TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE FOR FLYERS IN 4-2 LOSS TO COYOTES
The Philadelphia Flyers fell to 3-2-0 on their eight-game road trip as they lost their second straight game after the Christmas break. The Flyers fell, 4-2, to the Arizona Coyotes in Glendale on Tuesday night.
The Flyers trailed 3-0 in the third period before a pair of goals by R.J. Umberger cut the deficit back to one goal with 4:47 re
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PREVIEW: FLYERS @ COYOTES
Starting the second half an eight-game road trip, the Philadelphia Flyers (14-15-6) are in Glendale on Tuesday to take on the Arizona Coyotes (13-18-4). Game time is 9:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised on CSN Philadelphia.
This is the first of two meetings between the teams this season. The clubs will rematch in Philadelphia on Jan. 27. Last season, each club
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PREDATORS STRIKE FLYERS’ ACHILLES HEEL
Despite their gaudy 23-9-2 record, special teams have not been an asset for the Nashville Predators this season. Most of their wins come by virtue of even strength dominance. Peter Laviolette’s team entered last night’s game ranked as the NHL’s top five-on-five team in goal differential. However, Nashville ranked near the bottom of the NHL in both power p
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PREVIEW: FLYERS @ PREDATORS
Resuming an eight-game road trip in which the team won each of the first three games prior to the NHL’s three-night Christmas break, the Philadelphia Flyers (14-14-6) are in Music City to take on the Nashville Predators (22-9-2). Game time is 8:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised on CSN Philadelphia.
This is the first of two meetings between the teams this sea
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EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS: FLYERS’ REMAINING ROAD TRIP IS GRUELING
The National Hockey League’s three-night break over Christmas is not excessively long — no one bats an eye at a two-night break in a team’s schedule — and may have come at a valuable time for the Philadelphia. While the team has won each of the first three games of its season-high eight-game road trip and has points in nine of the la
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FLYERS PROSPECTS AT THE WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Flyers will have three prospects at the 2014-15 World Junior Championships in Toronto and Montreal. Samuel Morin (2013 first-round pick) will represent tournament host Canada. Phantoms defenseman Robert Hägg will represent Sweden’s Under-20 team for the third and final time. Meanwhile, 2014 fifth-round pick Oskar Lindblom will make his WJC
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FLYERS TAME WILD, START ROAD TRIP WITH THREE WINS
The Philadelphia Flyers could not have asked for a better start to their eight game road trip: wins over the Toronto Maple Leafs, Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota Wild. The club heads into the three-night Christmas break with an even 14-14-6 ledger for the season after grabbing points in nine of the last 10 games (6-1-3).
On Tuesday night in St.
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PREVIEW: FLYERS @ WILD
Looking for their third consecutive win to start an eight-game road trip, the Philadelphia Flyers (13-14-6) are in St. Paul to take on the Minnesota Wild (16-12-3) on Tuesday night. Game time is 7:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised on The Comcast Network Philadelphia.
This is the second and final meeting of the season between the two teams. On Nov. 20 in Philadelp
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FLYERS PULL OFF TWO-GOAL COMEBACK, KNOCK DOWN JETS IN OT
The Philadelphia Flyers completed a successful weekend in Canada with a 4-3 overtime win against the Winnipeg Jets at the MTS Centre on Sunday night. It wasn’t easy.
Jakub Voracek scored goals in the opening minute of the first period and the 10-second mark of overtime. Vincent Lecavalier collected third-period goals on a deflection an
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PREVIEW: FLYERS @ JETS
Looking for back-to-back wins to start an eight-game road trip, the Philadelphia Flyers (12-14-6) are in Manitoba to take on the Winnipeg Jets (17-10-6) on Sunday night. Game time is 9:00 p.m. EST. The game will be televised on The Comcast Network Philadelphia.
This is the first of two meetings between the teams this season, and the lone game in Winnipeg. They will rem
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