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YWT: The Philadelphia Flyers Podcast – YWT #85 – First Live Show
| Leave a CommentThe YWT Podcast was recorded live this week following the Flyers 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins in their first Round Robin game. Topics include: the Travis Sanheim-Phil Myers pairing, Carter Hart’s playoff debut and a look at the other qualifying round series.
Read more »Flyers Open Round Robin Strong with Win Over Bruins
| Leave a CommentCarter Hart made 34 saves in his playoff debut and Phil Myers scored a goal as the Flyers depth and young talent came through in a 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins in the Round Robin opener on Sunday afternoon.
Read more »Flyers Confidence Has Not Wavered with Defensive Pairings
| Leave a CommentWhen training camp started a couple weeks ago and the Flyers started to work back to where they were before the pause, the pairings remained the same and they have been unchanged since then. Alain Vigneault said he doesn’t plan to change them anytime soon.
Read more »Flyers Announce 31-Man Roster for Toronto
| Leave a CommentIn total, 17 forwards of 18 in camp and 10 defensemen of 12 in camp made the roster. All four goalies from camp made the trip. Here is the Flyers final roster for Phase 4.
Read more »Flyers Day 5 Phase 3 Update: Protecting the Net
| Leave a CommentFor the entire season, Ivan Provorov and Matt Niskanen have been united together. Assistant coach Mike Yeo, who runs the defense, said that they have been the quickest to get up to speed.
Read more »Alain Vigneault’s Strong Case for Jack Adams
| Leave a CommentFrom the beginning, Alain Vigneault brought in an authority and leadership that was lacking in the Flyers locker room. That leadership and guidance has given Vigneault a strong case for a Jack Adams Award nomination.
Read more »Flyers Day 1 Phase 3 Update: Back to Business
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers were back on the ice for Day 1 of Phase 3 training camps as they prepare for the return to play and the 24-team playoff that is about to take place and the first practice was a test of conditioning to evaluate where each player is after a four-month pause.
Read more »Flyers Announce Roster for Phase 3 Training Camp
| 1 Comment on Flyers Announce Roster for Phase 3 Training CampAs Phase 3 of the NHL’s return-to-play plan begin, the Flyers unveiled their roster for training camp on Monday morning.
Read more »What Makes Alain Vigneault the Perfect Coach for Philadelphia
| Leave a CommentThe Flyers were long rumored to be interested in and to hire Joel Quenneville as their head coach, but the veteran bench boss opted for Florida instead. The Flyers did hire another coach with a solid track record in Alain Vigneault, and he has proven to be a perfect fit in Philadelphia. But what makes him so successful?
Read more »Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher: ‘We’re a Tough Out Right Now’
| Leave a CommentWith everything going their way, pushing pause had to be difficult. Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher joined Mike Gill on The Sports Bash on 97.3 ESPN on Monday afternoon and offered his thoughts.
Read more »Hextall Comments on Current Flyers: ‘I’m Happy for Those Guys’
| Leave a CommentRon Hextall was fired as Flyers GM over a year ago in late November of 2018 and yet his fingerprints remain all over this roster. In an interview with NBC Sports Philadelphia’s John Clark, Hextall expressed his feelings for the current team and the young players experiencing some success.
Read more »Series in Review: Flyers-Penguins 2018
| Leave a CommentFor the next few weeks, we’ll take a look back on several playoff series in Flyers history, both won and lost by the Flyers, and review them to see some of the turning points within the series and how the result could have been different. We begin with the Flyers last playoff series back in 2018 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Read more »Flyers Top 10 Games of 2019-20…So Far
| Leave a CommentOver the course of the season suspension, the NHL put together lists of the top plays for each team. There are still several games Flyers fans can look back on with great fondness this season, especially as the team started to make a push for the playoffs and challenged for a division title. So with that, here are our Top 10 games of the Flyers 2019-20 season (so far).
Read more »Flyers Run Prior to Pause a Clear Sign Window is Just Opening
| Leave a CommentIt remains a mystery at this point if and when the season will return. Who knows how much of a regular season will be left after this suspension? Who knows what the playoffs will look like? But whenever the league comes out of this stoppage and gets back to playing, let it be known that the Flyers window to compete is just opening up.
