Postgame Perspective: Different role for Flyers in another win over Penguins

If the Flyers don't win another game this season, and fade away as a disappointing season, at least they will have Sunday's game against the Penguins to hang their hat on. The Flyers completed a season sweep of the Penguins with wins on Wednesday and Sunday, both by a score of 4-1. Sunday's game, the […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Apr 2015
Postgame Perspective: Flyers continue to make themselves at home in Pittsburgh

  View image | gettyimages.com Wednesday night's game was no joke and no fluke. The Flyers simply have the Pittsburgh Penguins number. For the third time this season, the Flyers handed the Penguins a loss in what may be one of their best games of the season, a 4-1 win at Consol Energy Center, a […]

Kevin Durso  •  02 Apr 2015
Moving on from 2014-15 season starts with firing Berube

Wednesday night marks the beginning of the Flyers final stretch of games, just two more in March and then six in the first 12 days of April before the season comes to a close and the team spends the next two months watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs from home. There won't be any down time […]

Kevin Durso  •  25 Mar 2015
Postgame Perspective: Team effort helps Flyers extend home streak against Wings

Saturday signaled the one-week mark of the beginning of the end for the Flyers. Last Saturday, the Flyers were 15 seconds away from moving within two points of the Boston Bruins for the final playoff spot. One week later, the Flyers are now 10 points back of that spot. On Saturday afternoon, they welcomed the […]

Kevin Durso  •  14 Mar 2015
Postgame Perspective: Frustration continues to take toll on Flyers

As the final horn sounded, Jake Voracek slammed his stick against the boards, breaking it. Steve Mason threw the word embarrassing out again. After being 15 seconds away from their biggest win of the season on Saturday, the frustration of the heartbreaking loss that day has brought about three straight losses for the Flyers. In […]

Kevin Durso  •  10 Mar 2015
Between the Pipes-03/10/15- With the playoffs all but out of reach, the blame game starts

Welcome to Between the Pipes, a look at the Philadelphia Flyers and the NHL through linkage. Chief cause Craig Berube deserves his share of the blame: [Philly.com- Frank Seravalli] [Philly.com- Sam Carchidi] Playing for next season Jobs are on the line as the Flyers play out the string: [CSNPhilly.com-Tim Panaccio]  Could Mike Babcock be the […]

Dain Stiles  •  10 Mar 2015
Flyers, goalie coach Jeff Reese part ways

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers announced on Friday that they have "parted ways" with goaltending coach Jeff Reese. Ron Hextall called the move a "mutual decision," suggesting that Reese was not fired by the team. Reese was the Flyers goaltending coach for six seasons, through trying times with Ilya Bryzgalov, the Flyers Stanley […]

Kevin Durso  •  06 Mar 2015
Postgame Perspective: Gutsy 3rd keeps Flyers playoff push alive

When the regular season ends, if the Flyers are somehow still playing and one of 16 teams in the playoffs, it is games like the one on Thursday that you can point to as the reason. The Flyers faced the daunting task of playing from behind on the St. Louis Blues. The Blues entered the […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Mar 2015
Postgame Perspective: Another way to lose a point for Flyers

If the Flyers playoff run continues through March and they creep to within one point of the final playoff spot, or worse, finish one point shy of the playoffs, this might be the first game you think of. At 4:58 of the third period, the Flyers were trailing by a goal when they appeared to […]

Kevin Durso  •  03 Mar 2015