Jamie Benn
The Dallas Stars come in on Thursday night with wins in five of their last seven games. The Flyers will look to avoid a ninth straight defeat.
Periodically, I am asked to do the three-star selection at Flyers home games at the Wells Fargo Center. The process is harder than it may look.
The NHL All-Star Game, set to take place on Jan. 31, recently announced the four team captains from the four divisions of the NHL. The new format, a 3-on-3 tournament, will feature all four divisional teams competing against each other in a winner-take-all format. The East-West matchup will remain, as the Atlantic and Metropolitan Divisions […]
In a key Thursday night win in St. Louis, Claude Giroux's 11th goal of the season had some added flare. And why not? It not only gave the Flyers a 3-1 lead, but completed a checklist of goal scoring against the rest of the NHL. Giroux has at least one goal against every other team […]
Embed from Getty Images Facing the NHL's best one day after playing a tough St. Louis Blues team is might as well have been a death sentence. The Stars, on two-days rest, put the pedal to the metal and had the Flyers on their heels for most of the night. The Flyers kept it […]
The Flyers all acknowledged the magnitude of a 4-2 win against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday two days after nearly rebounding from 3-1 deficit to earn a point against the New York Islanders. This was a demanding week for the Flyers on paper and so far, the Flyers have passed the test with two […]
The road has become the place of success for the Flyers. A victory over the St. Louis Blues, one of the NHL's better teams, is certainly a big one for the Orange and Black. But the current road winning streak, now at four games, is also a big step for a team that has struggled […]
December 5, 2005 The trading of prospects can lead to some wonderful things, or terrible blunders. It’s all in how someone views young talent and their potential. With the Flyers front office, they didn’t see what another team apparently did. In a relatively small footnote to the 2005-06 season, the Flyers made a trade with the […]
Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese Mats Zuccarello scored with just 56 seconds left in the third period to give the New York Rangers a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday. The win was New York's ninth straight and 11th in their last 13 contests. They are now 14-2-2 on the season and […]
The NHL has seen it's first coaching casualty of the season. The Columbus Blue Jackets announced earlier this week they have fired head coach Todd Richards. The decision comes on the heels of the Jackets 0-7-0 start through Tuesday night.
