Articles by Rob Riches (464)
Embed from Getty Images As the Flyers began a five-game road trip that essentially continued a make-or-break portion of their schedule, they did so without a few key cogs of the lineup in Michael Del Zotto and Sean Couturier. It was noted that those two injuries provided a significant setback for the Flyers, and […]
Embed from Getty Images As the Flyers braced for a matchup with the NHL-worst Toronto Maple Leafs, they were dealt a significant blow. Claude Giroux, their captain and leading scorer, was ruled out with an upper-body injury just hours before puck drop. Giroux's injury was just one break that they could not catch. They […]
Embed from Getty Images The Flyers have entered the phase of their season where every point matters if they want a playoff spot this spring, and have been dealt some significant blows in injuries to Sean Couturier and Michael Del Zotto. Add another injury to the list. Claude Giroux will not play in […]
Embed from Getty Images As the calendar turned to 2016, the Flyers found themselves in familiar territory — on the outside looking in, yet still flirting with the possibility of a playoff spot. They have been playing some Jekyll and Hyde-like hockey since then, looking like a decent and playoff-caliber team one week yet […]
The Flyers kicked off their Eastern Conference road trip with a visit to Madison Square Garden in search of points, and came up short. They were not able to generate much offense in the Garden — a rink that has been a notorious house of horrors for them since the beginning of the decade — […]
Embed from Getty Images Today may be Valentines' Day, but there will be no love between the Flyers and New York Rangers in their season finale tonight. While the Flyers-Rangers rivalry is usually intense, tonight's game has an added element. After a skirmish between Wayne Simmonds and Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh led to McDonagh […]
Embed from Getty Images PHILADELPHIA — For much of this season, the Flyers' struggles in the second period have been well-documented. They've played sloppily, they've turned the puck over, they've taken dumb penalties and they've been shaky. More often than not, it's come back to bite them in the rear, and ultimately cost them […]
Embed from Getty Images With the Flyers fighting ardently for a playoff spot, one of the biggest thorns of their side has been their lack of consistency, and their willingness to play down to teams lesser than them. Those struggles have been well-documented for over a season now, and has essentially become routine. […]
Embed from Getty Images Fifty years ago today, Ed Snider received a brief, yet important phone call as NHL owners wrapped up a series of meetings in New York City. Courtesy of the NHL Expansion Committee boss Bill Jennings, it was about as brief a phone call as one can get. "You're in." And […]
Embed from Getty Images Well, this was bound to happen soon enough. After New York Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh missed the remainder of Saturday's game following his first-period skirmish with Wayne Simmonds — a skirmish that unjustly saw the 'Wayne Train' receive a game misconduct — the team announced Monday that McDonagh will miss time […]