forward […]
Coach John Tortorella has said all along the key to the Flyers having success early in the season would be the play of goaltender Carter Hart and he wasn’t kidding. Hart, coming off two brilliant […]
The old expression “records are made to be broken’’ seems to be constantly applied to sports stars ranging from Babe Ruth to Jack Nicklaus to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. All those fine gentlemen had – or have […]
Playing against a former teammate for the first time is always special but for the Flyers, Saturday night’s first game against ex-captain Claude Giroux will go beyond that. The Flyers will visit Ottawa and get […]
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