February 11th, 2010 by Eric Schwartz
It may not be the way Peter Laviolette draws it up, but for one reason or another it has worked.
For the second-straight game the Philadelphia Flyers spotted the New Jersey Devils a 2-0 lead.
For the second-straight game the Flyers came back to win 3-2.
Simon Gagne broke his 12-game goalless skid with a beautiful goal in overtime to give the Flyers a home-and-home sweep of the rival Devils on Wednesday. The win helped the Flyers keep themselves in playoff position in [...]
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January 17th, 2010 by Joseph Birmingham
Three weeks ago many would have written the Flyers off. Three months ago, many would have picked them to win the Atlantic. The truth is, this season is not following any logical path, and just when you think the home team can’t do anything right, they have a streak like they have gone through in the past 10 games, going 7-2-1. Discount the stinker against Ottawa, and they have looked as good as anyone in the conference.
At just past the [...]
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January 5th, 2010 by Eric Schwartz
The Flyers are contenders to win the Stanley Cup.
The Flyers are worst team in hockey.
The Flyers are just another average team.
At different points of this season all three statements have been made about the Orange and Black and we still don’t know which one is true.
The Flyers reached the midway point of their schedule on Sunday with a wild, if not fitting, 7-4 loss to the Ottawa Senators. The game featured the Flyers starting cold, getting hot, then going cold [...]
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December 25th, 2009 by Eric Schwartz
There have been some great players to don a Flyers uniform over the past 10 years. From Peter Forsberg to Keith Primeau, there has been no shortage of stars. Only one, however, has contributed to the team year after year for an entire decade.
That man, of course, is Simon Gagne.
Gagne was called up by the Flyers prior to the 1999-2000 season and wasted no time making an impact, scoring 20 goals and dishing out 28 assists in his first pro [...]
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December 25th, 2009 by Joseph Birmingham
The Flyers started the season strong, but since the week before Thanksgiving they have posted a 4-13-1 record and dropped to next to last in the entire Eastern Conference.
With nearly 50 games to go, it is too early to say their season and playoff hopes are over, but it is getting close. Tomorrow they play the Carolina Hurricanes, the only eastern team with a more pathetic record and a team the Flyers beat in their season opener. I think it [...]
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