Ron Hextall

Embed from Getty Images   Think back to training camp in mid-September. Brayden Schenn began camp wearing a red jersey and found himself on the fourth line during drills. With the new coach Dave Hakstol in place, skeptics were wondering what was going on with Schenn. Would he play center or right wing? Which line […]

Embed from Getty Images   Flyers GM Ron Hextall certainly had a long list of injuries to go through on Sunday as the Flyers prepare to wrap up a five-game road trip on Tuesday night in Carolina. Still, as Hextall provided an update on Sunday, the news was generally positive.

Embed from Getty Images   If losing out on the final point wasn't enough, the Flyers will now have to battle the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday without their captain. Claude Giroux is out for Saturday's game with an upper-body injury and listed as day-to-day, GM Ron Hextall announced.

Embed from Getty Images   One of my favorite Simpsons quotes is a classic regarding Krusty's profligacy.  "You took all your money…and bet against the Harlem Globetrotters?!" "I thought the Generals were due!" Certainly many Philadelphia Flyers fans thought coach Dave Hakstol was being just as foolish by keeping R.J. Umberger in the lineup. Coming […]

Embed from Getty Images   It happened on Feb. 2. It happened again on Feb. 11. And on Tuesday night, it happened for a third time in nine games. Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas was sent to the locker room early for delivering a hit of poor judgement and potential for big injury. It was his third match […]

Embed from Getty Images   Just when you think all is lost, the Flyers start to pull you back in. A resilient 6-3 win over the New Jersey Devils helped the Flyers get back on the positive end of results after a lost weekend. It was also the first time in several days that the […]

Embed from Getty Images   Less than an hour before the Flyers take on the New Jersey Devils, the Flyers announced yet another injury. Jordan Weal, the 23-year-old forward acquired in the trade that sent Vincent Lecavalier and Luke Schenn to the Los Angeles Kings, will be out a minimum of three weeks with an […]

In a game they needed to win, penalty box woes get Flyers again Jake Voracek ever so slightly got his stick into the midsection of Andy Greene on a two-on-one in overtime. After nearly 15 minutes without a penalty call — other than concurrent roughing minors on Radko Gudas and Bobby Farnham — T.J. Luxmore's […]

Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers lost more than just a second point in the standings in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Devils. They lost a workhorse defenseman as well. Michael Del Zotto is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, GM Ron Hextall announced following the loss. Defenseman Andrew MacDonald has been recalled from […]