ECHL: Changes Coming to the Reading Royals, MacDonald Steps Down as Head Coach

Kirk MacDonald has stepped down as head coach and director of hockey operations for the Reading Royals, the team announced on Monday.  MacDonald has served as the Royals head coach since 2017 and led Reading to the 2021-22 ECHL Eastern Conference North Division title and an appearance in the Kelly Cup Playoffs.  The Royals lost in the division finals to Newfoundland (TOR) 4-3 in the best of seven series. 

Mike Lipinski  •  14 Jun 2022
3rd-period rally not enough as Phantoms edged by Hartford

Photo: Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia Points are the name of the game for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Tonight they got one, but it easily could have been two. The Phantoms failed to score on a four-minute power play in overtime, and the Hartford Wolf Pack won the shootout, 2-0, to collect a 3-2 victory at PPL Center on Friday night.

Brent Baldwin  •  27 Feb 2016
2012 Winter Classic Alumni Game: A look back

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 […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Feb 2016
Flyerdelphia Weekly Round-Up: January 17-23

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 January 17 to 23. ———- Saturday, January 17 The Flyers got mixed results from Kimmo Timonen's tests – One clot clears for Timonen, status remains uncertain Rob Riches provided game coverage of […]

Kevin Durso  •  24 Jan 2015
Future Flyers Report: Laughton delivers in OT, Morin update

Check it out! Phantoms come from behind with 3 goals in last 6 mins to beat the Bears 4 – 2! http://t.co/5gsxODBNKU pic.twitter.com/QrqZ1AXoBG — LehighValleyPhantoms (@LVPhantoms) October 25, 2014 The Lehigh Valley Phantoms second home game ended with another win, this time in come-from-behind fashion. Over the weekend, the Phantoms took the show on the […]

Kevin Durso  •  28 Oct 2014
Future Flyers Report: Ghost comes to Philly, Phantoms rally for win

As the Lehigh Valley Phantoms rallied for their most recent win, one player was not present. Top prospect Shayne Gostisbehere was a healthy scratch for the game.  Of course, it was learned later that Gostisbehere would be en route to Philadelphia for Saturday's Flyers game against the Red Wings to make his NHL debut after […]

Kevin Durso  •  25 Oct 2014
Future Flyers Report: Phantoms suffer 1st loss, Royals open with loss

The Flyers season is already five games old but in the minors, it is the dawn of another season.   On Friday, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms played in just their second game of the season, opening the PPL Center with a 4-3 overtime win against the Adirondack Flames. Meanwhile, the rest of the minor-league season is just […]

Kevin Durso  •  21 Oct 2014