As 2020 draws to a close, and almost everyone is anxiously waiting for that to happen, it should be noted just the flip of a calendar page won’t change the state of road racing. […]
PHILADELPHIA – It’s difficult to decide which is the Flyers’ bigger problem at the moment: Protecting two-goal leads or finding a way to win in overtime. Both issues raised their ugly heads in the Flyers’ […]
PHILADELPHIA – A five-game winless streak apparently isn’t that big a deal to the Flyers, who are firmly entrenched in the Metro Division basement. Nope, it’s just some little things to clean up and things […]
By Wayne Fish PHILADELPHIA – Mention how the Flyers have let two-goal leads slip away in consecutive games and coach Dave Hakstol’s usual intense stare goes up a notch. After the Flyers blew a 3-1 […]
In baseball, they call them utility players. In hockey, the word “valuable’’ might seem more apropos. For example, just look at the Flyers new center, uh, left wing, uh, right wing Jori Lehtera. The fact […]
Most NHL players never get to log 30 minutes of ice time in a regulation-time game for their entire career. Then you have Ivan Provorov, who might AVERAGE 30 minutes a game for a season […]
News of any professional athlete’s death hits hard in the sports community. But word of the passing of popular former Phillies pitcher Roy “Doc’’ Halladay had an especially big emotional impact on Philadelphia, including the […]
First Andrew MacDonald went down with a knee injury. Then Radko Gudas took an elbow to the head at Chicago last week and suddenly the Flyers’ defense almost didn’t look old enough to drink or […]
When the Flyers have a chance to give back to our nation’s service men and women, they come skating faster than a last-minute breakaway. That was the case once again on Monday as Wayne Simmonds […]
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