Sam Gagner
View image | gettyimages.com Claude Giroux led the Flyers third period comeback. The captain scored his second of the season to give the Flyers life. Wayne Simmonds tied the game three minutes later before Giroux would finish it off in overtime to give the Flyers a 5-4 victory Wednesday night in Boston.
A five-day break bred a 2-1 loss to Dallas on Tuesday night, dropping the Flyers to 2-2-1 on the season. Five points in five games is not miserable, but the Flyers could certainly have done better. As expected, this team has experienced growing pains of learning a new system under a new coach and trying […]
On a night when they honored Kimmo Timonen, the Flyers turned in a defensive performance that served as a fitting tribute. Against the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Flyers continued to play the tight defense they displayed on Monday. Michal Neuvirth was also on point again. The Flyers backup goalie turned in his second straight […]
The Flyers opened the season by facing the defending Eastern Conference champions in Tampa Bay and took that game to overtime. On Wednesday, the Flyers get their shot at the defending Stanley Cup champions on home ice. The Chicago Blackhawks are in town for the Flyers fourth game of the season. The opening face-off […]
If the Flyers could take one lesson from a 7-1 loss in Florida on Saturday, it was that they could not rely on a goaltender to bail them out time and time again in games. Defensively, they would need to make plays at every part of the ice. In Monday night's season opener, the team […]
Brayden Schenn picked up a rebound after a great effort by a driving Sam Gagner. At 5:57, the Flyers had the lead. Wells Fargo Center was roaring following the goal, which came almost immediately after a huge momentum booster for the Flyers, who had successfully killed a four-minute, double-minor. That goal would be the only […]
Here is it: game No. 1 of 82. It is only the beginning for the Flyers, and for now, they start with the rest of the NHL’s 30 teams. They have a clean slate after a few forgettable seasons that saw them miss the playoffs twice and fall out in the first round in the […]
New Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol is presented with an instant challenge. The purpose behind his hiring for Ron Hextall was to be the coach that could instill a winning system and lead the Orange and Black back to the playoffs and beyond. That challenge begins on Thursday night as the Flyers open their season […]
After two weeks of camp practices and preseason games, the Flyers final roster has been set. Here are the 23 players to make the team.
With the news that Andrew MacDonald would be placed on waivers, the Flyers final roster was solidified. That right there locked 21-year-old Scott Laughton and 25-year-old Brandon Manning onto the opening night roster. But it was really more than that. In practices on both Saturday and Monday, Laughton and Manning were not extras. They are […]
