Morning After: Sunday’s must-win for fading Flyers

The Bruins celebrate after Milan Lucic's second goal in the Bruins 5-2 win over the Flyers on Saturday. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) The Flyers are now on a four-game winless streak and fading at the wrong time. One week ago, a loss was actually a moral victory. The Flyers had skated 65 minutes with the […]

Kevin Durso  •  06 Apr 2014
Beantown Breakdown: Bruins best Flyers again, sweep season series

Tuukka Rask stops Jake Voracek in the Bruins 5-2 win over the Flyers on Saturday afternoon. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) Things were shaping up for another exciting finish. That's when the Boston Bruins shifted into a gear the Flyers simply couldn't reach. After playing to a 2-2 tie through 40 minutes, the Bruins scored two […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Apr 2014
Game 77 Preview: Flyers head to Boston for Saturday rematch

Claude Giroux scores in the shootout in the Flyers 4-3 loss to the Bruins on Sunday, March 30. The Flyers and Bruins meet for the final time in the regular season on Saturday. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) The two teams taking the ice on Saturday afternoon turned in a classic just six days ago. The […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Apr 2014
Morning After: Earth to Flyers, it’s April

Artem Anisimov fires a shot in the Blue Jackets 2-0 win over the Flyers. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) The 2-0 score showing on the scoreboard at Wells Fargo Center on Thursday night indicated a close game. It was far from that.  It was a game that had dire consequences for both teams. For the Flyers, […]

Kevin Durso  •  04 Apr 2014
Game 3 Preview: Kendrick looks to give Phillies series win

Kyle Kendrick makes his 2014 debut in the Phillies series finale against the Texas Rangers. (Photo by Kevin Durso/Philliedelphia) The Phillies chance to claim an early series vanished at the hands of the bullpen on Tuesday night. Wednesday night's game becomes the swing game. The Phillies (1-1) may have a bitter taste of defeat in […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Apr 2014
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
Morning After: Same result, but Flyers have come far

Tuukka Rask makes one of his four saves in the shootout, stopping Jake Voracek. The Bruins beat the Flyers in a shootout, 4-3, on Sunday. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) If you were nervous about how the Flyers would perform against the NHL's best on Sunday, you weren't alone. The last time the two teams had […]

Kevin Durso  •  31 Mar 2014
Philliedelphia’s 2014 Predictions: AL and NL Wild Card Winners

Yesterday we concluded our division winner predictions with the American and National League East. Today we will cover the "other teams" who make the playoffs by grant of a Wild Card. For the second year in a row now, the MLB will feature four (two per league) Wild Card teams who will face off against […]

Erik Seybold  •  30 Mar 2014
Game 74 Preview: Flyers out for revenge against red-hot Bruins

Claude Giroux and the Flyers face Patrice Bergeron and the East-leading Boston Bruins on Sunday. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) It has oftened been discussed when the Flyers turned their season around. One such date was a 6-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Jan. 25.  The Flyers are 14-5-1 since that game. The team that […]

Kevin Durso  •  30 Mar 2014