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On May 11th in 1989, Philadelphia Flyers ferocious goalie Ron Hextall attacked Montreal Canadiens defenseman Chris Chelios after play was whistled offside trailing 4-2 with 1:37 left in Game 6 of the Wales Conference Finals. The 1987 Vezina and Conn Smythe winner come single season goaltender penalty minute record holder (113 minutes in 1989) pounced in response to Chelios' unpenalized elbow on
It’s that time of year again, folks! The Flyers punctuated something of a wild season with an impressive playoff push, all things considered, even if it did come to a close a little sooner than they would have liked. All the same, they did a lot of good work with that appearance to boost the standing of the team in the city, and build up the optimism surrounding their trajectory again. Now, with the 2025-26 season in the rearview, we’re shifting our focus again to the future, and how they’ll c...
Keep an eye on the Philadelphia Flyers this summer, as general manager Daniel Briere will be looking to add a tandem goaltender partner for Daniel Vladar next season. The Flyers exceeded expectations this season getting to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and now it's on Briere to add around the edges of the roster and get his team in better shape for more noise next spring. Vladar proved he can handle a decent work load and be there in big games, but it's a priority for the Flyer...
One of the main sticking points for those critical of Philadelphia Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet’s use and deployment of young winger Matvei Michkov, is keeping him on the side of the ice that he has grown up playing and has the most experience with. As a left-handed player, Michkov still played on the right side while developing his game in Russia, and barely ever touched the “strong” side of the ice that matched up with his handedness. But Tocchet decided that when Michkov was struggli...
After earning two assists on Friday during Team Canada’s 5-3 victory over Sweden at the World Hockey Championships in Switzerland, Flyers winger (and Team Canada member) Porter Martone proved that the two assists weren’t a fluke. In fact, the third assist of the tournament for the 19-year-old might have been the best we’ve seen from the youngster in a few months. And, considering just how remarkable some of the assists have been, that’s saying something. With Canada leading 2-0 late in th...
The Ottawa Senators were swept by the Carolina Hurricanes in the second round of the 2026 playoffs, and the same defensive deficiency that plagued them during the regular season showed up again in the postseason. The blue line needs a big, physical right-shot defenseman who can play top-four minutes and survive the grind of playoff hockey. Steve Staios tried to get one at the March trade deadline. He targeted Rasmus Ristolainen of the Philadelphia Flyers and, per TSN insider Darren Drege...
The season may be over for the Philadelphia Flyers — and most teams across the NHL, for that matter — but the action is just getting started at the 2026 World Championships in Switzerland. After a few pre-tournament games earlier this week, the tournament officially opened on Friday with a handful of games, including one featuring two prominent Flyers prospects. The Flyers have three players in total playing at the World Championships. Porter Martone is once again joining Team Canada...
The Philadelphia Flyers have made their first transaction of the summer. People in the streets holding hands and joining in chorus because we have something so wonderful as a hockey transaction to talk about as we head into the offseason. Announced by the team on Friday morning, the Flyers have signed goaltender Aleksei Kolosov to a one-year contract with an $850,000 AAV. It’s certainly a signing. OFFICIAL: We have signed goaltender Aleksei Kolosov to a one-year contract worth an a...
The Philadelphia Flyers season has come and gone. It was a memorable one — full of hills and valleys, upsets and major wins, and just a whole lot of finding out what this team can do under pressure. Now that we have tasted what playoff hockey tastes like in this era of Flyers Hockey, we look forward to the future. The body of this team is still warm, but let’s just kick it to the curb and dream up what we might just see on the ice in orange and black when the puck drops for the 2026-27 ca...
Tyson Foerster scored just one goal and looked fairly sluggish during the postseason. But there are reasons why he can bounce back big time next season.
*Yesterday it was Danny Briere’s turn to get in behind the microphone and face the questions posed by the intrepid professionals on the Flyers beat. Naturally, there was much to be said about Matvei Michkov. [ BSH ] *The Edmonton Oilers got busy and fired head coach Kris Knoblauch as some sort of shield and to blame someone else for constructing that team so poorly. [ Sportsnet ] *That wasn’t all, of course. He also talked a bit about the offseason and the Flyers’ long and short term...
Before the second round of the playoffs started, we were all on pins and needles as to when the Hurricanes would start their series against Philadelphia, all the while thinking “surely we’ll have a little bit of a heads up.” The fact that the league announced the start of a playoff series less than 48 […]
For the first time in three seasons, the Philadelphia Flyers had a goaltender other than Samuel Ersson start the bulk of the games. That honor went to Dan Vladar, who saw an opportunity with the Flyers and grabbed the bull by the horns in the 2025-26 season. Vladar was inarguably the Flyers’ most valuable player this season. He started 51 games, going 29-14-7 with a .906 save percentage and 2.42 goals against average. The Czech goaltender was a rock between the pipes, even though he may h...
