Morning After: NHL must lose the shootout

T.J. Oshie scores in the shootout against Ray Emery in the Flyers 1-0 loss to the Blues on Tuesday night. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) It happened again. 65 minutes of pure edge-of-your-seat excitement was spoiled by a skills competition. I've said it several times about games like Tuesday's 1-0 loss for the Flyers to the […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Apr 2014
Game 75 Preview: Philadelphia Flyers @ St. Louis Blues

Image courtesy of Flyers.NHL.com Philadelphia Flyers (39-27-8) @ St. Louis Blues (50-17-7), 8:00pm, NBCSN/CSN-Philly/TSN2 The Philadelphia Flyers suffered a difficult loss on Sunday against the team that currently leads the NHL in points, but it won’t get any easier for the Orange and Black as they visit the St. Louis Blues tonight. Second in the […]

Craig Forsythe  •  01 Apr 2014
Around the Net March 24, 2014: Flyers sweep weekend contests, host Kings tonight; Raffl signs extension, more

Welcome to Around the Net, a bi-weekly look through linkage at the Philadelphia Flyers and other news from around the NHL. Today we look back at the Flyers weekend that included two big wins over Dallas and St. Louis, Michael Raffl signed a contract extension and the L.A. Kings come to town tonight, with Jeff […]

Dain Stiles  •  24 Mar 2014
Morning After: Backes, Hitchcock offer high praise for streaking Flyers

Steve Mason makes one of his 32 saves in the Flyers 4-1 win over the Blues on Saturday. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) The Flyers had been out-shot, 13-8, by the Blues in the first period. Another mistake by the power play allowed St. Louis to also score the lone goal of the period while short-handed. […]

Kevin Durso  •  23 Mar 2014
Game 70 Preview: Flyers host league-leading Blues

The Flyers face the Blues for the first time since October 22, 2011. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) With just 12 games to go in the regular season, the Flyers recent test continues with the NHL's best team. The St. Louis Blues come to Philadelphia for the first time since Oct. 22, 2011, leading all NHL […]

Kevin Durso  •  22 Mar 2014