*Rough weekend for Sam Ersson, huh? Saturday’s game against the Lightning was a real doozy (derogatory), but great news! We get to do it all again tonight! Anyhoo, here’s last game’s recap. RECAP !
*Here’s Chuck’s thoughts on the game, if you’re into that sort of thing. [ PHLY ]
*Sam Ersson, for his part, is trying to shake off what was a total shellacking on home ice Saturday night. [ Inquirer ]
*And the Flyers, as you would expect, are being very vocally supportive of Ersson i...
23 days ago
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Just as the injury bug is striking the Flyers again and again, so too has it been doing some damage to their affiliate down with the Phantoms.
The Phantoms are working with a lineup which has already been a bit depleted due to call-ups to the NHL — missing all of Carl Grundstrom, Denver Barkey, and now Adam Ginning — and it’s just getting thinner. This weekend saw them on the road for a pair of games in Springfield and Providence, and quickly down two of their top players.
Alex Bump ...
23 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers were without a few key players on Saturday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning, and it showed. The team suffered its worst loss of the season, falling 7-2 at home, largely due to an awful effort in the third period.
The Flyers’ previous season-high in goals allowed was five, which happened seven times, but Tampa Bay lit them up a touchdown and an extra point on Saturday night.
It was a particularly rough game for goaltender Sam Ersson. He has been battling t...
23 days ago
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The Flyers opened this past week with a 5-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks in a game that had no shortage of drama. Trevor Zegras stole the spotlight in the much-anticipated matchup, scoring twice, and the Flyers would go on to pull away on the scoreboard. The win, however, came at a cost, as Bobby Brink and Jamie Drysdale were both forced out after being on the receiving end of questionable hits, putting a damper on an otherwise fun night of hockey.
Next came the Toronto Maple Leafs and Scot...
23 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers are currently experiencing a whole lot of injuries and after Saturday night’s 7-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, they need these players back as soon as possible. Travis Konecny missed that terrible experience of a hockey game, but he appeared to be quickly getting back into action as he (as well as recently injured Bobby Brink) returned to practice on Sunday morning.
Well, about that.
Just minutes after Konecny re-joined the group and was taking part in the...
23 days ago
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In the first game of a two game set against Tampa, the Flyers allowed the most goals in a game this season so far, losing in blowout fashion 7-2.
The Basics
First period: 1:49 – Nikita Kucherov (Brayden Point), 4:15 – Garnet Hathaway (Noah Juulsen, Rodrigo Abols), 6:05 – Kucherov (Point, Charle-Edouard D’Astous) Second period: 13:37 – Nick Paul (D’Astous, Anthony Cirelli) Third period: 2:03 – Gage Goncalves (Kucherov, Darren Raddysh), 3:37 – Brandon Hagel (Jake Guentzel, Cirelli), ...
24 days ago
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The Flyers have made it to the weekend, and they’re set to kick off the first of two games against the Lighting on home ice tonight. Their lineup is looking a little thin, with some key absences at the top of it, but they’ll be looking to rally back and find a way to respond after a tough loss in overtime to the Leafs, last time out.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
The Flyers, missing a couple of key pieces in t...
24 days ago
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When Jamie Drysdale went down following a blindside cheap shot from regular member of the prestigious “goal per season” club, Anaheim Ducks’ Ross Johnston, it was immediately met with anger from both Flyers fans in the building, and the players on the bench.
But in the aftermath, all that really mattered was the status of Drysdale, who after a tough start to life in Philadelphia, has looked like a much more effective player in his third season as a Flyer. He was on pace to break his care...
24 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers are hosting the Tampa Bay Lightning for a very weird sequence of back-to-back contests but they’re both going to be at home. And it is just perfect timing for the Flyers to lose a whole lot of their talent from the lineup after Bobby Brink, Travis Konecny, and Jamie Drysdale have suffered injuries this week.
With these injuries, the Flyers’ depth will be tested and of course they are facing a Lightning team that has won their last eight games and have the Eastern C...
24 days ago
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After leading the World Junior Championship in goals, Porter Martone made his return to the Michigan State Spartans on Friday night, facing the Ohio State Buckeyes. He quickly made the most of his return to college hockey, potting two first period goals and adding two assists along the way.
The game opened somewhat quietly, but firmly in Michigan State’s favor. Ohio State was held without a shot for the first twelve minutes, and even then it came on a wrist shot from long range. After win...
25 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers officially placed Jamie Drysdale on injured reserve Friday evening while announcing they’ve called up defenseman Adam Ginning from Lehigh Valley.
Injury updates: Defenseman Jamie Drysdale has been placed on injured reserve (upper body) retroactive to Jan. 6. We have recalled defenseman Adam Ginning from the @LVPhantoms (AHL). Additionally, forwards Bobby Brink and Travis Konecny are day-to-day with upper-body injuries. — Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) Janua...
25 days ago
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The injuries are suddenly piling up for the Philadelphia Flyers.
They caught a break with Travis Sanheim and Denver Barkey both not missing any time after going down in Saturday’s win in Edmonton, but they haven’t been as lucky since returning home.
Both Bobby Brink and Jamie Drysdale were injured on borderline hits in the Flyers’ 5-2 win over the Ducks. Anaheim was only penalized for one of those hits, and n one of the multiple questionable collisions received any supplemental disci...
