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Embed from Getty Images By Rob Riches, Sports Talk Philly contributor Flyers fans may know Paul Holmgren as a quite influential figure in the organization – not only is he the only person to serve it as a player, coach and general manager (albeit a much-maligned GM), but he's still hanging around as team president. […]
Claude Giroux sealed the 3-2 win with 100 seconds left.
The Flyers have an opportunity to bounce back against a New York Islanders team that has encountered recent struggles of their own.
January 20, 1983 On this day, future Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler recorded his 1,000th career point in the NHL as member of the Philadelphia Flyers.
Just 24 hours earlier, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms played one of their best games of the season, beating the top team in the league, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. On Saturday night, the Phantoms played arguably their worst game of the year, getting blown out by the Providence Bruins, 9-1.
The Flyers unraveled again on Saturday night in a 4-1 loss to the Devils that just prolonged a stretch of bad play that has now spanned a month on the schedule. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Devils.
It may have been their first game back from a five-day break, but little changed for the Flyers. Two late goals in the second and another early in the third allowed another game to unravel as the Devils defeated the Flyers, 4-1, on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center.
The Flyers are not technically one of the eight teams in the playoff picture, but only by tiebreaker as they remain tied in points with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final playoff spot. A second-half run will still be required, and for the Flyers, that starts on Saturday night when they host the New Jersey Devils.
As the Flyers struggle, fans are looking for players to blame. However, the popular scapegoats are not the source of the team’s woes.
T.J. Brennan, Jordan Weal and Taylor Leier received their All-Star jerseys for the 2017 AHL All-Star Classic before Friday night’s pivotal matchup with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The three then showed why they earned those jerseys, helping lead the Phantoms to a 4-3 victory.
