Sean Couturier
The Philadelphia Flyers may be without second line center, Sean Couturier for some time. How long should you expect the center to be gone and what options do the Flyers have to fill the void?
(Kate Frese/Sports Talk Philly) By: Bill Minchin/ Sports Talk Philly writer Steve Mason played perhaps his best game of the season. The Flyers goaltender turned away 30 shots. The offense responded to Mason's outstanding play with goals from Sean Couturier, Michael Raffl, Mark Streit , Wayne Simmonds and Brandon Manning and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated […]
Flyers look to go 2 for 2 at home versus Detroit (Kate Frese, Sports Talk Philly) By Bill Minchin, Sports Talk Philly staff writer The Philadelphia Flyers (6-6-1) return home for a showdown with Motown as they host the Detroit Red Wings (6-6-1) on Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center. Faceoff is set for […]
Embed from Getty Images By Dan Heaning, Sports Talk Philly staff writer Hockey fans got an early Christmas gift this year with the return of the international tournament, the World Cup of Hockey. For the past two weeks, the World Cup has been in exhibition mode and games have been largely relegated to ESPN3. […]
Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia Suddenly, the Flyers playoff hopes, which one week ago looked so likely, are on life support. A similar start led to another insurmountable deficit for the Flyers, this time against the NHL's worst team. The Toronto Maple Leafs struck for two first-period goals. The Flyers managed a third-period rally, but fell on a […]
Flyers get wake-up call from cross-state rivals The Flyers just got a wake-up call. These are not the Penguins of the last two seasons. All the Penguins have done in their last four games is score 21 goals without Evgeni Malkin for all four and Marc-Andre Fleury for two. The Flyers and Penguins deserve a […]
Even in the years when the Flyers weren't looking like much of a playoff team, they always seemed to have the Penguins number. This season, that has hardly been the case. In what almost looked like a replay of their meeting from three weeks earlier, the Flyers looked outmatched against the surging Penguins, who continued their torrid […]
Embed from Getty Images April has in a sense become the time for the Battle of Pennsylvania to take center stage. The Philadelphia Flyers (39-25-13) will meet their cross-state rivals twice in the final week of the season, and each holds incredibly high stakes. The Pittsburgh Penguins (45-25-8) locked in their spot in the […]
Flyers show playoff qualities in closing out another close game Embed from Getty Images If the must-win nature of the remaining games on the Flyers schedule isn't enough preparation for what could be coming, then the nature of the games the Flyers are playing is. The Flyers shootout win against Washington on Wednesday was everything a […]
Embed from Getty Images Scoreboard watching hasn't been kind to the Flyers of late, which means making the playoffs is a matter than has to be taken into their hands. The Flyers certainly handled the matter on Saturday. Wayne Simmonds scored twice and added an assist for a three-point game as the Flyers topped […]
