DEL ZOTTO ROLLERCOASTER SEASON BACK ON UPSWING

The 2014-15 season has been a strange ride for Flyers defenseman Michael Del Zotto, filled with rather extreme lows and highs. Of late, things have been going well both for him and for the team. He carries a six-game point streak, including similarly nifty goals in back-to-back games in which he hit the long-side corner from the bottom of left cir

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Over the course of the team’s current four-game winning streak book-ending the NHL All-Star break, the Philadelphia Flyers have done something that has been elusive for them for much of the season: win games by a variety of different means.

Heading into the break, the Flyers won a 3-2 game against Pittsburgh that was emotional, penalty-laden and fight-filled. They returned from the break one we

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PREVIEW: FLYERS VS. MAPLE LEAFS

Playing the fourth match of a five-game homestand, Craig Berube’s Philadelphia Flyers (21-22-7) host Peter Horachek’s Toronto Maple Leafs (22-24-4) at the Wells Fargo Center on Thursday night. Game time is 7:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised on CSN Philadelphia.

This is the second of three meetings between the teams this season, and the lone game in Phil

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MASON’S MATURITY SHINED IN WIN AGAINST WINNIPEG

There is a good reason why young goaltenders generally take longer to develop than their counterparts who play forward or defense. Being a consistently successful goaltender, especially at the NHL level, requires not only assembling an array of different physical components like a jigsaw puzzle but also clearing mental and emotional hurdles.

W

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FLYERS SHOOT DOWN JETS, 5-2

The Wells Fargo Center has been a home sweet home to the Philadelphia Flyers for the majority of the 2014-15 season. On Thursday night, the Flyers skated to a 5-2 win on home ice against a Winnipeg Jets team that entered the night with the NHL’s best road record.

The win was Philadelphia’s third straight on a five-game homestand bookending the All-Star break. For

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PREVIEW: FLYERS VS. JETS

Playing the third match of a five-game homestand, Craig Berube’s Philadelphia Flyers (20-22-7) host Paul Maurice’s Winnipeg Jets (26-15-8) at the Wells Fargo Center on Thursday night. Game time is 7:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised on CSN Philadelphia.

This is the second and final meeting of the season between the inter-conference teams and the lone game in Ph

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Coming off of Tuesday night’s 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes, the Philadelphia Flyers conducted a regular practice session at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ on Wednesday. The Winnipeg Jets come to town on Thursday night.

Flyers defenseman Nick Schultz took a maintenance day off from practice. He is expected to play against the Jets.

With flu-riddled Michael Raffl still not ready

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Flyers Erase Early Deficit, Down Coyotes 4-3 via Shootout

It was far from the ideal way to start their first game after the All-Star break, but the Philadelphia Flyers stormed back to overcome an early 2-0 deficit and defeat the Arizona Coyotes 4-3 via shootout at the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday night.

Philadelphia found itself trailing by a pair of goals just 5:50 into the first period. F

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PREVIEW: FLYERS VS. COYOTES

Returning to action after the NHL’s All-Star break, Craig Berube’s Philadelphia Flyers (19-22-7) are home to play Dave Tippett’s Arizona Coyotes (16-25-5) at the Wells Fargo Center on Tuesday night. Game time is 7:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised on CSN Philadelphia.

This is the second and final meeting of the season between the inter-conference teams and t

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FLYERS GET BACK TO BUSINESS

The Philadelphia Flyers return to the rink on Monday afternoon for a scheduled 2 p.m. practice at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ. The team’s post-All-Star break schedule commences on Tuesday when the Flyers host the Arizona Coyotes at the Wells Fargo Center.

Weather permitting, a post-practice update will be posted later today.

In yesterday’s NHL All-Star Ga

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