Flyers

In just 10 days on Dec. 26, the 2017 World Junior Championships will begin. Seven Flyers prospects are on camp rosters for their respective home countries, including two that were locked into Team Canada’s roster earlier this week.

Is this the year the Philadelphia Flyers power forward Wayne Simmonds makes it to the NHL All Star Game? At the ripe old age or 28, Simmonds has become the on-ice powerhouse and leader the Flyers knew he could be.

The entertainment world was shocked by the sudden passing of actor Alan Thicke on Tuesday. But news of his death shook the hockey world as well. One person Thicke formed a good friendship with was Flyers founder Ed Snider, so much so that after Snider’s passing, Thicke emceed Snider’s memorial service in California.

It’s usually been slow starts at home for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms this season. Wednesday night, they flipped the script by rushing out to a 5-1 lead. They then allowed Bridgeport to climb back in and tie the game at five, before ultimately winning by a final of 8-6.

The Flyers win streak hit 10 in Colorado as they claimed a 4-3 win on Wednesday night over the Avalanche.

The Flyers go for a 10th straight win on Wednesday night, as they face the Colorado Avalanche in Denver in the middle game of a three-game road trip.

The Flyers current nine-game win streak has the just two points out of the top spot in the Metropolitan Division, an impressive run considering their 3-5-1 start to the season. But as the Flyers have gone streaking, so has the rest of the division and that shows just what a fine line there is between the Flyers ranking among the playoff teams in the East and being completely out of the picture.

The Flyers blue line took another hit on Monday. GM Ron Hextall announced that defenseman Mark Streit will be out two weeks with an upper-body injury.

The NHL named Jake Voracek its first star of the week for the week of Dec. 5-11. Voracek had nine points in four games during the week, including six assists.