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Rob Riches

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Game 43 Preview: Zepp gets second start against TB

The Flyers will look to close out their four-game homestand on Monday with an even record, but it's a tall order, as the Tampa Bay Lightning come to Wells Fargo Center for the second time this season. This will be the third and final regular season between the Flyers and Lightning.

Rob Riches  •  12 Jan 2015
Future Flyers Report: Phantoms win 4 in a row

An update on the progress of the Flyers of Tomorrow, following their respective weekends. Two prospects went toe-to-toe, while one farm club headed to the only sports city in North America east of the Eastern Time Zone to establish a four-game winning streak.

Rob Riches  •  12 Jan 2015
Steve Mason continues to be run ragged

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers announced Sunday that Steve Mason will be out for up to two weeks with a lower-body injury (see story), making this the second time within the span of one month that their starter will miss time due to injury. Ray Emery will assume the starter's role once again, […]

Rob Riches  •  12 Jan 2015
Put Out To Pastrnak: Bruins down Flyers 3-1, Mason hurt

Photo courtesy of Kate Frese PHILADELPHIA — Any thoughts of a three-game winning streak for the Flyers were quelled on Saturday, as they lost 3-1 to the Boston Bruins.  David Pastrnak scored the first two goals of the game for the Bruins, opening the scoring at the 11:23 mark of the first period. He also […]

Rob Riches  •  10 Jan 2015
Game 42 Preview: Flyers look to win 3 in a row

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers will look to go 3-0-0 on their current four-game homestand Saturday afternoon, as the Boston Bruins visit Wells Fargo Center for the first and only time this regular season. It's been a while since both teams met, as they last played on Oct. 8 — a game the […]

Rob Riches  •  10 Jan 2015
Future Flyers Report: Gold Medal for Morin

  View image | gettyimages.com It's been a bit of a slow week for the Flyers' two minor league affiliates, as both teams combined for just one game played in the week. The real story came from the IIHF World Juniors Tournament, which saw three Flyers participate. Samuel Morin was the lone Flyers prospect to […]

Rob Riches  •  09 Jan 2015
Mailbag: Are the Flyers playing less physical?

  View image | gettyimages.com Welcome back to another edition of the Flyerdelphia mailbag. Today, we cover the Flyers' physical play, as well as Craig Berube's shelf life as a coach.

Rob Riches  •  08 Jan 2015
Road play could be Flyers’ big playoff obstacle

Holiday road trips have been somewhat of a tradition for the Flyers, and this season is no exception. The Flyers just returned from an eight-game road jaunt over the past two-plus weeks, which has seen excitement matched up with intense disappointment.

Rob Riches  •  05 Jan 2015
Post-game Perspective: ‘Unacceptable’ way to end a road trip

  View image | gettyimages.com It looked like the Flyers were going to turn a corner after starting their season-long eight-game road trip with three-consecutive wins. Between a season-high seven goals to open the trip against Toronto, a comeback win over a resurgent Winnipeg team and a resounding win over a middling Minnesota Wild squad, […]

Rob Riches  •  03 Jan 2015
Report: Flyers travel violated CBA

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers have found themselves in trouble with the league's Collective Bargaining Agreement, as a result of travelling on their season-long, eight-game road trip.

Rob Riches  •  03 Jan 2015