Articles by Rob Riches (464)
Embed from Getty Images As the Flyers get set to take the ice after the holiday break, they will do so without one of their key blueliners. GM Ron Hextall announced prior to Sunday's game against Anaheim that Michael Del Zotto will be sidelined day-to-day with an upper-body injury.
Embed from Getty Images Thanks in part to the league-mandated holiday break (in addition to further days off beforehand and afterwards), the Flyers are set to finally take the ice after a six-day hiatus, as they visit Honda Center for their first matchup of the season against the Anaheim Ducks. Things are […]
Embed from Getty Images WJC Report is new to Flyerdelphia, and will provide a glimpse at how the seven Flyers prospects fare in the tournament on days that they play. For many, the holiday season represents a time for familial gatherings and exchanging gifts. But for hockey fans, it symbolizes the beginning of the […]
Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese It's a Christmas miracle! Or something like that. Somehow, the Flyers have found themselves close to a playoff spot. Despite a November that saw them win five of 14 games (including a streak of six losses that carried over from the end of October), the team now finds itself four […]
Nick Paul's first-ever AHL goal came at quite the convenient time for the Binghamton Senators on Saturday, as it lifted them to a tight-checking 2-1 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Paul's goal came with 4:20 to play, and the Phantoms (14-15-1) were not able to force a tie. The goal came just 4:17 after […]
Embed from Getty Images PHILADELPHIA — It wasn't the most conventional goal one can score, nor was it the prettiest. Yet ultimately, Michael Raffl's tip-in goal at 16:47 of the first period helped lift the Flyers (14-12-6) on Thursday to a 2-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Fired by Evgeny Medvedev from the blue […]
Embed from Getty Images As the Flyers gear up to close out the home portion of the 2015 calendar year, they prepare to do so against a Vancouver Canucks team that has been sluggish on the road as of late. In their last five road games, the Canucks are 0-3-2 (6-7-5 overall), giving them […]
Embed from Getty Images Members from all decades of Flyers hockey will take the ice once again, as the Flyers Alumni association will host an Orange and Black Alumni Game. The game, scheduled for Feb. 5 at Reading's Santander Arena (home of the Flyers' ECHL-affiliate Reading Royals), will feature an intrasquad Orange vs. Black […]
Embed from Getty Images When the 2015-16 campaign opened in October, it was known going in that goaltending would not be an issue at all — in fact, it was a reasonable argument that it would be the strongest facet of the Flyers' game. For the past two seasons (and a small chunk of […]
View image | gettyimages.com When Radko Gudas was handed a suspension last week from the NHL's Department of Player Safety, it warranted plenty of questions about the department's consistency through the 2015-16 season. Consistency, or a lack thereof, was the one significant component that has plagued the Department of Player Safety for years now. […]