Craig Berube
If the Flyers playoff run continues through March and they creep to within one point of the final playoff spot, or worse, finish one point shy of the playoffs, this might be the first game you think of. At 4:58 of the third period, the Flyers were trailing by a goal when they appeared to […]
View image | gettyimages.com There are 20 games remaining in the Flyers season starting on Saturday. They sit four points out of a playoff spot. And yet, as Thursday's game came to a close – a 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs – it felt as if the playoff hopes finally perished. The […]
Sunday marked the 35th anniversary of the Miracle on Ice and the American hockey team's upset of the Soviet team in the 1980 Olympics. It was a moment that defied the odds. The Flyers are trying to defy the odds as well. Just over a month ago, after a 4-0 loss to Vancouver on Jan. […]
Photo courtesy of Amy Irvin/38Photography "Anybody can beat anybody in this league." Those words from Craig Berube, said after the Flyers shootout loss on Thursday to the league-worst Buffalo Sabres, fit perfectly with the Flyers shootout win over the league-leading Nashville Predators. The Flyers controlled play for the majority of the game and scored on […]
Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers (24-23-11) welcome their former head coach to the Wells Fargo Center when they host the NHL leading Nashville Predators (39-13-6) this afternoon. This is the second of two meetings between the teams and lone game in Philadelphia. Game time is 1:00. The game is the first […]
Every week, you can catch up on all of our stories on Flyerdelphia in our weekly round-up. Here is this week's content from February 14 to 20. ———- Saturday, February 14 Rob Riches brings you the Future Flyers Report, looking at a new franchise record for the Flyers ECHL team, the Reading Royals – Future […]
The signs were there. The frustrations of the Flyers captain were on full display as the Flyers suffered a shootout loss on Thursday. His linemate Jake Voracek had just one goal in his previous 15 games – an empty-net goal in Washington on Feb. 8 – but scored a power-play goal on Thursday. The struggles […]
Thursday night was filled with fanfare over the induction of Eric Desjardins into the Flyers Hall of Fame. It may have been the highlight of the night. For whatever reason, the Columbus Blue Jackets and Buffalo Sabres – teams that will likely finish lower than the Flyers in the standings and pick higher in the […]
In each of the Flyers last three seasons, the playoff push has not been easy. In a lockout-shortened 2013 season, the Flyers carried a frantic playoff push into the final few games. Last season, it took a rally from a horrendous start to the season just to make the playoffs. The Flyers finally clinched a […]
View image | gettyimages.com Make no mistake about it, after achieving what they set out to do, the Flyers 2-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday definitely has them in the playoff race. After the win, they are five points out of a playoff spot with 26 games to play. If only the […]
