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Rob Riches

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Hurrican’t: Giroux injured, yet fine, as Flyers fall in Raleigh

  View image | gettyimages.com The Carolina Hurricanes don't score more than one goal very often — having done so just once in their past five games entering tonight — but were able to do so on Friday, in their 2-1 win over the Flyers. Not only did the Flyers lose Friday's game, they lost […]

Rob Riches  •  02 Jan 2015
Game 38 Preview: Finally, an East Coast game

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers head to North Carolina tonight, taking on the Carolina Hurricanes in the penultimate game of their eight-game road jaunt across North America, and first game in calendar-year 2015.

Rob Riches  •  02 Jan 2015
Mailbag: Rob Zepp, Peter White, Michael Del Zotto

  View image | gettyimages.com To our loyal Flyerdelphia readers, Happy New Year! There are plenty of big things in store for the site coming in 2015, so stay tuned! Now, for the first of many times this year, let's dig into the Flyerdelphia mailbag. Any shot that [Rob] Zepp gets another start? – Pat […]

Rob Riches  •  01 Jan 2015
Closing the book on 2014

  View image | gettyimages.com Like it or not, the Flyers are set to close out the 2014 portion of their schedule, as just two games remain — tonight at Arizona, and Wednesday at Colorado. There are plenty of adjectives that the Flyers and their fans could use to describe calendar-year 2014. "Boring," however, isn't […]

Rob Riches  •  29 Dec 2014
Flyers’ PK falters in 4-1 loss to Preds

  View image | gettyimages.com A three-goal power play effort Saturday led to the Flyers losing 4-1 to Nashville, bringing their three-game winning streak to an end in the process.

Rob Riches  •  27 Dec 2014
Game 35 Preview: Facing off against Laviolette

, R   View image | gettyimages.com The league-mandated three-day holiday break has come to an end, with the Flyers reaching the halfway point of their eight-game road swing on Saturday in Nashville — taking on the Predators at Bridgestone Arena. Both teams will meet for the first of two games this season, with the […]

Rob Riches  •  27 Dec 2014
Welcome to the NHL, Rob Zepp

  View image | gettyimages.com  The Rob Zepp Era in Philadelphia formally began on Sunday, as he was between the pipes for the Flyers' 4-3 comeback win over Winnipeg — his NHL debut.

Rob Riches  •  22 Dec 2014
Mailbag: Rick Pracey, defensive prospects and a potential Jets trade?

  View image | gettyimages.com In this week's edition of the Flyerdelphia Mailbag, we evaluate the hiring of Rick Pracey, the development of defensive prospects compared to Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek's primes and the possibility of sending Mark Streit or Braydon Coburn to the Winnipeg Jets.

Rob Riches  •  18 Dec 2014
Welcome back, Foppa

  View image | gettyimages.com Between the team Hall of Fame inductions for John LeClair and Eric Lindros on Nov. 20, and Eric Desjardins on Feb. 19, it seems as if one of the small, yet underlying themes of the Flyers' 2014-15 campaign is celebrating greats who have suited up for the organization.

Rob Riches  •  15 Dec 2014
1-1-1 in the Sun: How the Flyers can move forward from their Cali trip

The Flyers headed to California for three games, and finished with a 1-1-1 record on the trip. Certainly one of the more interesting road swings for the Orange and Black this season, as they lost to San Jose with 11.5 seconds on the clock, lost to NHL-best Anaheim in a shootout and beat (stunningly mediocre) […]

Rob Riches  •  08 Dec 2014