Tag: Flyers

The Flyers head to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night for their third meeting with the New York Rangers this season.

January 20, 1983 On this day, future Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler recorded his 1,000th career point in the NHL as member of the Philadelphia Flyers.

The Flyers unraveled again on Saturday night in a 4-1 loss to the Devils that just prolonged a stretch of bad play that has now spanned a month on the schedule. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Devils.

It may have been their first game back from a five-day break, but little changed for the Flyers. Two late goals in the second and another early in the third allowed another game to unravel as the Devils defeated the Flyers, 4-1, on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center.

The Flyers are not technically one of the eight teams in the playoff picture, but only by tiebreaker as they remain tied in points with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final playoff spot. A second-half run will still be required, and for the Flyers, that starts on Saturday night when they host the New Jersey Devils.

ESPN’s Corey Pronman released his Midseason Top 50 prospects, and also Top 10 goaltending prospects, earlier this week, and the Flyers were well represented.

The Flyers bye week is followed by four games and then a break for All-Star Weekend. There are then four weeks until the trade deadline for the NHL. That gives GM Ron Hextall just 10 games in the month of February to determine if he wants to be a seller, a buyer or to just stay put at the deadline.

Everyone is always subject to evaluation and criticism. Right now, this is a team playing poor hockey in every aspect and criticism is high and comes easily. That’s where the Flyers were on Tuesday afternoon, as GM Ron Hextall and head coach Dave Hakstol evaluated and looked ahead with the team.

There was no winner in the 3-3 tie on Saturday night, but their were two things that are better than an exhibition win — a fanbase that showed why the Flyers have the longevity they do as a franchise and players from all eras that represent that longevity so well.

After a 6-3 loss to Boston on Saturday and a 5-0 loss to Washington on Sunday, a few days without Flyers hockey may actually be a good thing. As said yesterday, you tend to notice things even more in an embarrassing loss, so let’s hit it again. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Capitals.

To have a little fun and quiz our loyal and knowledgeable fans of the Flyers and Flyerdelphia, these 10 Flyer greats who either played or were honored at the Alumni Game were traded by the Flyers at some point. Match the team they were traded away to. The answers will be posted here after the Flyers-Capitals game later today.

It was a 3-3 final between the Flyers and Penguins in front of a sellout crowd of 19,727 at Wells Fargo Center for a celebration of 50 years of Flyers hockey.

The Flyers were embarrassed by the Bruins in a 6-3 loss. Losses like this make the negatives all the more present and easier to identify. So let’s get to it. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Bruins.

Second periods have been a problem of late for the Flyers. On Tuesday in Buffalo, they allowed three goals. On Thursday against Vancouver, they allowed three more. Saturday’s game they did one better, allowing four to the Bruins in a 5-3 loss to Boston on Saturday afternoon at TD Garden.

In honor of the 50th anniversary season for both franchises, the Flyers and Penguins alumni will take the ice at Wells Fargo Center on Saturday night. The Flyers have had alumni games in the past, notably the 2012 Winter Classic and last year’s game in Reading, but this is truly a once-in-a-lifetime game.

It seems like every season, and every meeting, between the Flyers and Bruins holds some sort of meaning, and the same holds true on Saturday afternoon, when the two teams, clinging to playoff spots at the moment, meet for their second of three games this season. The opening face-off is set for 1 p.m.

It wasn’t a pretty game, but it was a crucial two points the Flyers needed. After going 2-6-3 in their previous 11 games, the Flyers picked up points in the standings for the third time in the last four games, finished strong and conquering the shootout for a 5-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Canucks.

With so many playoff appearances, memories that are born in pursuit of the Stanley Cup often become the most memorable. And over the years, the Flyers had many players deliver standout moments from the earliest days of franchise history to the modern day team. Here’s a list of the some of the Flyers playoff heroes and their defining moments.

It was 41 years ago today that one of the lasting memories in Flyers history took place. The “Red Army Game” as it has come to be known put the Broad Street Bullies against the best hockey team in the world in the Soviet Union on Jan. 11, 1976.

The Flyers rank eighth in the league in goals per game this season. But problems remain defensively, and they go far beyond goaltending and the blue line.

What started off as a productive weekend has reverted back to another losing skid. The Flyers managed a late goal, but got a very deserved 4-1 loss to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of another sloppy and uninspired game.

Wayne Simmonds is going to the All-Star Game. The Flyers lone representative for the 2017 NHL All-Star Game is the 28-year-old forward, who makes his first ever All-Star appearance.

Flyers 2016 first-round pick German Rubtsov had his KHL contract terminated on Monday and will play for the Chicoutimi Sagueneens of the QMJHL. The club announced the transaction and believes Rubtsov could be in action as soon as Jan. 19.

Unfortunately, the Flyers couldn’t grab the second point in overtime after rallying for the game-tying goal late in the third, as the Columbus Blue Jackets returned to the win column. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Blue Jackets.

Saturday’s 4-2 win marked the midway point of the regular season for the Flyers. 41 games down, 41 to go. The Flyers kick off the official second half of the season starts back up on Sunday night in Columbus, but before they do, let’s evaluate where the Flyers are at this point in the season.

Ron Hextall addressed the rumors of German Rubtsov coming to the QMJHL on Saturday prior to the Flyers 4-2 win over the Lightning, but couldn’t provide any additional clarity on the situation.

The Flyers snapped a five-game losing streak and got some relief on Saturday with a victory, and a comfortable one at that. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Lightning.

Four second-period goals paced the Flyers to a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday at Wells Fargo Center.

There were changes aplenty at practice on Friday following the Flyers fifth straight loss on Wednesday. As the season hits the halfway point against the Lightning on Saturday, the comfortable margin the Flyers had built in the standings is gone.