Flyers still building, but Hextall’s blueprint taking shape

Embed from Getty Images   It's been a week since Ron Hextall completed his fifth trade on the path to freeing up cap space and starting to help the Flyers turn the corner from building the future to watching it progress to the NHL and form what is hoped to become a contender. But in […]

Kevin Durso  •  13 Jan 2016
Stolarz, Cousins to represent Phantoms at AHL All-Star Game

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia One day after Claude Giroux was named to his fourth career NHL All-Star Game, the AHL announced the rosters for its All-Star Game being held in Syracuse on Feb. 1. Center Nick Cousins and goalie Anthony Stolarz will each make their first All-Star Game appearances, representing the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and the […]

Kevin Durso  •  07 Jan 2016
Goalie Development Coach Robinson Paying Early Dividends

  View image | gettyimages.com Back in August, the Philadelphia Flyers made an under-the-radar staff hiring when they joined the ever-growing ranks of National Hockey League teams to hire a full-time goaltending development coach. The team hired longtime Victoria Royals (Western Hockey League) goaltending coach and Hockey Canada goaltending consultant Brady Robinson to fill the post. […]

Bill Meltzer  •  10 Dec 2015
Stolarz brilliant again as Phantoms hand Penguins 1st home loss

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia  Coming into Friday's battle at the Mohegan Sun Arena, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins had only lost two games all season. None of those losses had come at home. Until now. Aaron Palushaj, Mark Alt and Taylor Leier recorded goals, and Anthony Stolarz made a season-high 35 saves to lead the Lehigh Valley Phantoms past the Penguins on Friday night by a score […]

Brent Baldwin  •  05 Dec 2015
Phantoms out-last Senators in high-scoring affair

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The previous weekend was rough for the Phantoms. Three-in-three weekends are common in the AHL. This was not a memorable one for Lehigh Valley, as they dropped all three games to Hershey, Syracuse and the Binghamton Senators, the team they were facing again on Wednesday night. This time, the Phantoms got the […]

Kevin Durso  •  11 Nov 2015
MacDonald nets lone goal as Phantoms fall to Crunch

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia In another 3-for-3 weekend for the Phantoms, the second game featured the same result as the first. After dropping the first game of the weekend to Hershey at home, the Phantoms couldn't mount a comeback in a 2-1 loss against the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night.

Kevin Durso  •  08 Nov 2015
Stolarz solid in net as Phantoms down Bruins

Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia Through the first four games of the season, the Phantoms had struggled to find that winning formula. Perhaps Anthony Stolarz is a big piece of that winning formula. Stolarz was in goal for the Phantoms first win of the season and again for the second on Saturday, as the Phantoms claimed a […]

Kevin Durso  •  25 Oct 2015
Flyers release 20 more players from camp roster

The cuts continued for Ron Hextall as Wednesday came to a close. After sending Ivan Provorov, Travis Sanheim and Travis Konecny back to their junior teams, 20 more players were assigned to various locations.

Kevin Durso  •  23 Sep 2015
Training Camp Update: Rosters released for Monday’s preseason opener

The Flyers were back at Skate Zone in Voorhees for practice again on Sunday with the focus starting to turn to game action. The Flyers will be playing three times this week, with split-squad action on Monday and home games on Tuesday and Friday.  Rosters were released for Monday's split-squad games with some players taking […]

Kevin Durso  •  20 Sep 2015