Writer: Rob Riches
Embed from Getty Images As the Flyers gear up to close out the home portion of the 2015 calendar year, they prepare to do so against a Vancouver Canucks team that has been sluggish on the road as of late. In their last five road games, the Canucks are 0-3-2 (6-7-5 overall), giving them […]
Embed from Getty Images Members from all decades of Flyers hockey will take the ice once again, as the Flyers Alumni association will host an Orange and Black Alumni Game. The game, scheduled for Feb. 5 at Reading's Santander Arena (home of the Flyers' ECHL-affiliate Reading Royals), will feature an intrasquad Orange vs. Black […]
Embed from Getty Images When the 2015-16 campaign opened in October, it was known going in that goaltending would not be an issue at all — in fact, it was a reasonable argument that it would be the strongest facet of the Flyers' game. For the past two seasons (and a small chunk of […]
View image | gettyimages.com When Radko Gudas was handed a suspension last week from the NHL's Department of Player Safety, it warranted plenty of questions about the department's consistency through the 2015-16 season. Consistency, or a lack thereof, was the one significant component that has plagued the Department of Player Safety for years now. […]
View image | gettyimages.com Pierre-Edouard Bellemare's second goal of the season looked like it would continue the Flyers' season-long winning streak, but with a minute to play, Mike Cammalleri and the New Jersey Devils had other plans. As Bellemare sat for an ill-timed tripping penalty with 2:21 to play, the Devils (13-10-3) pulled Cory Schneider for […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers will bring their season-long three-game winning streak to Newark, N.J. tonight, as they visit the New Jersey Devils and wrap up a quick road trip. For the Orange and Black, this road trip has been a resounding success (as winning streaks typically are, unless that winning streak is […]
View image | gettyimages.com The NHL Department of Player Safety on Wednesday suspended defenseman Radko Gudas for three games, after a hit to the head of Ottawa's Mika Zibanejad in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Senators. Zibanejad was injured on the play and left the game, which factored into the suspension. However, Gudas has […]
Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese When Shayne Gostisbehere was called up from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Nov. 14, few were more reluctant for that to happen than Ron Hextall — the very GM that made the decision to call him up. Hextall, of course, wants his young defensemen to grow and develop in the […]
Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese As the Flyers conclude their first full month of the season, they happen to do so under circumstances that not many can say that they saw coming — back-to-back wins over a pair of top teams in the Nashville Predators and New York Rangers. November wasn't a pretty month for […]
View image | gettyimages.com At long last, the streak is over. Since the 2010-11 season, Madison Square Garden has been a house of horrors for the Flyers (9-10-5). They broke their dismal 10-game losing streak at the building on Saturday in a 3-0 win over the New York Rangers – their first win at the Garden […]
