Kevin Durso

The Flyers announced that forward Taylor Leier and defenseman Sam Morin have been assigned to the Phantoms and at noon, forward Colin McDonald will clear waivers and report to the Phantoms as well. McDonald was placed on waivers on Tuesday.

There is no missing the defensive line force when it comes to Sundays, and so far, Fletcher Cox has proven to be the Eagles most focal player on the opposite side of the ball.

After watching a three-goal lead disappear, it was Jake Voracek who used a tremendous individual effort to give the Flyers a 4-3 win over the New York Rangers on Monday night at Wells Fargo Center.

With the Flyers roster now down to 32, the last three games of the preseason are about narrowing down the final 23 that will make the roster for opening night. Among the players still around trying to make the team are Ivan Provorov and Travis Konecny.

On Sunday, the Flyers sent Travis Sanheim to the Phantoms and returned Philippe Myers to his junior team, Rouyn-Noranda, and waived defenseman Will O’Neill. The roster is at 31 with three preseason games remaining.

Goals by Danton Heinin and Jake Debrusk in the shootout helped the Bruins beat the Flyers, 4-3, on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center.

The Flyers continue the preseason with their fifth game, hosting the Boston Bruins at Wells Fargo Center. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.

Forwards Petr Straka, Andy Miele, Chris Conner, Greg Carey and defenseman T.J. Brennan were all placed on waivers on Friday. Once their move to the AHL is complete on Saturday at noon, there will be 34 players left on the training camp roster.

A power-play goal by Patrice Bergeron evened the score with 2:53 remaining in regulation before a shorthanded goal by Brad Marchand with 44 seconds left put Canada in front as they claimed the 2016 World Cup of Hockey title with a 2-1 win on Thursday night at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

The Flyers spent the last two days between their fourth preseason game making additional cuts as they reduce the roster in preparation for the open of the regular season just over two weeks away.

Entering training camp, everyone was talking about Ivan Provorov. And for good reason. Of any of the top prospects, Provorov had the highest odds of making the Flyers. But what the Flyers have proven, even over just three preseason games on two nights, is how deep they are defensively in their organization.

You know that game your mind plays where the expectations are better than reality? Well, the 2016 Philadelphia Eagles are playing that game in reverse. The reality is far exceeding expectations. Only now, the expectations are going to start to catch up.

The Flyers lost to the Devils, 2-0, and to the Islanders, 3-0, opening the preseason with two shutout losses.

The Flyers open the preseason on Monday night by splitting the camp roster for a pair of games against the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders, both on the road and both starting at 7 p.m.

The final two teams in the World Cup of Hockey are set. Team Canada, the favorite upon the start of the tournament, will face the surprise team of the tournament, Team Europe, in the best of three final series starting on Tuesday night.

In a game so dominant, the excitement reaches new heights as the Eagles soared to victory on Sunday. Here are this week’s grades.

“I told the team way back in OTAs that it just takes a little bit of belief,” Eagles head coach Doug Pederson said. “Belief in the themselves, trust the process, believe in the coaches, the coaches believe in one another and that’s what they did tonight. Am I surprised? A little, but at the same time I know that locker, I know those guys and I know what they’re building.”

If the first two opponents weren’t enough to gain the attention of the football world, beating a Super Bowl contender convincingly should certainly do. That’s what the Eagles did, moving to 3-0 on the season with a dominant 27-3 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field.

The Steelers come in as a legitimate Super Bowl contender with skills at all of the major offensive positions. Meanwhile, the Eagles look to ride the wave of a hot start to another win, as the bye week awaits them. Here are six players to watch in Sunday’s game.

The Philadelphia Flyers will now be completed owned by Comcast, as the company will buy the remaining share of the Flyers owned by Ed Snider’s estate to take 100 percent ownership of the franchise.

Team Canada, Team Europe, Team Sweden and Team Russia all advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament, eliminating Team USA, Team North America, Team Finland and Team Czech Republic, meaning Flyers Jake Voracek, Sean Couturier, Shayne Gostisbehere and Michal Neuvirth will be returning to the Flyers much sooner than originally anticipated. Claude Giroux, Mark Streit and Pierre-Edouard Bellemare remain in the tournament.

The Flyers prospects came away with a 4-0 victory over the Islanders prospects on Wednesday night in a prospect game in East Meadow, NY.

In many eyes, Ivan Provorov is NHL ready, but Ron Hextall holds the keys to the defenseman’s NHL debut, and it’s not a lock that it comes this October.

The Wentz Wagon rolls on as the Eagles dismantled Jay Cutler and the Bears on Monday night football, 29-14. Hosts Denny Basens and Jeff Kolsky are here to breakdown what they saw from Wentz and the offense and the Eagles as a whole.

Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson has an appeal scheduled for Oct. 4 as he attempts to avoid a 10-game suspension that will begin on Oct. 9 if upheld.

Two quick scores in the third quarter seemingly put the game away to a stunned Chicago Bears team, as the Eagles improved to 2-0 on the season with a 29-14 win. Grading the Eagles in their win over the Bears.

Three turnovers for the defense produced 13 points in the win, while the offense remained turnover free for the second straight game. That was not lost on head coach Doug Pederson.

The Eagles got 13 points off three turnovers, using short-order production to claim a 29-14 win over the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on Monday night.

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