Philadelphia Flyers
April 11, 2016 will always be remembered as a sad day in Philadelphia sports history; the day that the Flyers, the city, the NHL and the entire hockey world lost Ed Snider to cancer at age 83. He was more than just an owner. He was an icon of self-made success, toughness balanced by compassion […]
Embed from Getty Images He was always the outspoken, eccentric man behind the Orange and Black. Truth is he bled those colors the same way the fans that enter Wells Fargo Center do night in and night out. The man behind the Flyers, chairman and founder Ed Snider, passed away on Monday at the […]
Embed from Getty Images The man responsible for bringing the Flyers to Philadelphia and turning Philadelphia into an Orange and Black mecca for hockey is gone. Flyers chairman Ed Snider passed away on Monday, April 11, 2016, at the age of 83. Mr. Snider founded the Flyers in 1966 after Philadelphia was awarded with […]
Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The Lehigh Valley Phantoms avenged Saturday night's loss in Allentown that snapped a five-game winning streak by bursting the door down of the team who broke it, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, with a 4-1 win in Bridgeport on Sunday night.
Embed from Getty Images 82 games are in the books and now it's time for the playoffs to begin. The Flyers locked in their playoff spot on Saturday afternoon and knew their opponent then, as they draw the top-seeded Washington Capitals. Following the Flyers 5-2 win over the Islanders and the Capitals 2-0 loss […]
Embed from Getty Images It had the feel of a preseason game. Claude Giroux, Steve Mason, Wayne Simmonds and Mark Streit sat out as healthy scratches while the rest of the Flyers played in the 82nd game of the season, the final one before turning the page to the playoffs. It was a sloppy game, […]
April 10, 1973: Dornhoefer's OT winner puts Flyers on cusp of 1st playoff series win With the Flyers tied in their first round playoff series with the Minnesota North Stars, they would have the chance to take a 3-2 series lead with a key matchup at the Spectrum. If they could win this game, they would […]
Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia Things had been going well for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms until Saturday when the Bridgeport Sound Tigers paid a visit. In a rough night for netminder Anthony Stolarz, the Phantoms nearly erased a 5-2 deficit before falling 6-4 on Saturday night at PPL Center.
Playoff-bound Flyers manage to complete run to the finish When the city of Philadelphia woke up on Saturday, the playoff were anything but a certainty. But with some help for the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers and a win of their own over the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Philadelphia Flyers are indeed playoff bound. It may […]
Embed from Getty Images This is it for the Flyers. Two games remain, but by the close of Saturday, the true final day of the NHL regulars season for the 26 teams not affected by Winter Storm Jonas is January, the Flyers could already have learned their fate, good or bad. With so much […]
