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Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia With just three games remaining and the regular season coming to a close this Sunday, the Flyers handed out their annual team awards prior to Thursday night's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The following Flyers were winners.
Embed from Getty Images With Steve Mason carrying the Flyers in net for the remainder of the season, the Flyers have returned Anthony Stolarz to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms for the final stretch of the AHL season. The Phantoms have six games remaining this season, starting Friday, which gives Stolarz a chance to get […]
Must-win for Flyers against Maple Leafs Embed from Getty Images With Wednesday's loss in Detroit, things just got a lot more interesting. A win in Detroit would have presented an opportunity for the Flyers to clinch. Now, Thursday's game isn't a must-win for clinching purposes. It is a must win because it could very well […]
With loss to Detroit, Flyers final 3 games take on greater meaning All the Flyers really needed was one point. Get the game to overtime, see what happens. If they had won, better then, great, if not, they were still had the odds in their favor. It didn't have to be the way it now is for […]
It was a game the Flyers said they had circled on their calendar for a long time. But when it came time to play, the Flyers looked anything but energetic. The Detroit Red Wings silenced the Flyers all night and scored two opportunistic goals to claim a 3-0 win over the Flyers on Wednesday night
Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia They are all playoff games for the Flyers, but Wednesday night's game might as well be the Super Bowl. For two playoff hopefuls yet to lock in a spot, Wednesday night is a head-to-head showdown that will have one team on the cusp of clinching and another on the bubble. The Philadelphia Flyers […]
In arguably the wildest 96 seconds of college basketball ever, Jay Wright remained as calm, cool and collected as ever. So did his players, up until Kris Jenkins buzzer-beating shot went down with a bang. That mild-mannered persona is exactly what Villanova showed in the final seconds with a perfect play proving to be the Wright stuff.
Embed from Getty Images The Flyers have agreed to terms with another goalie prospect. Alex Lyon, who played three seasons at Yale University, has signed an entry-level deal with the Flyers, according to GM Ron Hextall. Lyon, 23, is a 6'1", 200-pound goaltender from Baudette, MN. This season, he was 19-8-4 with a 1.64 […]
It is the shot that will define Villanova basketball forever. Kris Jenkins with the long-range three-pointer at the buzzer to win the National Championship — well, shots don’t get any bigger than that. The play that led to Jenkins heroics was brilliantly designed and executed to perfection. Break down of the shot and two plays that made it possible.
Villanova played the way a Philly team should on a national scale in one of the biggest games of the year in all of sports. That kind of scrappiness and grit is what makes a team memorable and lovable, particularly in the city the exudes those qualities.