Articles by Rob Riches (464)
Embed from Getty Images As if Eric Lindros getting inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame wasn't great-enough news, it managed to get even better. Mikael Renberg will head to Toronto to play alongside Lindros and John LeClair in the Legends Classic, reuniting one of the most prolific scoring lines in franchise history. The Legion […]
Embed from Getty Images While the Wells Fargo Center is known to Flyers fans as a hockey arena (and one of the NHL's best, at that), it took on a whole new purpose this week, entering the national spotlight as a political arena. The Democratic National Convention set up shop at Wells Fargo Center […]
Newly-acquired forward Dale Weise provided his first glimpse in the Flyers uniform on Tuesday, and will wear the number 22 (as the team previously assigned). Weise tweeted out not just a picture of him in the Orange and Black, but also the jerseys that he acquired for his two young children as well. Surely, this is good […]
Embed from Getty Images We may be almost a month removed from the 2016 NHL Draft — a draft that yielded the Flyers a nice crop of prospects — but before we know it, junior seasons will start back up, and the focus will shift to the players that will round out next year's […]
Embed from Getty Images One of the best days of every hockey fan's calendar is July 1, when the free agency market opens up and fans from all across the world can marvel at the flurry of activity while furiously refreshing their Twitter feeds. It's a nice way for fans to openly bash Team A […]
Embed from Getty Images Monday's announcement that Eric Lindros would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame came as a bit of a surprise for Flyers fans, while spurring debate for the hockey community at large. Some may argue that a player of Lindros' caliber does not belong in the Hall just yet, while […]
Embed from Getty Images Flyers fans with a sense of adventure can now add yet another city to travel to for a road game, as the NHL announced Wednesday that it will expand its 31st club to Las Vegas. The league's Board of Governors voted unanimously to add the new Las Vegas club, which […]
Embed from Getty Images Former Flyer Vincent Lecavalier announced his retirement on Tuesday, ending his NHL career after 17 seasons. The 36-year-old center retires after a brief stint with Los Angeles, who acquired his services from the Flyers (along with Luke Schenn) on Jan. 6. He was able to provide a steady veteran presence for […]
Embed from Getty Images For months, it had been speculated that the NHL's salary cap would increase by another $3 million. It made sense — since its inception 11 years ago, the salary cap had continued to grow on a yearly basis (save for the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season, but that was an extenuating circumstance). […]
Embed from Getty Images When the Flyers opened training camp to kick off their 2015-16 season last September, much had been made of the core of defensive prospects that were working their way through the prospect pipeline. Eight months later, with the Memorial Cup well underway, the Flyers have yet another prospect to be […]