John LeClair’s voice rose about 10 decibels when the interviewer asked this loaded question: “Does the 2026 USA Olympic men’s hockey team have a chance against favored Canada in a possible gold medal game?” “Have […]
According to Statistics Canada, there are exactly 455 people living in the town of Elkhorn, Manitoba, Canada. It’s safe to say just about every one of those 910 eyes will be focused on television sets […]
PHILADELPHIA – For his 17-year NHL career, Scott Hartnell’s most memorable was probably 2010. It wasn’t his most productive of years but two events made it quite special. The Flyers made it to the Stanley […]
PHILADELPHIA – Maybe things will change after the Olympic break, but right now the Flyers are stuck in a win-one, lose-two conundrum. Proof of that was on display Thursday night when the so-so Ottawa Senators […]
PHILADELPHIA – It’s been 12 long years since the NHL participated in the Winter Olympics and four members of the Flyers organization couldn’t be happier to help bring it back. Flyers coach Rick Tocchet, who […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – On the ice, he’s all business. Off it, Dan Vladar can crack up teammates with the best of them. And that’s somewhat unusual for goaltenders, who normally tend to keep to themselves […]
PHILADELPHIA – This one had must-win written all over it. The Flyers can ill-afford to go into the Olympic break saddled with a long winless streak. They started to do something about it on Tuesday […]
PHILADELPHIA – The last thing the Flyers needed was some more gossip about an unsettled locker room situation. Which is why general manager Daniel Briere chose to hold an unscheduled/impromptu press conference about 20 minutes […]
PHILADELPHIA – For a 20-year-old who’s going through the rigors of a National Hockey League schedule for the first go-round, the Olympic break couldn’t come at a better time than now for Denver Barkey. The […]
VOORHEES, N.J. – There was a time not that long ago when you could pencil in Sean Couturier as a first line center on the Flyers’ lineup card any given night. But this season, those […]
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