By Craig Merz, Flyers.com COLUMBUS — Five players scored and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky was sharp again as the Columbus Blue Jackets extended their franchise-best winning streak to eight games Thursday with a 5-2 win against the Philadelphia Flyers. The team effort was ...
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Flyers Fall to Hurricanes in Makeup Game
Report from nhl.com It took an extra 24 hours, but the Carolina Hurricanes got the two points they came to Philadelphia for. Jiri Tlusty’s goal with 6:10 remaining in regulation broke a tie and the Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers ...
Read More »Flyers Sign Mason to New Contract
Report from Flyers.com The Philadelphia Flyers have signed 6-4, 217-lb goaltender Steve Mason to a multi-year contract extension, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. Mason, 25 (5/29/88), was acquired by the Flyers from the Columbus Blue Jackets on April 3, 2013 in ...
Read More »Tampa Ends Flyers’ Home Streak With 6-3 Win
Sometimes it’s called pond hockey. Other times, you might hear it referred to as a track meet. Back and forth. Up and Down. Run and Gun. Whatever moniker you want to put on it, it’s a style of play that ...
Read More »Rinaldo Lands on IR, Flyers Promote McGinn
The Philadelphia Flyers announced that they have placed forward Zac Rinaldo on Injured Reserve and recalled forward Tye McGinn from their AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, this morning, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. McGinn, 23, has six goals and 12 points in 28 games ...
Read More »Flyers Rally to Beat Brodeur, Devils in OT
By Jay Greenberg, Flyers.com NEWARK – No question, Claude Giroux saw more of the net than Marty Brodeur saw of Claude Giroux. Did it look as wide open as Steve Yzerman’s throat? Probably not, but whatever the Flyers captain envisioned himself shooting at, he ...
Read More »Flyers’ Giroux Left Off Canadian Olympic Team
By Jay Greenberg, Flyers.com NEWARK, N.J. — Only in an alternate universe is Claude Giroux not one of the 25 best hockey players in Canada so it’s not over yet. As General Manager Steve Yzerman hinted Tuesday morning after announcing a Canadian Olympic ...
Read More »Flyers Wage Another Comeback, Beat Coyotes
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com GLENDALE, AZ. – Detroit. Columbus. Edmonton. Vancouver and now Phoenix. Four on the road. One at home. In the past month, those are the game the Flyers trailed in the third period and somehow managed to ...
Read More »Behind Simmonds, Flyers Rally to Beat Oilers & Bryz
EDMONTON — Ilya Bryzgalov did his best to pull one out against his former team, but fell short in the Philadelphia Flyers’ 4-3 shootout victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night at Rexall Place. Bryzgalov made 35 saves and was the ...
Read More »Flyers Beat Wild, Extend Home Win Streak to 9
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com PHILADELPHIA – When Craig Berube decided to tweak his lineup six games ago as far as line combinations, there were some eyebrows raised when he decided to put Brayden Schenn, Scott Hartnell and Wayne Simmonds together. ...
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