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The Flyers streak certainly showed what this team is capable of over a stretch of play, but there is a lot to take away from the first loss for the team since Nov. 25. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Stars.

In just 10 days on Dec. 26, the 2017 World Junior Championships will begin. Seven Flyers prospects are on camp rosters for their respective home countries, including two that were locked into Team Canada’s roster earlier this week.

Is this the year the Philadelphia Flyers power forward Wayne Simmonds makes it to the NHL All Star Game? At the ripe old age or 28, Simmonds has become the on-ice powerhouse and leader the Flyers knew he could be.

The entertainment world was shocked by the sudden passing of actor Alan Thicke on Tuesday. But news of his death shook the hockey world as well. One person Thicke formed a good friendship with was Flyers founder Ed Snider, so much so that after Snider’s passing, Thicke emceed Snider’s memorial service in California.

The Flyers win streak hit 10 in Colorado as they claimed a 4-3 win on Wednesday night over the Avalanche.

The Flyers go for a 10th straight win on Wednesday night, as they face the Colorado Avalanche in Denver in the middle game of a three-game road trip.

The Flyers current nine-game win streak has the just two points out of the top spot in the Metropolitan Division, an impressive run considering their 3-5-1 start to the season. But as the Flyers have gone streaking, so has the rest of the division and that shows just what a fine line there is between the Flyers ranking among the playoff teams in the East and being completely out of the picture.

The Flyers blue line took another hit on Monday. GM Ron Hextall announced that defenseman Mark Streit will be out two weeks with an upper-body injury.

The NHL named Jake Voracek its first star of the week for the week of Dec. 5-11. Voracek had nine points in four games during the week, including six assists.

Brayden Schenn’s winner was the only tally in this one, a game dominated by goaltending. But in the end, with the winning ways on their side lately, the Flyers found a way to claim victory again. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Red Wings.

On this day, the Flyers first used Kate Smith’s “God Bless America” in place of the “Star-Spangled Banner” before games. The new-found tradition proved to be a staple of Flyers history over the years.

The Flyers trailed the Dallas Stars entering the final five minutes of regulation on Saturday only to get two quick power-play goals that turned the game in their favor and kept their winning streak alive for another day. Here are 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Stars.

Brayden Schenn, who had already scored once in the game, picked up the tying goal on the power play with 3:48 to play. He scored another power-play goal with 2:15 left to complete a hat trick and another comeback, as the Flyers brought their winning streak to eight straight games with a 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Saturday afternoon at Wells Fargo Center.

(Kate Frese/Sports Talk Philly) By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor  The push for eight comes on Saturday afternoon. The…

On Saturday morning, the Flyers revealed the jerseys they will don as part of the Stadium Series game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Heinz Field, to be held on Feb. 25, 2017.

The Flyers are now in third place in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, only 2 points behind the New York Rangers and the Pittsburgh Penguins who are tied for first with 37 points. The Flyers currently are only four points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the most points in the league.

Connor McDavid clearly hasn’t forgotten the other player involved in the collision that led to a broken collarbone last season. He exchanged words with Brandon Manning several times on the ice on Thursday and after the game called out the Flyers defenseman.

With three goals in the third period, the Flyers brought their winning streak to seven games in thrilling fashion. It was easily the Flyers craziest game of the season, so there’s definitely plenty of talking points. Here are 10 Postgame Points from the Flyers 6-5 win over the Oilers.

The Flyers pay tribute to the masked men between the pipes for their third Heritage Night of the season on Thursday. A look back at the goalies in Flyers history.

In five straight starts, Steve Mason has five wins, and that has him rapidly closing in on some elite company.

While the thrill of victory was apparent, the Flyers stole another game with great goaltending and a timely goal. But a win is a win, and the Flyers got another two points on Tuesday night against the Florida Panthers. 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Panthers.

Steve Mason was selected as the NHL’s first star of the week after going 4-0-0 with a 1.71 GAA and .945 save percentage in four starts last week.

On Monday, Flyers GM Ron Hextall announced that Matt Read will be out four weeks with an upper-body injury. With news of the injury, the Flyers sent Scott Laughton to the Phantoms and called up Taylor Leier.

Five games in eight days for the Flyers, including a weekend back-to-back, came complete in Nashville on Sunday as the Flyers claimed their fifth straight win with a gutsy effort against the Predators.

In a swap of tough rugged defenseman, the Philadelphia Flyers sent Dan McGillis to the San Jose Sharks for Marcus Ragnarsson.

Early-season growing pains ever present in the Flyers third game of the season in Chicago took a back seat when the Flyers defeated the Blackhawks on Saturday. 10 Postgame Points from Flyers-Blackhawks.

Provorov made his own impact on Saturday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks, scoring twice in 31 seconds and helping the Flyers to their fourth straight win, 3-1, at Wells Fargo Center.

Riding a three-game winning streak for just the second time this season, the Flyers open a tough back-to-back weekend with the Chicago Blackhawks.

At the 25-game mark of the season, how do the Flyers stack up against the rest of the league?