Philadelphia Flyers
Embed from Getty Images Most pundits had the 2015-16 Philadelphia Flyers team outside the playoffs. They missed the playoffs last year, and returned largely the same team but headed by a rookie NHL coach. More hardcore fans were also aware of the Flyers stockpile of top young defensive prospects. Shayne Gostisbehere, Samuel Morin, Robert Hagg, […]
Embed from Getty Images For a few seasons now in Philadelphia sports, the 'P' word has been a dreaded word. Playoffs. Few teams have reached them. None have succeeded. Regardless, a stretch of unsuccessful seasons is enough to drive Philadelphia fans insane. With the way the Flyers season started, it was easy to call […]
Things looked pretty bleak for the Philadelphia Flyers against the St. Louis Blues on their last game before the Christmas break. The Flyers were getting out-hustled a bit, and suddenly found themselves down, 3-0. Moments later, Chris VandeVelde scored a shorthanded goal and changed things completely. The Flyers seized all the momentum. They scored two more […]
As Magnus Paajarvi slid a shot past Steve Mason on a breakaway to give the St. Louis Blues a 3-0 lead just shy of the midway point on Monday night's game, it appeared the Flyers recent run of momentum would come crashing to a screeching halt, just as they were about to enter a nearly week-long break. […]
Click here to view our photographer Kate Frese's photos from tonight's game against the Saint Louis Blues.
St. Louis jumped out to a 3-0 lead midway throught the second period. Chris VandeVelde started the comeback with a shorthanded goal. Wayne Simmonds added two of his own before Evgeny Medvedev scored the eventual winner late in the third period to give the Flyers a 4-3 win over the Blues on Monday night.
Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers (14-12-7) welcome former head coach Ken Hitchcock and the St. Louis Blues (20-10-4) to the Wells Fargo Center on Monday night. This is the second of two meetings between the two clubs this season. Game time is 7:00. The Flyers defeated the Blues in St. Louis on December […]
December 15, 1996 In the days before the salary cap, it was common for some of the "bigger market" teams to throw money at problems or deficiencies in a way that others could not. The Philadelphia Flyers were one of those teams who were not afraid to spend money to acquire quality talent, even if […]
Embed from Getty Images The Philadelphia Flyers have been playing pretty good hockey recently. One of their only bumps on the road was a 4-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets two weeks ago. This was the perfect opportunity for the Flyers to take revenge, as the Jackets were playing without Sergei Bobrovsky in net, […]
Embed from Getty Images As the season began, there might have been some difficulty identifying an order to the Philadelphia Flyers lines. Obviously the top line would feature Claude Giroux but was Sean Couturier going to be considered a Top-6 forward or headman the defensive minded third line? Was Pierre-Edouard Bellemare line the third or the fourth? The […]
