FLYERS PRACTICE REPORT
After taking a complete off-day yesterday, the Flyers resume practice today at the Skate Zone in preparation for a home game on Friday against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Practice starts at 10:30 a.m. EST.
Defenseman Andrew MacDonald (lower body, believed to be a right knee injury) is expected to participate in practice today. He resumed skating at last Thursday’s morn
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FLYERS OFF-DAY UPDATES
The Flyers are taking a complete off day today, with no dryland or on-ice activities. Practice resumes per normal tomorrow at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ. Several items of note:
* The Flyers will be without defenseman Luke Schenn for approximately two weeks due to an upper body (i.e. left shoulder) injury sustained on Saturday night when he crashed into the end bo
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PREVIEW: FLYERS VS. AVALANCHE
Looking for their third straight win before heading into a five-night hiatus, the Philadelphia Flyers (6-5-2) play host to the Colorado Avalanche (4-6-5) at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday night. Game time 7:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised locally on CSN Philadelphia.
This is the first of two meetings between the teams this season. The season series w
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FLYERS AVENGE THEMSELVES AGAINST FLORIDA WITH 4-1 WIN
Determined not to fall into the same rut that led to a 2-1 road loss last Saturday against an injury-depleted Florida Panthers team, the Philadelphia Flyers got off to a quick start and never looked back in a 4-1 win over Florida at the Wells Fargo Center on Thursday night. With the win, the Flyers improved their overall record to 6-5-2 and
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PREVIEW: FLYERS VS. PANTHERS
The Philadelphia Flyers (5-5-2) will try to avenge last Saturday’s 2-1 road loss to the Florida Panthers (4-3-3) when the clubs rematch tonight at the Wells Fargo Center. Game time is 7:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised locally on CSN Phiadelphia.
This is the second of three meetings between the Flyers and Panthers this season, and the first of two in Phila
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The Philadelphia Flyers conducted a relatively short but high-tempo practice at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ, today in preparation to play the Florida Panthers tomorrow night at the Wells Fargo Center. The big news of the day was that the team learned they will be without first line left wing Michael Raffl for six weeks. Head coach Craig Berube will use Chris VandeVelde in Raffl’s place tomorrow
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FLYERS CRUISE PAST EDMONTON, 4-1
The Philadelphia Flyers rode a spectacular two-goal performance by Jakub Voracek, the stellar goaltending of Steve Mason and a 4-for-4 performance on the penalty kill to sail to a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. It may not have been a flawless 60 minutes of hockey for the Flyers but it was a game where they got off to a quick start and the lea
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PREVIEW: FLYERS VS. OILERS
The Philadelphia Flyers (4-5-2) will look to get back on the winning track at home after absorbing a pair of regulation losses in their two-game Florida road trip. Tonight, Craig Berube’s club will take on Dallas Eakins’ Edmonton Oilers (4-6-1). Game time at the Wells Fargo Center is 7:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised on CSN Philadelphia.
This is the first o
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FLYERS SECOND POWER PLAY UNIT REMAINS A TROUBLE SPOT
Even the best power plays in the NHL experience ebbs and flows over the course of the season. That is why it is important for a club to be consistently good in five-on-five play. Teams that live by the power play will ultimately die by it.
The Flyers top power play unit has not produced much of late in terms of goals but it is as least ge
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