The Philadelphia Flyers made a pair of transactions that should leave fans completely neutral — one player that they will gladly see on the ice again, while also receiving news that it might be a little bit longer until we see one of the best players on this team.
On Monday afternoon, the team announced that they have recalled defenseman Emil Andrae up from the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms after a brief visit down in the minors due to some roster re-construction. Additionally, they have p...
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Last night’s game against the Flames was for the Flyers, in many ways, a doozy. An uninspired effort from the skaters, which amounted to a meager 18 shots generated (and only nine between the first two periods) on the way to a 2-1 loss and resulted in some largely measured but still pretty pointed criticism from their head coach, the Flyers put together a game which was, it feels fair to say, probably their worst of the season. And on the other side of that, they had Aleksei Kolosov, up from t...
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You can only try to come up with so many different ways to say the same thing, but maybe it’s the best to make it extremely simple: The Philadelphia Flyers had a very bad weekend and head coach Rick Tocchet is asking some questions of his roster.
After losing a disheartening game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday, the very next day the Flyers hosted the NHL’s worst team in the Calgary Flames. And they applied almost zero offensive pressure in the 2-1 loss — a performance that is...
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The last week was something of a roller coaster for the Philadelphia Flyers. It started off with a thrilling shootout win over the stupid and dumb Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday, followed by a 4-1 victory over the Nashville Predators Thursday night to secure their third consecutive win.
Since then, though, the vibes have not been immaculate. The Flyers have dropped two straight games, including 5-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night and a 2-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Sund...
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*That sure was a weekend of Flyers hockey, huh? The way it wrapped up last night with the world’s most boring loss to the worst team in the league? Classic. Loved it. Great times all around. RECAP !
*Head over to Charlie’s website to ask yourself, what if the players on my hockey team took shots? On goal? [ PHLY ]
*We got to see our old pals Morgan and Joel! Good time to revisit what ended up being a nice little trade for Danny Briere. [ Inquirer ]
*Found out ahead of last night...
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In what was the worst performance of the season so far, the Flyers closed out their five game homestand with a sleepy 2-1 loss to the league-worst Calgary Flames at the Xfinity Mobile Center.
The basics
First period: No scoring
Second period: 2:15 – Jonathan Huberdeau (Yegor Sharangovich, Brayden Pachal)
Third period: 7:06 – Huberdeau (Joel Hanley, MacKenzie Weegar), 14:20 – Travis Konecny (Noah Cates)
SOG: 21 (CGY) – 18 (PHI)
Lines jumbled x2&n...
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After Tyson Foerster blocked an Auston Matthews shot in Saturday night’s loss to the Maple Leafs, he hobbled down the tunnel, but returned back a few shifts later and played the remainder of the game, and it looked like the Flyers might have just averted a crisis.
Well, it appears Foerster might have felt the effects of the blocked shot more than initially thought. Prior to Sunday’s game against Calgary, the Flyers announced that Foerster would miss some time with a lower-body injury and ...
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The Philadelphia Flyers face another Canadian team for their second game of a back-to-back. A loss against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night and now, facing the NHL-worst Calgary Flames. Maybe, there’s some hope to bounce back quickly.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP+ 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
Alex Bump might just have five points in his first 10 AHL games this season, but he’s making an impact to the overall team’s offense in a ...
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Coming into Philadelphia Flyers training camp there was an underlying excitement beyond the typical feeling of finally having hockey back. One of the reasons for that feeling might not be with the Flyers right now, but he’s making a loud enough noise down in the AHL that is starting to draw some attention.
Alex Bump was projected as one of the few young players that could end up making the Flyers out of camp. He had an impressive showing with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms after his collegiat...
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The Flyers are at the 11-game mark, and already they have been looking pretty good at times. They’re 6-4-1 and had a 5-game winning streak at home, their first such streak since the pandemic. The goaltending thus far has been above what fans saw last year, but then again, could it get much lower? Outside of the Toronto performance, Dan Vladar is holding the Flyers in games and has been fantastic! Heading into Sunday’s games Vladar was sixth in goals-against average (2.11) and save percentage (...
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The Flyers and Leafs played hockey Saturday night. Or attempted to. But an extremely slow, choppy, and at times chippy contest resulted in a 5-2 win for Toronto, and the first subpar effort of the season from Philadelphia goaltender Dan Vladar.
The basics
First period: 1:09 – Christian Dvorak (Nikita Grebenkin, Travis Konecny), 6:16 – Auston Matthews (Morgan Rielly, Nick Robertson) Second period: 8:14 – Jake McCabe (Chris Tanev, Matias Maccelli), 17:34 – Nick Robertson (Matthew Knies...
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The Flyers are kicking off a weekend back-to-back this evening, as the first of their visitors from the Great White North visit, and the Maple Leafs come to town. It’s been a wild week already, but the Flyers will be looking to keep the good vibes rolling into this busy weekend.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
The saga of Where In The World Is Emil Andrae continues, as after getting in for one game on Thursday, ...
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The Philadelphia Flyers have made a roster move that not many fans will agree with and it involves young defenseman Emil Andrae.
Announced by the team on Friday afternoon, the Flyers have sent Andrae back down to the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Andrae played just one game since his recall a few days ago, where he played over 15 minutes against the Nashville Predators in a fairly solid win for the team.