Philadelphia Flyers general manager Danny Briere had his year-end interview on Thursday. He had a lot to say about a variety of topics. Here’s what he offered up on those, ranging from re-signing current restricted free agents to the goaltending situation, to how the young crop of players helped the team down the stretch. Note: the following doesn’t cover anything with Matvei Michkov as you can find that news here . On whether achieving a first-round playoff victory over Pittsburgh a...
There has been so much noise around Matvei Michkov after his disappointing sophomore season and the resulting scratches in the playoffs. But thankfully, Philadelphia Flyers general manager Danny Briere is here to clear the air as he took the stand for his exit interview Thursday. It is no secret — as Briere will mention multiple times — that Michkov did not have a good second year in the NHL. After his stellar 63-point rookie campaign that had Flyers fans dreaming of what new heights he c...
The Philadelphia Flyers are finally able to participate in the time-honored tradition of a playoff team unveiling an impossibly long list of injuries that they suffered during their playoff run. Finally, they’re part of the club. On Wednesday morning, an hour or so before general manager Danny Briere is scheduled to speak with the media and talk all about the objectively successful season that the Flyers were able to have, the Flyers were able to release the full list of injuries and it’s...
The Philadelphia Flyers had more than a few young guys take steps forward this season. One of the players who perhaps surprised the most was Denver Barkey. Barkey was making the transition to the professional level after a few successful seasons with the London Knights in the OHL. Everyone knew that Barkey had the drive and hockey smarts to compete at the next level, but his smaller stature sparked plenty of question marks about his ability to hold his own in the AHL, let alone in the NHL...
*Yesterday it was Rick Tocchet’s turn to face the media for the exit interviews, and we definitely learned some things. Like, for example, what he plans to do to try and fix the Flyers’ offensive problems. Goals would be good! [ BSH ] *Tocchet also said quite a lot about Matvei Michov — what he expects from him, why he scratched him, etc. [ BSH ] *Anyway it was quite a lot of chatting and quite a lot of insight from the coach. We love to see it. Hear it, rather. [ Inquirer ] *In...
You had to feel for Angela Martone this week. After being featured in a Mother’s Day video showing her love for her son, the proud mom was looking forward to having some quality time with Porter when the Flyers ended their playoff run. However, it was only roughly 72 hours from the time Martone left the ice at Xfinity Mobile Arena after Carolina swept Philadelphia that he started to make plans — heading off to Switzerland to play for Canada at the World Hockey Championships set to begin on Fri...
If Sergei Bobrovsky doesn't make it to July 1, Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Stuart Skinner will be one of the top netminders set to be on the free agent market this summer. But will his next job be as a starter or a backup, or something in between? He shared duties with Arturs Silovs for much of the season after getting traded to Pittsburgh, and was outplayed by him in a timeshare during the Penguins' six-game first-round playoff loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. But overall, Skinner has pl...
Dan Vladar was one of the Philadelphia Flyers’ most valuable players all season long. It’s easy to say that a goalie is an important player on any team, but Vladar really embodied that this season for the Flyers. Vladar wanted to come to Philadelphia because he saw an opportunity to take a bigger share of the crease, and he did just that. The 28-year-old netminder started 51 games in the regular season and 10 more in the playoffs. It was by far the biggest workload that Vladar has had in ...
The Philadelphia Flyers saw their season come to a close on Saturday night with one final overtime loss, this time with the Carolina Hurricanes completing the sweep in their Eastern Conference Semifinals series. It was ultimately a disappointing end, but one that many saw coming given the situation. Many people also saw the criticism of Matvei Michkov coming. He was a healthy scratch for the series-deciding Game 4 after being one of the worst skaters on the ice in Game 3 against the fast-...
The Philadelphia Flyers only scored five goals in round two of the 2025-26 playoffs. And after generating a batch of goals in the first three games against Pittsburgh, seemed to hit a wall of sorts in the ensuing three games. In terms of the regular season, Philadelphia posted its first positive goal differential (for a full 82-game season) since 2017-18 where they scored 249 goals and allowed 236 (+13). Granted this season’s goal differential was the slimmest of margins (+1), but it was still...
You don’t have to step very far to find a Philadelphia Flyers fan talking about the relationship between head coach Rick Tocchet and Matvei Michkov. It’s been speculated to death after the star rookie winger turned in a disappointing season and was not used a whole lot by the coach in the most important games of the season. Despite Michkov playing very well after the Olympic break earlier this year — leading the team with 22 points in the final 26 games of the season — as soon as he hit t...
The Flyers may have fallen short of any aspirations of an even deeper run into the playoffs, with this weekend’s loss to the Hurricanes bringing their season to an end, but on the whole this was still a tremendously successful season for the team. The growth from start to finish broadly was notable, but particularly for the team’s young players, this process was an informative one. Players like defenseman Emil Andrae, who’s played the better part of two seasons with the big club now, lear...