Flyers open season in Tampa, home opener against Panthers

The NHL on Wednesday announced home openers for all 30 clubs, in advance of tonight's NHL Awards in Las Vegas.  The Flyers will take Wells Fargo Center ice for the first time on Oct. 12, as they play host to the Florida Panthers. That game will actually be the second game in a back-to-back series […]

Rob Riches  •  24 Jun 2015
Assistant coaches to return behind Flyers bench; job for Timonen?

  View image | gettyimages.com The Philadelphia Flyers announced Friday that Ian Laperriere, Gord Murphy and Joe Mullen will return behind the bench as assistant coaches on Dave Hakstol's staff.

Rob Riches  •  19 Jun 2015
Final Flyerdelphia Bracket Challenge Standings

  View image | gettyimages.com   The long grueling grind of the Stanley Cup playoffs has come to end. The Chicago Blackhawks are once again champions of the hockey world. Now it is time to crown our champion. Here are the final results of the Flyerdelphia Bracket Challenge.

Bill Minchin  •  16 Jun 2015
Flyers announce preseason schedule

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers on Wednesday announced their seven-game preseason schedule for 2015-16, which consists entirely of Metropolitan Division opponents. Preseason action opens on Sept. 21 with split-squad games at the PPL Center in Allentown as well as Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Flyers will face the New York Islanders for […]

Rob Riches  •  10 Jun 2015
Hard to believe it’s been 5 years…

  View image | gettyimages.com At long last, the stage is set for the 2015 Stanley Cup final. After several terse series that validate why the Stanley Cup playoffs are the best playoffs in sports, Tampa Bay and Chicago will meet in what promises to be nothing short of a dogfight for the Cup. As […]

Rob Riches  •  01 Jun 2015
Future Flyers Reports: Morin, Rimouski end Memorial Cup run

  View image | gettyimages.com Following their 5-2 loss to Quebec on Thursday, Samuel Morin and the Rimouski Océanic have been formally eliminated from Memorial Cup play at the hands of the Quebec Remparts. The Océanic went winless in all three round-robin games that they played in, and Samuel Morin ends his campaign with one goal, no […]

Rob Riches  •  29 May 2015
Future Flyers Report: Oshawa leads round-robin play

  View image | gettyimages.com Each team has played two games of round-robin play at this year's Memorial Cup, and so far, Oshawa is the only team to win both of their games — clinching a berth in the tournament semi-final, at the least. In both games, Samuel Morin is scoreless with seven penalty minutes […]

Rob Riches  •  26 May 2015
Future Flyers Report: Memorial Cup begins tonight

At long last, the wait is over for junior hockey's prestigious tournament. The host Quebec Remparts and Western League champion Kelowna Rockets will drop the puck tonight to begin round-robin play, opening up the 97th-annual Memorial Cup tournament. This year's tournament has some added significance, as it's expected to be the last games played at […]

Rob Riches  •  22 May 2015
Dave Hakstol hiring: low-risk, high reward?

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers made waves on Monday when they announced the hiring of Dave Hakstol as the 19th coach in franchise history, going with a candidate that wasn't on too many radars. That's right. CoachWatch 2015 is over, and it ends with a candidate that you most likely have not heard […]

Rob Riches  •  18 May 2015