Read more »Rask Blanks Flyers, Streak Ends at 9
| Leave a CommentTuukka Rask stole the show, making 36 saves in a shutout to snap the Flyers winning streak at nine games in a 2-0 Bruins win.
Read more »Flyers D Phil Myers Out 4 Weeks with Fractured Patella
| Leave a CommentFlyers defenseman Phil Myers will be out for approximately four weeks with a fractured patella, GM Chuck Fletcher announced on Tuesday.
Read more »Hart Lifts Flyers Over Sabres for 9th Straight Win
| Leave a CommentCarter Hart made 38 saves in helping to lift the Flyers to their ninth straight win, a 3-1 defeat of the Sabres, allowing them to keep pace in the Metropolitan Division with the Washington Capitals in a tie for first place.
Read more »Flyers Hold Off Rangers Rally for 6th Straight Win
| Leave a CommentDerek Grant got his first two points as a Flyer, assisting on a shorthanded goal and getting the eventual game-winning goal in the Flyers 5-3 win over the New York Rangers on Sunday afternoon.
Read more »Hayes Scores OT Winner as Flyers Sweep Blue Jackets
| Leave a CommentIn overtime, it was Kevin Hayes playing hero, scoring the game-winning goal with 1:09 remaining to give the Flyers a 4-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.
Read more »Hart Wins in Return as Flyers Down Panthers
| Leave a CommentCarter Hart was solid in his return to the lineup and the Flyers picked up a 4-1 win over the Florida Panthers to maintain their pace in the playoff race.
Read more »Go Figure, Flyers Get Back on Track Against Division-Leading Capitals
| Leave a Comment“It was a strong team win, we had saves at the right time, but go figure, we were able to score seven tonight and weren’t able to score one last game.” Go figure is right. After getting shut out by the last-place Devils on Thursday, the Flyers scored seven goals against the Metropolitan Division-leading Capitals. “It’s the beauty of the game,” Vigneault said with a smile.
Read more »Inconsistencies That Need to Change for Flyers
| Leave a CommentWith the recent struggles and inconsistencies over the last 10 games, the Philadelphia Flyers are looking for some resurgence in multiple areas of their game.
Read more »Flyers Rally from 3 Down, Defeat Bruins in Shootout
| Leave a CommentAfter erasing a 5-2 deficit, the strangest of endings in the shootout helped the Flyers get the 6-5 come-from-behind win to defeat the Bruins on Monday night at Wells Fargo Center.
Read more »Vasilevskiy Hands Flyers 1st Shutout Loss of Season
| Leave a CommentThrough 44 games, the Flyers had not been shut out all season, but Andrei Vasilevskiy handed the Flyers their first as the Lightning claimed their 10th straight win, 1-0, on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Center.
Read more »Flyers-Capitals Observations: No Place Like Home
| Leave a CommentAgainst the Washington Capitals, the NHL’s top team in the standings, the Flyers looked every bit the part of the contender they were believed to be before the holiday break, securing a 3-2 win to improve to 14-2-4 on home ice and snap a four-game losing streak.
Read more »Hayes Scores Shorthanded, Flyers Knock Off NHL-Best Capitals
| Leave a CommentKevin Hayes scored on a shorthanded breakaway to give the Flyers a 3-2 lead that they would hold through the remainder of the game, snapping a four-game losing streak on Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center with a win against the NHL’s top team, the Washington Capitals.
Read more »Flyers Rally to Force OT, Fall to Hurricanes
| Leave a CommentDougie Hamilton fired through the five-hole to seal a 5-4 win for the Hurricanes over the Flyers, giving them their fourth straight loss and a 1-4-1 record on a six-game road trip on Tuesday night.
Read more »Hayes Scores Twice Against Former Team as Flyers Down Rangers
| Leave a CommentKevin Hayes struck for a pair of goals in the third period against his former team, including the game-winner as the Flyers went into the holiday break with their fourth straight win, defeating the Rangers, 5-1, on Monday night at Wells Fargo Center.
Read more »Kase’s 1st NHL Goal Helps Flyers Top Ducks
| Leave a CommentIt was far from a perfect game, but with the help of great goaltending and some timely scoring in the second and third periods, the Flyers were able to snap a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Center.
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