Articles by Chuck LaGrossa (11)
At 6’1″, 200 pounds and 21 years of age, Ivan Provorov is becoming the young stud the Flyers were hoping for and needed him to be in the traditional and non-traditional hockey sense.
The Flyers have already announced that Nolan Patrick will not be loaned to Team Canada for the World Junior Championship later this month. The scenarios of whether Patrick stays or goes won’t come into play, but here’s a look at why either decision would have worked out for the Flyers.
Although it may sound difficult, here are a three reasons to stay calm despite the Flyers losing streak and not look for the coach and/or GM’s heads.
So far this season, Brian Elliott has a 6-5-1 record with a 2.59 GAA and .910 save percentage. In the last five games, he has allowed just five goals, showing his consistency in a time when the Flyers are struggling for offense.
The Flyers prospect pool is deep and several prospects in juniors are off to good starts this season.
The youthful Flyers are being tested early and often this season. Despite the average 7-6-1 record, fans need to see the potential and growing process through the mistakes that are to be expected early on from rookies.
Hulking 6’7″, 240-pound defenseman Sam Morin won’t dazzle you on the scoreboard, but he can certainly add an intimidation factor that will make players and teams second guess taking runs at guys like Nolan Patrick and Travis Konecny.
The swift, quick skating, the impressive puck handling and the precise playmaking ability that we saw of Shayne Gostisbehere in his rookie year seems to be returning. And while credit goes to Gostisbehere himself, credit must be bestowed to Flyers rookie defensemen and pairing partner Robert Hagg.
The Flyers fourth-line trio of Scott Laughton, Taylor Leier and Michael Raffl have started the season off with a buzz and have been wreaking havoc on opposing teams.
Drama in Philadelphia unfolded as a last second 61 yard field goal from Eagles Kicker Jake Elliott won the game for the Eagles 27-24 over the visiting New York Giants. Elliott's field goal also was etched into Philadelphia lore as his field goal was a franchise record. To think this kid was on the Bengals […]