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The World Junior Championships continued Monday with the quarterfinals. Of the Flyers nine prospects in the tournament, seven of them and their respective nations are moving on to the semi-finals.
After ending 2016 on a truly flat note, the Flyers turned in their best game since returning from the holiday break only to come away with little to show for it in a 4-3 shootout loss. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Ducks.
Despite a total of 55 shots on goal — their highest total since Feb. 21, 2012 (a 5-4 overtime win) — the young John Gibson was there to stone the Orange and Black at every step of the way.
The Flyers look to end their funk and start 2017 off on the right foot, as they visit the Anaheim Ducks to close out a four-game road trip.
The season for seeking improvement and making resolutions to be better is here. As many ready their New Year’s Resolutions, it seems now would be as good a time as any to give a list of resolutions the National Hockey League should consider for 2017 and beyond.
The most anticipated match of the World Junior Championships so far was on Saturday afternoon with undefeated Team USA facing also unbeaten Canada. For one Flyers prospect, the game, and possibly the tournament, ended early.
Another year is just about in the books and the Flyers certainly had a year of ups and downs and their share of exciting and memorable moments and sad moments as well. We compiled 10 of those moments into a list of signature, standout moments from the year 2016, some of which will stand out in Flyers history for years to come.
Some fans may want general manager Ron Hextall to bypass his patient process, trade for a quality player who would aid a playoff run now, in order to go for it this season, but such a decision would be a grave mistake.
December has now come to a disappointing end with losses in five of six games and three straight after the Flyers 2-0 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Friday night. And when that happens, the negatives can be just as easy to identify. Here are 10 Postgame Points from the loss.
For the third straight game, a lack of energy and overall lifeless hockey did the Flyers in. From the start, the Flyers were handed their third straight loss and fifth in the last six games, their worst six-game stretch of the season. This loss was very much like the first one, right before the holiday break. The Flyers couldn’t solve Aaron Dell and the Sharks in a 2-0 loss on Friday night.
