Articles by Kevin Durso (5321)
UPDATE (7:01 p.m.) – GM Ron Hextall announced that Steve Mason will skate on Thursday morning with the team as the Flyers prepare to face the Washington Capitals that night. Hextall would not rule Mason out for Thursday's game, a decision that will likely be made following the skate Thursday morning. ———- The player most […]
There will be many discussions had in the next few weeks about the direction the Flyers are heading. The players and coaches will tell you making the playoffs is still the goal. The owner expects nothing short of a playoff run every year. But the general manager is going to let the players dictate what […]
Photo courtesy of Amy Irvin/38Photography After closing out a road trip with five straight losses, a near severe injury to their captain and making headlines for a CBA travel violation, the Flyers returned to practice on Monday and spoke about the road trip as a whole. The common theme: no one is happy with the […]
It was a trying week for Flyers fans as the Flyers returned from the holiday break with five straight losses. As disappointing and embarrassing as the play was, we must once again pick our Player and Play of the Week. Our Player of the Week is Vincent Lecavalier. In a week where many Flyers struggled […]
View image | gettyimages.com The story of Friday night's game was Claude Giroux. His injury in the third period seemed to put an end to the Flyers season as he was helped off the ice with what appeared to be a serious injury. The Flyers went on to finish the game without the captain, […]
Getting rid of a coach often times is a scapegoat move. Ask the coach who faced the Flyers on Saturday. It was the reason I was so against the Flyers making a coaching change as things got bad during late November. That was on the players, not the coach. But Monday's loss was the final […]
View image | gettyimages.com When the Flyers lost to Nashville on Saturday night, it was difficult to tell if the Flyers were experiencing the pitfalls of a break or just struggling to get going against a tough defensive team. The Arizona Coyotes entered Monday's game allowing 111 goals this season, fourth-most in the NHL. […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers loss to Nashville on Saturday was somewhat expected, especially off of a break. But as the road trip entered the latter half of eight games, the schedule appeared to be significantly easier. The Arizona Coyotes had other ideas. A late goal in the first by Shane Doan gave […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers met a tough foe in their return from the Christmas break, suffering a 4-1 loss on Saturday to the Nashville Predators, snapping a three-game winning streak. Special teams was what really did the Flyers in on that night, and if not for two quick goals on a 5-on-3, […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers opened the second period with a chance to attack: a 5-on-3 for 58 seconds and two full minutes of power-play time. It went by the wayside. Trailing 1-0 at the time, the game did eventually get knotted at one. But the lead was short-lived after a 5-on-3 for […]