Sean Couturier
When the regular season ends, if the Flyers are somehow still playing and one of 16 teams in the playoffs, it is games like the one on Thursday that you can point to as the reason. The Flyers faced the daunting task of playing from behind on the St. Louis Blues. The Blues entered the […]
View image | gettyimages.com As the Flyers continue to push for a playoff spot, the schedule gets increasingly more difficult as they play eight of the next 11 games against Western Conference teams, many of which are securely in the playoff picture. Thursday continues that stretch as the St. Louis Blues come to town […]
Through two periods, the Flyers didn't look like a team that believed in a playoff run. The third was a different story. The Flyers roared back and erased a two-goal deficit to force overtime and close the playoff gap to five. But they could do no better as Jiri Hudler scored in overtime to give […]
Another week of Flyers hockey down and once again it's time for us to give out our Player and Play of the Week honors. Again, it was a trying week as the Flyers suffered losses to Carolina and Toronto before pulling out a huge win over the Rangers on Saturday. Sean Couturier is our Player of the Week. […]
Photo courtesy of Kate Frese The Philadelphia Flyers (24-23-11) welcome their former head coach to the Wells Fargo Center when they host the NHL leading Nashville Predators (39-13-6) this afternoon. This is the second of two meetings between the teams and lone game in Philadelphia. Game time is 1:00. The game is the first […]
The signs were there. The frustrations of the Flyers captain were on full display as the Flyers suffered a shootout loss on Thursday. His linemate Jake Voracek had just one goal in his previous 15 games – an empty-net goal in Washington on Feb. 8 – but scored a power-play goal on Thursday. The struggles […]
As the Flyers entered this four-game stretch with a pair of games each against the Blue Jackets and Sabres, it was their best chance at making up the points deficit. The Flyers squandered away a point in Columbus, but managed to win in Buffalo on Sunday before dropping a disappointing game to Columbus to open […]
Another week of Flyers hockey down and once again it's time for us to give out our Player and Play of the Week honors. In a 1-0-2 week for the Flyers, which featured wins over the Washington Capitals and overtime losses to both the Montreal Canadiens and Columbus Blue Jackets, the Flyers had one player […]
View image | gettyimages.com Wayne Simmonds scored two goals and added an assist. Ray Emery made 29 saves. In the end, It wasn't enough. Columbus climbed back from a 3-1 deficit midway through the third as Jared Boll and Cam Atkinson each scored to tie it. Artem Anisimov finished off the comeback […]
View image | gettyimages.com Just as it was on Sunday, a nail-biting finish ensued as the Flyers were clinging to a one-goal lead. Ray Emery couldn't fend off the Canadiens forever and with 7:22 to play, Montreal tied the game. From that point, it was Montreal's game to lose if they could find a […]
