Writer: Rob Riches
Embed from Getty Images Following a dismal California road trip that saw the Flyers go without a poing, play nowhere close to 60 minutes a game and get torched on the penalty kill, it was absolutely imperative to come home and beat a playoff-caliber Montreal Canadiens club. Considering how tough their upcoming schedule is, […]
Embed from Getty Images After a California road trip that saw the Flyers play sluggishly, claim zero of six possible points and plummet in the Metropolitan Division standings, they return to Wells Fargo Center for a matchup against a premier opponent. The Montreal Canadiens (22-15-3) come to Philadelphia reeling off of a marquee win. […]
Embed from Getty Images Just two games remain in this year's thrilling World Juniors tournament, and while some Flyers may have to settle for the bronze medal, two will have the opportunity to earn gold medals. Oskar Lindblom, Felix Sandstrom and Sweden will take on USA for the bronze medal, after falling 2-1 to […]
Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese As the NHL headed into its required three-day Christmas break, the Flyers were in a good place. They had won four of their previous six games — including a thrilling come-from-behind win against St. Louis before starting their break. They stretched their record to 15-12-7 — not exactly over .500, […]
Photo Courtesy of Nina Weiss A steady performance in goal from Jason LaBarbera on Sunday helped the Phantoms hang on to a 2-1 win against the Portland Pirates. LaBarbera turned away a season-high 37 shots — a staggering 17 of which came in the third period as the Phantoms' lead shifted from 2-0 to 2-1 […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia Thanks to a pair of goals in a 47-second span in the second period from Mark Alt and Aaron Palushaj on Saturday, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms were able to dig themselves out of a 3-1 hole against the Portland Pirates. They could not get the job done, however, as Kyle Rau's second […]
Canada's bid for a second-consecutive gold medal and sixth in 10 years fell short on Saturday, meaning that Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny will return to Calgary and Ottawa without gold medals. With the Czech Republic's 7-0 whitewashing at the hands of Team USA, David Kase will go home medal-less as well. Four Flyers — […]
Seven Flyers prospects headed to Helsinki for this year's World Juniors tournament, and as the preliminary round comes to a close, all seven will be playing in this weekend's quarterfinal round. All prospects were active on Thursday, in a day that included a thrilling matchup between four Flyers prospects.
Three Flyers prospects were active in today's World Juniors action — a day that was more highlighted by USA's 10-1 laugher over Switzerland and Finland's 8-3 romp of Slovakia (on a day that saw them retire the legendary Teemu Selanne's number from international competition). Let's take a quick look at how your Future Flyers performed:
The World Juniors tournament continued on Tuesday, and all but three of the Flyers' prospects were active. Some guaranteed that their tournament will extend past the end of the qualifying round on Thursday. Here's how the future Flyers fared on Tuesday:
