Articles by Rob Riches (464)
View image | gettyimages.com Pierre-Edouard Bellemare's second goal of the season looked like it would continue the Flyers' season-long winning streak, but with a minute to play, Mike Cammalleri and the New Jersey Devils had other plans. As Bellemare sat for an ill-timed tripping penalty with 2:21 to play, the Devils (13-10-3) pulled Cory Schneider for […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers will bring their season-long three-game winning streak to Newark, N.J. tonight, as they visit the New Jersey Devils and wrap up a quick road trip. For the Orange and Black, this road trip has been a resounding success (as winning streaks typically are, unless that winning streak is […]
View image | gettyimages.com The NHL Department of Player Safety on Wednesday suspended defenseman Radko Gudas for three games, after a hit to the head of Ottawa's Mika Zibanejad in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Senators. Zibanejad was injured on the play and left the game, which factored into the suspension. However, Gudas has […]
Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese When Shayne Gostisbehere was called up from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Nov. 14, few were more reluctant for that to happen than Ron Hextall — the very GM that made the decision to call him up. Hextall, of course, wants his young defensemen to grow and develop in the […]
Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese As the Flyers conclude their first full month of the season, they happen to do so under circumstances that not many can say that they saw coming — back-to-back wins over a pair of top teams in the Nashville Predators and New York Rangers. November wasn't a pretty month for […]
View image | gettyimages.com At long last, the streak is over. Since the 2010-11 season, Madison Square Garden has been a house of horrors for the Flyers (9-10-5). They broke their dismal 10-game losing streak at the building on Saturday in a 3-0 win over the New York Rangers – their first win at the Garden […]
View image | gettyimages.com November's been a bit of a dismal month for the Flyers — after all, they ran out of steam from their 4-1-1 start and stand at 4-6-3 in games played this month. In games they've showed up for, they've blown more than their fair share of late leads, and still […]
Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese When two teams score within the first four minutes of a game, it typically means that plenty of more offense is on the way. And when the Flyers (8-10-5) and Nashville Predators each lit the lamp just four minutes into Friday afternoon's contest, it looked like the game would have […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers are set to take the ice for their annual Black Friday game, as they welcome the Nashville Predators and a familiar face in Peter Laviolette to the Wells Fargo Center for some afternoon hockey. Today's game will be the first of two meetings between the Flyers and Predators […]
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms were dealt their worst loss of 2015-16 on Wednesday, falling 7-1 to the Utica Comets, courtesy of a four-goal second period. To make matters worse, they were without the services of second-year pro Anthony Stolarz for a majority of the game. Stolarz left after the first period (where he turned away […]