FLYERS ANNOUNCE PRESS CONFERENCE

The Flyers will be holding an 11:30 a.m. press conference today at the Wells Fargo Center. A full report will follow later today. There is little mystery as to the reason for the press conference: Paul Holmgren will be named team president and Ron Hextall will be named general manager.

Today’s planned blog — a look at Ray Emery’s season and future — will r

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Akeson Advances His Cause

Players like Flyers forward Jason Akeson often find themselves battling uphill to reach the National Hockey League and having to work even harder to stay there. Akeson has led the AHL’s Adirondack Phantoms in scoring in each of the last three seasons. Originally an undrafted free agent signed in 2011, Akeson has demonstrated that he has NHL caliber offensive skills.

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At the time the Flyers signed Vincent Lecavalier last summer following his amnesty buyout by the Tampa Bay Lightning, the majority of the reaction around Philadelphia was positive. One frustrating year later, the tune has changed.

As with everything else in hockey and life, context is needed.

Last season, when the Flyers missed the playoffs, there was a widespread belief that the team had mi

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One of the biggest conundrums that teams in all sports face is knowing when to be patient through a young player’s learning curve. Progress isn’t always rapid from year to year, and there are sometimes seeming backward steps along the way.

Charting improvement isn’t always a straight upward arrow from a player’s first training camp to the point where he reaches his maximum potential. On the ot

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FLYERS IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO START AT EVEN STRENGTH

When pundits talk about the keys to success in hockey, much of the focus is inevitably placed on goaltending and special teams. That’s especially true in the playoffs. While these are undeniably vital areas for a hockey club, teamwide five-on-five play is a better predictor of how far a team is likely to go in the postseason presuming it receiv

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FRIDAY QUICK HITS

* At five o’clock today, the Flyers’ players will clean out their lockers for the summer. Paul Holmgren will address the media one hour later. I will have a full blog update later today.

* Flyers captain Claude Giroux is a Hart Trophy finalist this season in a field that also includes Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby and Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf. Finishing in the top three of the

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The Philadelphia Flyers’ 2013-14 season is over, following a 2-1 road loss to the New York Rangers in the seventh and deciding game of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series. The Rangers advance to play the Pittsburgh Penguins in the second round, with the winner taking on the victor of the Boston Bruins versus Montreal Canadiens series.

Philadelphia wasted another brilliant goaltending

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Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 7: Flyers @ Rangers

Boasting wins in all the even-numbered games in their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal playoff series after dropping all of the odd-numbered ones, the Philadelphia Flyers have forced a seventh and deciding game with the New York Rangers. Game time at Madison Square Garden is 7:00 p.m. EDT. The The match will be televised locally on Comcas

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Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Game 6: Flyers vs. Rangers

Needing a win to stay alive in the Eastern Conference playoffs and force a seventh game, the Philadelphia Flyers will play host to the New York Rangers in Game Six. Game time at the Wells Fargo Center is 7:30 p.m. EDT. The match will be televised locally on Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia, nationally in the U.S. on NBCSN and across Canad

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FLYERS CHASE GAME AND SERIES TO THE CLIFF

Out of the five games played in their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series with the New York Rangers, the Philadelphia Flyers have yielded the first goal in four. Twice the Flyers have managed to bounce back to win the game. The Flyers have shown themselves all season to be a resilient team. Nevertheless, constantly chasing the game is a recipe for lo

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