Player and Play of the Week: December 28-January 3

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 […]

Kevin Durso  •  04 Jan 2015
Post-game Perspective: ‘Unacceptable’ way to end a road trip

  View image | gettyimages.com It looked like the Flyers were going to turn a corner after starting their season-long eight-game road trip with three-consecutive wins. Between a season-high seven goals to open the trip against Toronto, a comeback win over a resurgent Winnipeg team and a resounding win over a middling Minnesota Wild squad, […]

Rob Riches  •  03 Jan 2015
Game 39 Preview: Flyers end road trip with showdown in Jersey

After starting their current eight game road trip with three straight wins, the Philadelphia Flyers (14-17-7) have lost three of the last four in regulation. They will look to end the road trip with a win as they battle the New Jersey Devils (13-20-7) in Newark tonight. Game time is 7:00.

Bill Minchin  •  03 Jan 2015
Postgame Perspective: Giroux injury aside, Flyers slide continues

  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, […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Jan 2015
Hurrican’t: Giroux injured, yet fine, as Flyers fall in Raleigh

  View image | gettyimages.com The Carolina Hurricanes don't score more than one goal very often — having done so just once in their past five games entering tonight — but were able to do so on Friday, in their 2-1 win over the Flyers. Not only did the Flyers lose Friday's game, they lost […]

Rob Riches  •  02 Jan 2015
Durso: Berube’s ‘attack mentality’ getting tiring

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 […]

Kevin Durso  •  31 Dec 2014
Postgame Perspective: 2nd-period struggles continue for Flyers

  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. […]

Kevin Durso  •  29 Dec 2014
Game 36 Preview: Flyers hit Arizona to face Coyotes

  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, […]

Kevin Durso  •  29 Dec 2014
Closing the book on 2014

  View image | gettyimages.com Like it or not, the Flyers are set to close out the 2014 portion of their schedule, as just two games remain — tonight at Arizona, and Wednesday at Colorado. There are plenty of adjectives that the Flyers and their fans could use to describe calendar-year 2014. "Boring," however, isn't […]

Rob Riches  •  29 Dec 2014