Offensive woes, discipline issues continue in loss to Red Wings

Pavel Datsyuk celebrates with his teammates after scoring in the third period of the Flyers 5-2 loss to the Red Wings. The Flyers played like the team that wanted it more offensively. They fired 34 shots on Jimmy Howard and the Red Wings. But the defense and goalie Ray Emery struggled and the offense couldn't finish. More […]

Kevin Durso  •  12 Oct 2013
Hartnell out 2-4 weeks, Lecavalier out a week

Vincent Lecavalier will be out for a week with a lower-body injury suffered on Friday. (Kevin Durso/Flyerdelphia) Paul Holmgren addressed the media prior to tonight's game between the Flyers and Red Wings on the two injuries suffered in Friday's loss to Phoenix. Forwards Scott Hartnell and Vincent Lecavalier had MRIs on Saturday after leaving the […]

Kevin Durso  •  12 Oct 2013
Flyers hit road, face Red Wings

Max Talbot, who scored the lone Flyers goal in Friday's loss, scored the game-winning goal in the Flyers last meeting against the Detroit Red Wings, a 3-2 win in March 2011. It seems odd that the Flyers would face a pair of unfamiliar opponents back-to-back as they are this week. But Saturday’s opponent is one […]

Kevin Durso  •  12 Oct 2013
Flyers lack energy, speed in struggles

Flyers head coach Craig Berube expressed that the Flyers need to bring more speed to their game after Tuesday's win, something that was lacking in Friday's loss to Phoenix. (Kevin Durso/Flyerdelphia) When Craig Berube took the Flyers coaching job on Monday, picked up his first win on Tuesday and contined his preparation for Friday's game […]

Kevin Durso  •  12 Oct 2013
Lifeless Flyers fall again to Coyotes

Steve Mason couldn't grab Oliver Ekman-Larsson's wrist shot for the game-winning goal in the final seconds of the second period. If you didn't know any better, you would have thought it was the Flyers, not the Phoenix Coyotes, in the midst of a four-game road trip. You would have thought it was the Coyotes, not […]

Kevin Durso  •  11 Oct 2013
After first win, Flyers back in action against Coyotes

Wayne Simmonds celebrates his goal from the Flyers 4-2 win over the Coyotes on Dec. 3, 2011, the last time the Flyers and Coyotes faced each other. It took four games, but the Flyers emerged from the losses to pick up their first win of the 2013-14 season on Tuesday against the Florida Panthers. That […]

Kevin Durso  •  11 Oct 2013
Berube quiet on issue, but is Mason turning into leading keeper?

After starting the season opener last Wednesday, Steve Mason has started two of the Flyers three games since. In Craig Berube's first game, he broke the pattern Peter Laviolette had started all the way through training camp and the preseason. After the game, won almost solely based on that decision, there was a question surrounding […]

Kevin Durso  •  10 Oct 2013
Giroux lacking confidence among Flyers early season struggles

Flyers captain Claude Giroux has yet to record a point in the 2013-14 season.  It has been no secret in the Flyers first four games that they have struggled to score. But of the players managing to get the points, one player in noticably absent. Claude Giroux, the second-year captain, has no points through four […]

Kevin Durso  •  10 Oct 2013
Sorry Ed, Philly needs a ‘fresh perspective’

Ed Snider insisted on Monday that the Flyers don't need a "fresh perspective."  Just when you thought it was safe to enjoy the Eagles win over the Giants that moved them into a tie for first place in the NFC East, rock bottom struck back. The Flyers 0-3-0 start forced the exit of Peter Laviolette […]

Kevin Durso  •  09 Oct 2013