Tag: Philadelphia Flyers

Shayne Gostisbehere scored two power-play goals in the preseason home opener at Wells Fargo Center on Monday night in the Flyers 3-1 win over the New York Islanders.

The Flyers have returned three players to juniors: Matthew Strome, Maksim Sushko and Wyatte Wylie. In addition, goalie Liam Hughes was removed from his amateur tryout.

GM Ron Hextall provided an update on Sanheim on Monday, and the prognosis was fairly positive. Sanheim will miss one week with the injury.

The opponent remains the same on Monday night, but the Flyers come back to home ice for the first time. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

It was difficult to find many positives out of this game, a 3-0 loss for the Flyers to the Islanders, and an injury to Travis Sanheim only added to it. 

The Islanders dressed more veterans and that paid off early with a pair of power-play goals in the first, carrying the Islanders to a 3-0 win over the Flyers in Sunday’s preseason opener at Nassau Coliseum.

The preseason gets underway on Sunday afternoon with a group of players taking the ice in Long Island as the Flyers go against the New York Islanders. The game is set to begin at 1 p.m.

News, notes, quotes and more from Day 2 of Flyers training camp.

Notes, news, quotes and line combinations from Day 1 of Flyers training camp.

The guys are back to preview training camp and the preseason. They take a look back at the Rookie Game on Wednesday, discuss prospects, goaltending and some big stories around the NHL this week.

Once a Flyers prospect that flew under the radar, 2016 sixth-round pick Tanner Laczynski has turned heads and should be on the radar now.

Who exactly stood out in the Flyers 6-3 win over the Islanders in East Meadow? Let’s get to it with our Postgame Review. 

Oskar Lindblom picked up five points, including a hat trick, in the Flyers 6-3 win over the Islanders in a Rookie Game held in East Meadow, NY.

The Flyers and New York Islanders will face off once again in a prospects game at 6 p.m. in East Meadow, NY. The game will be live-streamed on the Islanders website.

Morgan Frost was a standout on Day 1 of Flyers rookie camp, showing off his speed. That and more notes from Day 1 of Flyers rookie camp.

On Monday, the Flyers open rookie camp and Phil Myers is among the participants. But for him, rookie camp and the subsequent training camp to follow will take on a new meaning with a possible roster spot on the line.

Flyers defenseman Andrew MacDonald suffered a lower-body injury during an offseason workout and will be out for six weeks, according to GM Ron Hextall.

Hockey is set to return. The Flyers have announced the roster and dates for training camp, which will open next Friday, Sept. 14.

The guys are back to look back on the offseason, the impact on the James van Riemsdyk signing, prospects they are watching in training camp and expectations for the upcoming season.

The Flyers have a number of players who put together solid seasons in 2017-18, but still have something to prove or need a big season in 2018-19. Here are five players who need a big season in 2018-19.

For the Flyers, the conversation seemingly grows every year with more and more prospects nearing the NHL level. That is no different this season, as training camp will feature a number of prospects vying for the chance to make the NHL roster. Here are five prospects to watch throughout training camp.

Carter Hart wore the number 31 in the AHL with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and will keep the number this season, should he be in Allentown. In juniors, he wore No. 70 and that figured to be the number he would take to the NHL. But it seems a new number will be Hart’s choice whenever he makes his NHL debut.

Wayne Simmonds addressed his contract and a possible extension with the Flyers for the first time on Wednesday in a meeting with reporters in Toronto. “We continue to talk,” Simmonds said, but directed more attention to getting healthy first.

In total, the Flyers will have 62 of their 82 games televised on NBCSP and eight more broadcast on NBCSP+.

Ron Hextall’s goal from the day he took over as GM has been to build the Flyers into a Stanley Cup contender. With the roster where it is now, how close are the Flyers to being a true contender?

Six years ago, then Flyers GM Paul Holmgren made a trade that is widely regarded as the worst in franchise history when he sent James van Riemsdyk to Toronto for Luke Schenn. The Flyers president is among the many in Flyers management excited to have JVR back in Orange and Black.

With the Flyers offseason plan essentially complete — with the exception of training camp happenings — have the Flyers done enough to show improvement in key areas from a season ago?

Over the years, when Sean Couturier has not been in the lineup, there is a significant drop in talent and the Flyers lose depth as a result, greatly altering the level of play on the ice. So does that make Couturier the Flyers most valuable player?

The 42nd Flyers Wives Carnival will take place on Sunday, Nov. 18 at Wells Fargo Center.