Claude Giroux
Flyers top line heeds Hextall's call Embed from Getty Images Even in the best case scenario, the news was not welcome. Jake Voracek would be out for two weeks with a lower-body injury. Ron Hextall spoke prior to Monday's game of the team playing without Voracek in the same sense as when they were […]
Embed from Getty Images In addition to awaiting the Flyers pending trade deadline moves, of which there weren't any, Monday was an important day to Jake Voracek's future for this season as well. The Flyers forward, who has 10 goals and 38 assists for 48 points this season, will miss his second straight game […]
The Flyers were not short on potential trade candidates as deadline day approached and finally hit on Monday. That made the morning skate prior to Monday’s night game against Calgary a little uneasy. Among the Flyers patiently awaiting word on their fate, Sam Gagner and Mark Streit. Ultimately, both were safe in the end as […]
Embed from Getty Images As the trade deadline nears on Monday afternoon, Flyers fans have already started to speculate which players may be traded due, particularly those with good recent performance. This can be hard to predict, because the number of players with good recent play is increasing and general manager Ron Hextall claims […]
Flyers ride 3-goal 1st period for win over Coyotes Embed from Getty Images Game Events [Mouse-over image for goal details]
Flyers make progress in playoff race as hot start to homestand continues At the end of the day, the margin is still three points. But only because the Flyers forced the Pittsburgh Penguins to answer. A 4-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes continued a great start to a crucial six-game homestand that may be their […]
Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers used goals from Scott Laughton, Claude Giroux, and Sam Gagner in the first period along with outstanding goaltending from Michal Neuvirth to defeat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 on Saturday afternoon at the Wells Fargo Center. Scott Laughton put the Flyers ahead 1-0 at 9:30 of the first period. […]
Philadelphia Flyers team captain and leading scorer Claude Giroux missed three games prior to Saturday, and in many ways the Flyers did extremely well to fill the big void he leaves. Thanks in large part to the success of new lines featuring AHL call-ups like Sam Gagner and Nick Cousins, the Flyers top-nine forwards have been as […]
Embed from Getty Images The Flyers are getting bit by the injury bug at the wrong time and to all the wrong players. The Flyers got some good news when Claude Giroux returned to practice on Friday, but his status for Saturday's game is unknown. Giroux has missed the three games with an upper-body […]
Periodically, I am asked to do the three-star selection at Flyers home games at the Wells Fargo Center. The process is harder than it may look.
