If you’re going to be a trainer in a sport as physically demanding as ice hockey, you better be able to keep up. And it starts by maintaining a high level of fitness […]
I’ll be honest, when I stepped on the ice I never would have imagined a sport as physical and aggressive as ice hockey could somehow have a calming, therapeutic effect on the previous sometimes violent […]
That big question about the future of the Flyers’ leadership appears to have been answered. The dismantling began on Saturday when general manager Chuck Fletcher sent veteran right wing Jake Voracek to the Columbus Blue […]
It isn’t too often the Flyers and Penguins can agree on anything. When the two teams get together to play a hockey game, pundits call it everything from the Battle of […]
After 27 years in professional hockey, Ian Laperriere finally gets to call the shots and the Flyers believe he will be making the right ones. According to Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher, the new head […]
In the 152-year history of major league baseball, only 23 pitchers have achieved perfection. Neshaminy High School graduate Len Barker belongs to that elite fraternity. Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of this […]
Christmas in April? Well, May, June and July, too. You see, the Flyers Alumni objective to provide a bicycle for 5-year-old special needs child Lucy Brooks of Springfield, Pa. for the holiday last December was […]
We’ve already watched Sarah Thomas work as a sideline official for this year’s Super Bowl and as many as seven female referees be employed by the National Basketball Association. Which begs the question: What’s taking […]
If Bobby Clarke was the heart and soul of the Flyers’ pair of 1970s Stanley Cup champions, then Joe Watson was their voice and conscience. Clarke, 24 when the Flyers won their […]
Playing on a rink next to Lake Tahoe with deer, trees and mountains as a backdrop, the Flyers knew Sunday’s game (which will now start at 7:30 p.m. instead of 2 p.m.) against the Bruins […]
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