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Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia The Lehigh Valley Phantoms avenged Saturday night's loss in Allentown that snapped a five-game winning streak by bursting the door down of the team who broke it, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, with a 4-1 win in Bridgeport on Sunday night.
Embed from Getty Images The Flyers system features a "Big Five" group of prospects on the blue line. One of those players is having a tremendous rookie season in the NHL. Two others have been a part of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the AHL all season. Two others were continuing to build their resumes in […]
The next few days are crucial for Ron Hextall. The Flyers GM has just four days remaining before the trade deadline hits. The Flyers are currently riding a fine line, trailing a spot in the playoffs by three points. That leaves them with a difficult decision about the future. Based on the standings and the […]
Embed from Getty Images Back in 2014, prior to the June Draft held in Philadelphia, the Flyers were struggling to find a blue line staple. Before Shayne Gostisbehere was ready to make the leap to the NHL, before the Flyers drafted Travis Sanheim and Ivan Provorov, and with Sam Morin still several years away […]
Photo: Nina Weiss/Flyerdelphia To say that this upcoming stretch for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms is crucial would be an understatement. With seven of the next eight games at the friendly confines of PPL Center, the Phantoms were presented with a perfect opportunity to make a drive to playoff contention. Starting it off on the right note […]
Photo: Steve Kuzma/Flyerdelphia When you outshoot an opponent, 27-1, in the third period of a one-goal game and still lose, it's hard to imagine things getting much worse. But on Saturday night, an already long stretch of frustration continued for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Adam Tambellini's goal at 1:51 of the third period proved to […]
Embed from Getty Images It's been a week since Ron Hextall completed his fifth trade on the path to freeing up cap space and starting to help the Flyers turn the corner from building the future to watching it progress to the NHL and form what is hoped to become a contender. But in […]
Embed from Getty Images In a span of about eight hours, two Flyers defensive prospects showed just how bright the future is. The terms "prospect" and "future" are used loosely here. It's hard to be considered a prospect and part of the future when you're having success at hockey's highest level. Shayne Gostisbehere scored […]
Embed from Getty Images It's time for another edition of Fan Files, checking in with our Flyers fan writers to see what their thoughts are on the current season from a fan's perspective. This week, we check in with FlyerRob, as he gives us his five gifts of Flyers Christmas.
It started when Mark Streit went down with an injury, but Michael Del Zotto really emerged as a workhorse in the last three games. In the Flyers Black Friday game, which went to overtime, Del Zotto played 25:34. In Saturday's shutout win against the Rangers, Del Zotto played 29:20 as the Flyers dealt with a […]
