Steve Mason
The momentum shifted at 19:45 of the first period. The Flyers, who had a 2-0 lead with a pair of power-play goals, watched everything deflate when Ryan White turned the puck over in the Flyers zone and took a slashing penalty. With six seconds left on the power play, at 1:39 of the second period, […]
Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers (20-16-8) will look to get back on the winning track as they head to the Consol Energy Center for a battle with the Pittsburgh Penguins (21-17-7). This is the first of four meetings between the clubs this season. The Penguins are one point ahead of the Flyers in the Metropolitan Division. […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia In two weeks, Anthony Stolarz will take the ice in Syracuse as an All-Star goaltender for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Two years ago, that almost didn't seem like a possibility. Stolarz had suffered a gruesome injury while playing junior hockey for the London Knights, when a skate cut the back of his […]
Embed from Getty Images What happened to the Flyers on Tuesday night is what happens to all teams throughout a season. Every now and then, you just can't seem to do much of anything right. After jumping out a 1-0 lead and an 11-1 advantage in shots, everything stopped for the Flyers. The Toronto […]
At this stage of the season, the Flyers really need wins, but in games like their Saturday afternoon affair with the Rangers, earning points on a regular basis is just as crucial. It may have been a shootout loss, but the Flyers are currently riding a five-game point streak. They take that streak on the […]
Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers (19-15-7) welcome Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers (23-15-5) to the Wells Fargo Center Saturday afternoon. This is third of five meetings between the clubs this season. Game time is 1:00. The Flyers have won both games against the Rangers so far this season. Philadelphia picked up a 3-2 shootout […]
The first half of the season has come and gone for the Flyers and they are both in a good spot and still in some trouble. On the positive side, the Flyers do not have a steep climb to the final playoff spot, sitting just two points back of the Boston Bruins after Wednesday's win […]
Embed from Getty Images Mark Streit, in just his sixth game back from an injury that sidelined him for six weeks, scored his first goal since the return with 8:28 remaining in the third. The race was on for the Flyers from there. In a third period that had a playoff feel to it, […]
Embed from Getty Images It's been a week since Ron Hextall completed his fifth trade on the path to freeing up cap space and starting to help the Flyers turn the corner from building the future to watching it progress to the NHL and form what is hoped to become a contender. But in […]
For so much of the previous two seasons, so many of the Flyers players have talked about the things that need to get better, the things they need to do to be the playoff team they believe they are. On Saturday, they let their play do the talking. It was total domination for the Flyers […]
