PHILADELPHIA – Alain Vigneault wasn’t taking any chances with veteran goaltender Brian Elliott’s health. Rather than start him in back-to-back games, the Flyers coach decided to have backup goaltender Alex Lyon start against the Montreal […]
Last season the Flyers needed a team record eight goaltenders to make it through the 82-game schedule. This season they had got through the minimum of two for the first 46 games. But that streak […]
PHILADELPHIA – While the season is down to its last 36 games, the Flyers are still hopeful of getting Nolan Patrick back at some point. The 21-year-old center has missed the entire campaign due to […]
VOORHEES – There’s plenty of room for improvement with this season’s Flyers team but from an overall viewpoint, president/general manager Chuck Fletcher sounds satisfied with the product. As he pointed out at Tuesday’s press briefing […]
PHILADELPHIA – When the Flyers staggered home from their holiday road trip at 1-4-1 and saw on the schedule they were about to play three of the best teams in the NHL, they could have […]
PHILADELPHIA – Although the Flyers are well into the second half of their season, they’re still trying to establish some lasting chemistry on their lines. Case in point: For Monday night’s game against the Boston […]
PHILADELPHIA – Facing a team which hadn’t lost in weeks, the Flyers knew they had to play mistake-free hockey. The plan almost worked. However, the Flyers did make one error and the Tampa Bay Lightning, […]
VOORHEES – With Mikhail Vorobyev getting sent back to the Phantoms, Flyers coach Alain Vigneault decided to move Scott Laughton back to center for Saturday night’s game against Tampa Bay. Laughton, who has played center […]
VOORHEES – Just call them “Lehigh Valley South.’’ That’s because nine players not on the Flyers’ opening night roster have made at least one appearance with the big team via call-up from the Phantoms this […]
In a way, the news about Shayne Gostisbehere’s upcoming knee surgery and prognosis for a return date may have come as a bit of a relief to the Flyers. The defenseman, who is scheduled to […]
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