Mark Howe

Photo: Kevin Durso/Flyerdelphia On the ice in the present day, the Flyers may not always be the most consistent bunch. But when it comes to honoring those of the past, the Flyer greats who came before and looking back on those memories while making new ones, the Flyers always deliver. Friday night was no different […]

Embed from Getty Images   On Friday night, four decades of Flyers past will gather at Santander Arena in Reading for a celebration of Flyers hockey and some friendly competition. Tickets for the event were almost an instant sell-out and rosters were announced for the event on Tuesday. Here is a detailed look at the […]

A reuniting of linemates, a legend in goal, Flyers down Rangers Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers are holding a special Alumni game in Reading on Friday night that will mark another celebration of Flyers hockey. For Flyers fans, this is the first chance to see a similar collection of Flyers greats from the […]

Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers announced a special alumni game would be held in early February just a few months ago in December. Given the success of the alumni game during the Winter Classic festivities in 2012, the game was almost an instant sell-out. That game will take place on Friday night at […]

On Wednesday, the Flyers traded impending unrestricted free agent defenseman Luke Schenn and seldom-used veteran forward Vincent Lecavalier to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2016 third-round draft pick and 23-year-old center Jordan Weal. The Flyers agreed to retain 50 percent of both Lecavalier's ($4.5 million cap hit) and Schenn's ($3.6 million) contracts. The arrangement of this […]

  For eight years, Flyers fans were treated to the consistent defensive talent of Kimmo Timonen. He was a mainstay on the blue line, a warrior. He never missed a game unless he absolutely had to. Which is what made last August so scary. Timonen had played through everything you could throw at the human […]

Over the course of the last few years, the Philadelphia Flyers' farm system has gone from virtually barren — the after-effects of being strip-mined of high-end draft picks in "win now" drives — to one of the main reasons for long-term optimism. In particular, the pool of defense prospects has received considerable attention and hype […]

Over the course of the Philadelphia Flyers' franchise history, most of the best defensemen the team has ever had have been players acquired from outside the organization: Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Mark Howe leads the list, followed by the likes of Eric Desjardins, Kimmo Timonen and for all-too-brief periods of time Bob "the Count" […]

May 28, 1987 It’s Game 6 of the 1987 Stanley Cup Finals between the Flyers and the Edmonton Oilers at the Spectrum. The Flyers were down three games to two and needed a win on home ice to force a Game 7 back in Edmonton. To get there, the Flyers would need contributions from everyone […]