When you’re the regular-season goals leader for a hockey team and then produce zero in 13 postseason games, one might think the pressure would start to mount. Yet if Travis Konecny is feeling any heat […]
The effort was better but the outcome wasn’t. Faced with a crucial situation in Game 4 of their playoff series with the New York Islanders on Sunday night, the Flyers generated more energy […]
If ever the Flyers needed some inspiration, it was for Sunday night’s Game 4 of their playoff series with the Islanders. And when a familiar face wearing a No. 23 uniform skated onto the ice […]
If there’s such a thing as giving a team a pep talk through the media, Alain Vigneault did his best early Sunday afternoon. With his Flyers down 2-1 in their best-of-seven playoff series, […]
Listing the reasons why the Flyers now find themselves trailing the New York Islanders in their best-of-seven playoff series is as easy as 1, 2, 3. A lousy first period led […]
Name any of the great Flyers coaches — be it Fred Shero, Pat Quinn, Mike Keenan or Ken Hitchcock — and they all had one thing in common: Focus. For game preparation, […]
Hockey teams which win the first half of back-to-back games can’t wait to get out there and play the second, the theory being that fabled “momentum’’ is squarely on their side. So it would have […]
In the NHL’s latest chapter of the “better late than never’’ book, the league finally made a statement about the Jacob Blake shooting by calling off Thursday night’s game. Basketball, baseball and other sports had […]
If you’re going to seek counsel on an issue as complex as how racial diversity relates to professional sports, it never hurts to consult with someone you know who’s in the know. That’s why it […]
Doing its best at some damage control, the National Hockey League finally got involved with the protest movement against the Jacob Blake shooting by postponing Thursday’s two scheduled playoff games, including the Flyers-Islanders match. Also […]
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