In addition to the Andrae news, the Flyers have recalled center Jacob Gaucher fr...
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The Philadelphia Flyers are officially 10 games into the 2025-26 campaign. For those who enjoy numbers, that means about 12.2% of the regular season is already in the rearview.
With 10 games in the books, the Flyers have provided enough of a sample size for one to reasonably gauge what they are (and could become) as a hockey team.
So far, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news is the Flyers still have a ways to go before becoming a legitimate Stanley Cup contender. The good new...
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It’s Halloween and you know what that means – horror movies! I thought it would be fun to assign a horror or Halloween movie to each Flyer. Well, most of the Philadelphia Flyers. It’s a lot to pick stuff for guys like Rodrigo Abols and Noah Juulsen!
Rick Tocchet – The Faculty
The 1998 sci-fi horror flick The Faculty is all about defying authority figures, as a group of high school students see their teachers replaced by aliens. Now I am not remotely accusing Rick Tocchet and his coh...
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The Philadelphia Flyers are riding high with a 6-3-1 record to start their season but that doesn’t prevent them from having eyes on the future and more specifically what is the future in the crease. According to a report, the Flyers are eyeing a certain disgruntled goalie prospect in the Buffalo Sabres organization.
Devon Levi was once the hottest goalie prospect in the world. The centerpiece of the return for the Sabres in the trade that sent Sam Reinhart to the Florida Panthers in 2021,...
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The Philadelphia Flyers might have won the game Thursday night’s showdown against the Nashville Predators, but they did lose something incredibly important to their season. In the middle of what ended up being a one-sided affair for the final two periods (on the score line anyways, maybe not the shot total), Flyers captain Sean Couturier went down with an injury.
Couturier did not return to the game as almost immediately after he went down the tunnel, the Flyers put out an announcement th...
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*The Flyers closed out their slate of games in the month of October last night with a matchup against the Predators, and it was a weird one. Decidedly less spirited than Tuesday’s against the Penguins, the Flyers failed to break 20 shots put on goal, but still managed to come away with a 4-1 win. Hockey is weird sometimes. [ BSH ]
*There was a lot of good coming out of that game, but there was one decidedly bad thing: Sean Couturier took a shot off the arm (friendly fire, even worse) in t...
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The Flyers closed out the first month of the season in a positive way, with their third straight victory, this time over the Nashville Predators. A lousy opening period that saw the Flyers outshot 10-3 would turn out not to be a sign to things to come, with Trevor Zegras stepping up in a big way, scoring twice and assisting on another tally.
The Basics
First period: No scoring Second period: 12:45 – Trevor Zegras (Matvei Michkov, Owen Tippett), 15:41 – Jamie Drysdale (Michkov, ...
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Philadelphia Flyers captain and center Sean Couturier appears to have gotten hurt during Thursday’s night game against visiting Nashville. Couturier got hit with a shot that looked like it hit him around the left elbow. He dropped to the ice but was able to skate off under his own steam.
Couturier sat on the bench not feeling the best. He appeared to have missed his next regular shift but returned to play a shift or two to end the first period, including being on the ice for the final sec...
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The Flyers are pressing on with their run of home games, and after picking up a massive and thrilling win over the Penguins on Tuesday, they’ll be hoping to keep that momentum rolling right into tonight’s matchup with the visiting Predators.
Puck drop: 7:00 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
It’s been a busy day around here, and the game hasn’t even kicked off yet. As we know, Jett Luchanko was sent back to Guelph earlier this week, and he’...
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Flyers winger Bobby Brink began his National Hockey League career as an offense-generating player. He wasn’t one known for getting into the dirty areas or simply outworking the opponent to win the puck. He wasn’t one to take the body and certainly didn’t look too keen to go to battle against a rival player who more than likely was bigger than Brink’s 5’8″, 170-pound frame.
But for Philadelphia head coach Rick Tocchet, it’s the size of the fight in the dog, not necessarily the size of the ...
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The Philadelphia Flyers have made the first significant trade of the season and it involves a once highly thought of prospect going to the Dallas Stars organization.
Announced by the team on Thursday morning, the Flyers have traded 22-year-old winger Samu Tuomaala to the Stars in exchange for fellow-22-year-old defenseman Christian Kyrou. The deal is one for one.
TRADE ALERT: We’ve acquired defenseman Christian Kyrou from Dallas in exchange for forward Samu Tuomaala. https://t.co/89I...
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The Philadelphia Flyers are riding high after their shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night, and they’ll look to keep that going against the Nashville Predators.
There will be a few changes to the roster, though, as Rick Tocchet realigns things on defense for Thursday night’s showdown with the Predators.
Emil Andrae gets his second NHL game of the season
Emil Andrae will return to the lineup after being recalled from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on Tuesday. H...
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Jett Luchanko has seen his time in pro hockey cut short for a second year in a row. In an unsurprising decision, the Philadelphia Flyers have chosen to send the center prospect back to the Guelph Storm for another year of OHL seasoning.
The 19-year-old showed some promise and speed at the pro level, but failed to register a point in his four NHL games, while primarily playing bottom-six minutes. It was a story that mirrored Luchanko’s cup of coffee in Philadelphia last season: the little...
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