Training Camp Report: Hakstol sets early tone with pace

Friday marked the first day of ice time for the Flyers veterans hit the ice this season and from the get-go, new Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol set the tone.  Hakstol brings a method of attack to the Flyers, a sense of urgency and playing a 200-foot game for 60 minutes. Through practices and the […]

Kevin Durso  •  18 Sep 2015
Projecting Flyers Team Awards for 2015-16

  View image | gettyimages.com Every year at the end of each season, the Flyers announce a list of awards to recognize individual accomplishments and honors. It's the Flyers version of the NHL awards in the sense that they hand out most valuable player, best defenseman and most improved – to name a few. With […]

Zach Hopkins  •  06 Aug 2015
What does magician Hextall have up his sleeve next?

  In just a little more than four months, Flyers GM Ron Hextall has gone from your average, ordinary general manager to a magician at work.   He traded 40-year-old veteran Kimmo Timonen, who had not played all season and had two months left in his playing career, for Chicago’s second-round pick. He turned Braydon Coburn into […]

Kevin Durso  •  03 Jul 2015
Hextall’s offseason plan in full swing after Draft

Upon the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, Flyers GM Ron Hextall had a checklist of items. Find a new head coach to take his visions and blueprints of the roster and make them work on the ice. Check. Dave Hakstol makes the jump from the NCAA to the NHL in 2015-16. Acquire a stud defenseman. Check. […]

Kevin Durso  •  01 Jul 2015
Between Hextall and Hakstol, how much do we know about Flyers offseason?

It has already been an eventful offseason for the Flyers and the offseason is only really just beginning. True to their word, the Flyers and GM Ron Hextall sent Craig Berube packing not long after the conclusion of the season and made the new hire official prior to the NHL Draft. Enter Dave Hakstol, the […]

Kevin Durso  •  17 Jun 2015
Offseason of questions begins for Hextall, Flyers

  View image | gettyimages.com The Flyers offseason is an array of questions. What was the true downfall of the team? What can make the team a playoff team again? What can make the team elite? How do they get there? Is there anybody here who can help them get there? Who stays and who […]

Kevin Durso  •  15 Apr 2015
Flyers play host to Tavares, Islanders

Brayden Schenn takes a shot on Jaroslav Halak. Photo Courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers (32-29-18) have just three games remaining on their 2014-15 season. They will play the first of those final three tonight as they welcome John Tavares, Kyle Okposo and the rest of the  New York Islanders (46-27-6) to the Wells […]

Bill Minchin  •  07 Apr 2015
Postgame Perspective: Different role for Flyers in another win over Penguins

If the Flyers don't win another game this season, and fade away as a disappointing season, at least they will have Sunday's game against the Penguins to hang their hat on. The Flyers completed a season sweep of the Penguins with wins on Wednesday and Sunday, both by a score of 4-1. Sunday's game, the […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Apr 2015
Flyers storm past Penguins, complete season sweep

Every time the Penguins fired a shot, Steve Mason was there to answer the call. Through 22 first-period shots, Mason made 21 saves, easily keeping the Flyers in the game. One save stood out, a glove save on Craig Adams robbing him on a rebound chance. It was arguably Mason's best save of the season. […]

Kevin Durso  •  05 Apr 2015