By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com WASHINGTON – Imagine a relay race of some distance (not a sprint) where the runners on the first three legs get out to a huge lead and then, when passing the baton to the anchor, instead ...
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Tough Crowd: Philly’s “Other Teams” Fight Through The Clutter
Sticking Up For The Little Guys Fighting for relevance is never easy. And fighting through the clutter of an over-saturated sports marketplace can be downright impossible. Even with the advent of niche blogging and budget-less marketing plans, sometimes some of ...
Read More »Flyers get Thumped by Defending Champ Chicago
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com CHICAGO – When the Flyers lost an ugly game to Dallas last week, Kimmo Timonensaid “If you give up four goals in the second period you are going to lose.” Pretty sure he has the same sentiment ...
Read More »Lecavalier to Miss 3-4 Weeks
Report from Flyers.com Flyers GM Paul Holmgren held a conference call with reporters on Sunday evening to discuss Vinny Lecavalier’s injury. He announced that Lecavalier will be out of the line-up for 3-4 weeks with a non-displaced fracture in his ...
Read More »Flyers Wage Comeback, Earn Win in Detroit
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com DETROIT – For a good 20 minutes Wednesday, the Flyers game went something like this: Penalty. Penalty. Penalty. Penalty. Penalty. Penalty. Sure there were a couple of goals mixed in there – one each way, and ...
Read More »Flyers Begin Road Stint With Shootout Win Over Predators
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com NASHVILLE – Steve Mason doesn’t seem to give up any bad goals. So, when Colin Wilson beat him under his right pad with a knuckleball, you could see the frustration on Mason’s face. Never mind that he ...
Read More »Lecavalier Homecoming Doesn’t Spark Flyers in Tampa Loss
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com TAMPA – O.K., so there are still flaws with the Flyers. One all-too-short seven-game stretch of inspired play is not going to dictate a season. Just like one horrid eight-game stretch at the start of the ...
Read More »Flyers Thump Sens Extend Points Streak to 5 Games
By Dan Rosen, Flyers.com The Philadelphia Flyers look nothing like the team that was blown out by the Washington Capitals 19 days ago. Instead they’re looking like a team that should be in the thick of the Stanley Cup Playoff ...
Read More »Mr. Snider, Give Us Back Our Hockey Team
Leave. Go away. Give us back our hockey team, Mr. Snider. The Chairman is free to sit in his plush luxury box and play Flyers games from the 1970s on loop, just don’t try to re-create those teams on the ...
Read More »Bryzgalov Doesn’t Hate You, Philly — Just a Few Journalists
By Ed Condran You never know who you’ll see at the rink when it comes to youth hockey. My older son has played against Ian Laperriere and Danny Briere’s son. My younger son, who is a Mite (8 and younger) ...
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