Flyers storm past Penguins, complete season sweep

Every time the Penguins fired a shot, Steve Mason was there to answer the call. Through 22 first-period shots, Mason made 21 saves, easily keeping the Flyers in the game. One save stood out, a glove save on Craig Adams robbing him on a rebound chance. It was arguably Mason's best save of the season. […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Apr 2015
Game 78 Preview: One final Battle of PA against Penguins for Flyers

  The Battle of Pennsylvania, as it is affectionately known, has never failed to offer entertaining hockey no matter what the standings say.   For the Flyers, Sunday's final edition of the Battle of Pennsylvania in the 2014-15 season is for pride, just as it was last Wednesday in a 4-1 win in Pittsburgh.   […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Apr 2015
Postgame Perspective: Rough season on road ends in shootout loss

  View image | gettyimages.com Saturday's game in Carolina marked the 26th time the Flyers have played in a game that went into overtime. For the 14th time, the Flyers had to face the dreaded shootout. For the 11th time, they lost. It is a familiar pattern that offers no silver lining – though Nick […]

Kevin Durso  •  04 Apr 2015
Flyers road schedule ends with another shoot out loss

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers fell behind 2-0 through the early stages of the second period. Michael Raffl and Sean Couturier scored to get it tied. In the end, Nathan Gerbe and Chris Terry scored in the shoot out while Cam Ward stopped two of the three Flyers shooters and Carolina defeated the […]

Bill Minchin  •  04 Apr 2015
Postgame Perspective: Team effort helps Flyers extend home streak against Wings

Saturday signaled the one-week mark of the beginning of the end for the Flyers. Last Saturday, the Flyers were 15 seconds away from moving within two points of the Boston Bruins for the final playoff spot. One week later, the Flyers are now 10 points back of that spot. On Saturday afternoon, they welcomed the […]

Kevin Durso  •  14 Mar 2015
Postgame Perspective: Gutsy 3rd keeps Flyers playoff push alive

When the regular season ends, if the Flyers are somehow still playing and one of 16 teams in the playoffs, it is games like the one on Thursday that you can point to as the reason. The Flyers faced the daunting task of playing from behind on the St. Louis Blues. The Blues entered the […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Mar 2015
Game 65 Preview: Flyers close homestand by hosting Blues

  View image | gettyimages.com As the Flyers continue to push for a playoff spot, the schedule gets increasingly more difficult as they play eight of the next 11 games against Western Conference teams, many of which are securely in the playoff picture. Thursday continues that stretch as the St. Louis Blues come to town […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Mar 2015
Hudler, Flames burn Flyers in OT

Through two periods, the Flyers didn't look like a team that believed in a playoff run. The third was a different story. The Flyers roared back and erased a two-goal deficit to force overtime and close the playoff gap to five.  But they could do no better as Jiri Hudler scored in overtime to give […]

Kevin Durso  •  03 Mar 2015
Player and Play of the Week: February 23-March 1

Another week of Flyers hockey down and once again it's time for us to give out our Player and Play of the Week honors. Again, it was a trying week as the Flyers suffered losses to Carolina and Toronto before pulling out a huge win over the Rangers on Saturday. Sean Couturier is our Player of the Week. […]

Kevin Durso  •  01 Mar 2015