Michael Del Zotto
Jake Voracek carries a five-game points streak into Tuesday's night's game against the Oilers. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) The Flyers trip to Florida last week ended with two different losses, a hard-fought 4-3 defeat in Tampa and a listless loss to the Panthers. This week, the Flyers enjoy the confines of home for three games. […]
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Jake Voracek and the Flyers go for their first home win of the season against the Red Wings on Saturday. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) The Flyers first win of the season in Dallas a week ago should have given them momentum heading into Chicago. It didn't. But the Flyers did rally the next […]
There are times where Braydon Coburn looks totally out of place in the Flyers defensive system. I even criticized his positioning on the Bruins first goal on Wednesday night. But it is games like the Flyers home opener on Thursday, a 6-4 loss to the Devils, where his absence proves costly. Less of Coburn means […]
The Flyers open the 2014-15 season against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. The Flyers were 0-2-1 against the Bruins in 2013-14. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) One goal separated the Flyers from the second round of the playoffs and their postseason fate, a first-round exit at the hands of the New York Rangers. That was […]
Claude Giroux, Jake Voracek and the Flyers open the 2014-15 season in Boston against the Bruins on Wednesday night. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) The wait is over. The 2014-15 NHL season has arrived and on Wednesday night, the Flyers kick things off against the Boston Bruins. After a 3-3-2 preseason, the Flyers enter the regular […]
Vincent Lecavalier scored 20 goals and added 17 assists in a disappointing 2013-14 season. (Photo by Amy Irvin/38Photography) The start of the NHL season marks a time of new beginnings. For the Flyers, there are several new beginnings. The team underwent a minor overhaul of sorts as they stayed quite in free agency. There is […]
In the wake of Kimmo Timonen's injury, the Flyers had to get active. Ron Hextall said he would rather go after a veteran free agent or find a defenseman through a trade than promote a young player to a major role so early in a career. Lucky for Hextall, there was a good back-up plan […]
