Flyers-Rangers: By the Numbers

Flyers offense still missing in loss to Rangers Game Events   [Mouse-over image for goal details]

Marc Naples  •  15 Feb 2016
Flyers-Rangers: Postgame Perspective

Until Next Year? Another lost weekend may be dagger for Flyers It was just 10 days ago that the Flyers managed to score their third straight win, scoring six goals in a 6-3 victory over the Nashville Predators. Their next game came two days later against the New York Rangers. The Flyers were 12 seconds […]

Kevin Durso  •  14 Feb 2016
Flyers-Devils: Postgame Perspective

In a game they needed to win, penalty box woes get Flyers again Jake Voracek ever so slightly got his stick into the midsection of Andy Greene on a two-on-one in overtime. After nearly 15 minutes without a penalty call — other than concurrent roughing minors on Radko Gudas and Bobby Farnham — T.J. Luxmore's […]

Kevin Durso  •  13 Feb 2016
Del Zotto out for ‘weeks,’ Andrew MacDonald recalled

Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers lost more than just a second point in the standings in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Devils. They lost a workhorse defenseman as well. Michael Del Zotto is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, GM Ron Hextall announced following the loss. Defenseman Andrew MacDonald has been recalled from […]

Kevin Durso  •  13 Feb 2016
Gudas avoids supplemental discipline for hit on Catenacci

Embed from Getty Images   With the Flyers sitting on a comfortable 5-1 lead with 3:33 to play in Thursday's game against the Sabres, Radko Gudas laid a hit on an unsuspecting Daniel Catenacci. Jake McCabe came to the defense of Catenacci, getting in a fight with Gudas. It was Gudas' second fight of the […]

Kevin Durso  •  12 Feb 2016
Flyers-Sabres: By the Numbers

Flyers get back on track against Sabres Embed from Getty Images   Game Events   [Mouse-over image for goal details} Forwards [What is Corsi rating?] The Philadelphia Flyers lines look pretty evenly mediocre in the possession stats last night, although there's a number of qualifiers on that. They played decent to start against the Buffalo […]

Marc Naples  •  12 Feb 2016
Flyers-Sabres: Postgame Perspective

Umberger's 1st relaxes team in blowout win as Flyers look to build on momentum Embed from Getty Images   If the Flyers were looking to make a statement following a rather lackluster loss on Tuesday, then mission accomplished. A four-goal second period paced the Flyers to a dominant 5-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on […]

Kevin Durso  •  12 Feb 2016
Flyers Alumni to donate $2 million for new rink for Snider Foundation

Embed from Getty Images   The Flyers Alumni is honoring the organization's 50th anniversary with a special gift for Flyers owner, founder and chairman Ed Snider. The Alumni Association will donate $2 million for the construction of a new rink for the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation. The rink will be named in Snider's honor and […]

Kevin Durso  •  11 Feb 2016
The Couturier Effect

Back in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Philadelphia Flyers were two distinctly different hockey clubs based on the presence or absence of a single player: Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Mark Howe. In the last three years of his Flyers career, struggling with a chronic bad back and other injury issues, Howe was […]

Bill Meltzer  •  11 Feb 2016