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In this week's Future Flyers Report, we recap a weekend slate of junior games, a bizarre sequence of two six-goal games for the Phantoms and two Royals wins in the Rust Belt.
While the Flyers find themselves in the midst of a three-game winning streak, the Flyers of Tomorrow continue to hold their own. While it's been a bit of a slow week for the Flyers' prospects, there are still some interesting takeaways.
View image | gettyimages.com The NHL's first All-Star Weekend in three years was a fun event for the league, fans and players. With the league's best players all in one city, there's all sorts of fun that can be had. It's certainly been one of the most fun sports months for the city of […]
Brandon Manning, pictured in last Tuesday's game against Pittsburgh, will be the Phantoms' lone player in the AHL All-Star Classic in Utica, N.Y. (Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese) As usual, the Flyers' prospects across their network of leagues across North America and the world were quite active this weekend. Nicolas Aube-Kubel continued to electrify the […]
In this Monday's edition of Future Flyers Report, we take a look at this past weekend for the Flyers of Tomorrow — which featured a matchup between two junior prospects, honoring of a legend and a two-game set in New York.
The Flyers' offense returned after a two-game hiatus on Saturday in a 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres, with two goals scored in a 2:49 span and four different Flyers putting the puck in the net. R.J. Umberger's eighth goal of the season at the 3:51 mark of the second period was the first Flyers […]
Will Claude Giroux be able to lead the way and break the Flyers' offensive slump? (Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese) The Flyers head up to Buffalo, N.Y. tonight to take on the Sabres, in order to try and break their scoring drought — lasting two shutout games, seven periods and 144:59.
View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers on Saturday announced that blood clots in Kimmo Timonen's lungs have cleared up, but not in his legs. Timonen has not appeared in a game all season while taking blood thinners to treat his clots. As a result, his status to return to the ice remains uncertain.
The Flyers have played a grand total of nine periods of hockey this week, and have scored goals in just two of them — the first two periods of Monday's game. Thursday's effort against Vancouver was a flat one (see story) that saw the Orange and Black get shut out for the second time in […]
Photo courtesy of Kate Frese PHILADELPHIA — A five-goal second period, combined with seven different goal scorers, allowed the Flyers to match their season-high for goals scored on Monday in a 7-3 rout of the Tampa Bay Lightning. After taking a 2-1 lead into the second period, the Flyers (17-19-7) scored three goals in the […]