Wayne Simmonds
Vincent Lecavalier and Kimmo Timonen celebrate after Lecavalier scored to give the Flyers a 5-4 win over the Capitals in overtime on Sunday afternoon. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) The Comeback Kids did it again. Fresh off a 4-2 win over the New York Rangers, the first two periods were far from a good effort for […]
Wayne Simmonds and Alex Ovechkin both register goals in wins on Saturday afternoon. The Flyers and Capitals face off on Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Amy Irvin/Flyerdelphia) Both the Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals spent Saturday afternoon playing teams in the playoff race in the Eastern Conference. Both came away with 4-2 wins. The Flyers win […]
Anton Stralman directs the puck into his own net for the Flyers first goal in a 4-2 win over the Rangers on Saturday. Vincent Lecavalier (not pictured) was credited with the goal. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) When the Flyers returned from the Olympic break with a 7-3 loss to the San Jose Sharks, it was […]
Claude Giroux and the Flyers scored four third-period goals in a 5-2 win against the San Jose Sharks on Feb. 3. (Photo Courtesy of Flyers.com) The last time we left the Philadelphia Flyers, they had closed out a four-game winning streak at home against the Calgary Flames. The four-game streak also included a meeting with […]
Ed Snider commented on the Flyers' roster moves in recent years in a Friday interview in the Philadelphia Inquirer. (Photo Courtesy of Philly.com) This season has been full of sound bytes from the Flyers owner and chairman. Ed Snider has stood by his laurels all season. When the Flyers fired head coach Peter Laviolette just three […]
Welcome to Around the Net, a bi-weekly look through linkage at the Philadelphia Flyers and other news from around the NHL. Olympic Hockey gets started Zetterberg out for remainder of Games Good for Wings fans, I guess:[Kulka's Korner-George Malik] Olympic hockey results Today's results and links:[NBCOlympics.com] ICYMI Team USA rolled in their first game and […]
With a 4th straight win against the Flames, the Flyers matched their longest winning streak of the season The Flyers celebrate after Scott Hartnell scored the game-winning goal in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Flames. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) The Olympic break is a blessing and a curse for the Philadelphia Flyers. They spent the […]
Image Courtesy of USAToday.com Michael Raffl’s third period goal that put the Flyers up 2-0 would turn out to be the game-winner, as Philadelphia would hang on to beat the Avalanche 2-1. Mark Streit scored his eighth goal of the season, on the power play, in second period to give the Flyers an early […]
Image courtesy of Dustin Bradford Colorado Avalanche (36-15-5) @ Philadelphia Flyers (28-23-6), 7:00pm, CSN-Philly/ALT After winning the final two games in their three-game West Coast swing, the Philadelphia Flyers return home for a pair of games before the Olympic break with the first coming tonight against the Colorado Avalanche. It was a one-goal affair in […]
The Sharks will be without Logan Couture for Monday's game against the Flyers. (Photo Courtesy of ESPN.com) After their loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday to open the current three-game road trip, the Philadelphia Flyers certainly got a boost with a shutout win in Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon. Now the road trip concludes […]