25 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers are beginning to turn the corner in their rebuild. They’re done being sellers at the deadline, instead extending guys like Christian Dvorak, who they might have traded in years past. Danny Briere and Keith Jones have done a great job of trimming down the fat and filling the prospect cupboards in recent years.
Matvei Michkov is already here. Denver Barkey hasn’t looked out of place in the NHL during his first professional season. Jett Luchanko made the roster out of...
25 days ago
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As cutting edge as the contemporary NHL is with robust data analytics and biometric tracking a few constants remain: Every story impacts the Toronto Maple Leafs, overtime playoff hockey is the pinnacle of sport, and big mobile defensemen are unicorns.
In assembling a team for international play, it’s natural for decision makers for the various federations to lean on what they know. In the case of Team Canada general manager Doug Armstrong, that’s size on the back end. Armstrong’s St. Loui...
25 days ago
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The Flyers welcomed fan favorite Scott Laughton back to Philadelphia on Thursday night, but it was the veteran forward who got the last laugh. The Toronto Maple Leafs came away with a 2-1 win in overtime after Laughton tied the game with a shorthanded goal late in the third period.
Laughton’s return was a much-anticipated one for both the player and his former team. The Flyers honored Laughton with a video during the first TV timeout of Thursday night’s game.
There will always be Bro...
25 days ago
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For the last few years now, the Flyers have threaded the needle. They’ve been putting a middling to (now) decently good roster on the ice, but emphasized the goal of developing players and planning for the future above all else. They never would tank, but they also weren’t in the business of competing or really even getting close to the playoffs.
In that process, they’ve never really added to the team, and only ever sold. They’ve acted the way that teams in a rebuild act, even if th...
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Philadelphia Flyers winger Travis Konecny has been perfect this year: he hasn’t missed a game yet. He’s had a very strong first half, with 13 goals and 24 assists for 37 points. Yet if you extrapolate those numbers over the rest of the year, he might end up a hair behind the 76 points he earned in 2024-25. Right now that projection is 74. But, whether it’s recency bias or just a new season, Konecny has looked like the winger who dazzled most of the first half of 2024-25. And far less than the ...
26 days ago
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*The Flyers decided to try and win a game by scoring only one single goal and turns out that’s a bad strategy. Power play stinks. Sitting on leads stinks. Game stunk! Recap !
*Travis Konecny left the game with a reported upper body injury. Hard to say what actually happened there, but it’ll stink if it’s serious! [ BSH ]
*It was a nice homecoming for our old pal Scooty Loots, who got a nice little ovation when he wa announced at the XBox last night. [ Inquirer ]
*Which makes sen...
26 days ago
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Following the emotional win over the Ducks, the Flyers couldn’t hold on in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Maple Leafs. While the Flyers looked in control defensively for the majority of the night, the Leafs capitalized on the power play woes of the Orange and Black and improved to 6-0-2 in their last 8 games.
The basics
First period: No scoring Second period: 0:55 – Travis Konecny (Christian Dvorak, Rasmus Ristolainen) Third period: 14:04 – Scott Laughton (SHG) Overtime: 2:48 – Easton ...
26 days ago
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Philadelphia Flyers forward Travis Konecny’s game was cut short on Thursday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. His absence became apparent when, after finishing the second period and heading down the tunnel at intermission with his teammates, he was missing from the bench to begin the third period, and it was later confirmed that he would not return for the remainder of the game.
Injury update: Flyers forward Travis Konecny will not return to tonight’s game due to an upper body injury...
26 days ago
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After demolishing Cutter Gauthier and their new favorite rivals to play, the Philadelphia Flyers are hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs, a team that suffered a disastrous first half of the season but is slowly inching back into the playoff conversation.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
After Tuesday’s game, Cam York spoke out on the Cutter Gauthier situation and how it felt to get that win over the Ducks. [BSH]
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26 days ago
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Coming into this season, no one really expected the Philadelphia Flyers to be a top 10 team in the NHL by the time the calendar flipped to 2026. But now, they find themselves with the seventh-highest points percentage in the league and are staying on top of the pile of teams in the Eastern Conference vying for a playoff spot.
After all, they were a team that was truly just starting their rebuild less than three years ago, after they fired general manager Chuck Fletcher and brought in thei...
26 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers are so back. After demolishing the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night in the most entertaining game of the season so far, the feeling surrounding this team feels impenetrable. The dark cloud looming over this current rebuild that the front office is pursuing, has once again been waved away to briefly see some immaculate sunshine.
Cutter Gauthier was traded away to the Ducks because he didn’t want to play for the Flyers after they drafted him fifth overall. It’s a story...
27 days ago
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*Leafs tonight, friends. The Leafs who have not performed as expected up til this point in the season. Before tonight’s game, have a look at Charlie’s thoughts on that last game. Which was very fun. [ PHLY ]
*About that last game… evidently the league saw no issue with the blatantly dirty hits thrown by Ducks players Tuesday night. Cool. [ BSH ]
*Related, if Jamie Drysdale and Bobby Brink have to miss any time, these are the six players we think would be best to replace them. [ BSH ]...
27 days ago
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The Philadelphia Flyers took care of business at home on Tuesday night against the Anaheim Ducks, skating their way to a 5-2 victory over their cross-country rivals. They did all of that without Matvei Michkov, who missed the game due to a foot issue.
Michkov took a friendly fire pass off his skate late in the third period of Saturday afternoon’s win in Edmonton. It was still bothering him on Tuesday with some swelling, but his X-rays came back negative.
Tocchet says Michkov had an x...
27 days ago
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