Flyers fall in shootout, ending four-game win streak
PHILADELPHIA – When a team is leaving its goalie out to dry in the first period of a game, it’s time for the coach to take action. That’s exactly what Alain Vigneault did on Wednesday […]
PHILADELPHIA – When a team is leaving its goalie out to dry in the first period of a game, it’s time for the coach to take action. That’s exactly what Alain Vigneault did on Wednesday […]
PHILADELPHIA – For awhile there it looked for all the world like that Flyers’ fourth-line center spot was going to be held by a Russian, be it Mikhail Vorobyev or German Rubtsov. And somewhere down […]
VOORHEES – You say the Flyers are off to their fastest start since the 2011-12 season – hey, what’s the world coming to? It’s been that long since Philly got out of the gate this […]
VOORHEES – It never hurts to have an “informant’’ when you’re getting ready to play an NHL powerhouse team. That’s why the Flyers are picking the brain of ex-Washington Capital defenseman Matt Niskanen, now a […]
BOSTON – Imagine the odds one could have gotten on a bet the Flyers would sweep Atlantic Division powerhouses Montreal, Toronto and Boston, two of those games on the road no less? And to top […]
PHILADELPHIA – It’s never easy for the Flyers when they play the Montreal Canadiens. The record book shows that of teams they have played more than a hundred times in their history, the Habs and […]
VOORHEES – Players will go to great lengths to kill off a penalty, but Justin Braun may have taken things to a new level the other night. The Flyers were in the midst of trying […]
PHILADELPHIA – Good thing veteran forward Michael Raffl is such a versatile player because the Flyers need someone just like that right now. Coach Alain Vigneault decided to move Raffl from the third line down […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – If there were ever a 19-year-old player equipped to handle the pressure of playing on the Flyers’ top line, it’s Joel Farabee. Several veterans have commented that Farabee looks as cool as […]
PHILADELPHIA – It took 11 rounds to decide the shootout, but at least the Flyers could take some comfort from a spirited effort against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Flyers came […]
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