When the Philadelphia Flyers called up Denver Barkey to make his NHL debut in mid-December, no one was really sure how he’d fare or how long he’d be with the big club. The 5-foot-9 forward is in his first year of professional hockey, putting up 16 points (7 goals, 9 assists) in 26 games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.
But Barkey made an immediate impact in the Flyers’ overtime loss at Madison Square Garden, picking up two primary assists in a 23-second span while looking the part of an N...
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It was just over a year ago, and Sam Ersson was feeling some national pride knowing he’d be on the Swedish roster when the 4 Nations Face-Off took place in mid-February. In the three games leading up to the National Hockey League break for the international tournament, Ersson, the then Flyers starting goaltender, laid claim to three consecutive games where he had over a .900 save percentage. He lost a 2-0 decision to Colorado, making 30 of 32 stops. The following game, Ersson was sensational, ...
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Danny Briere has done it again — and it’s only slightly tongue-in-cheek.
The Philadelphia Flyers acquired former first-round pick Philip Tomasino from the Pittsburgh Penguins last week for disgruntled defenseman Egor Zamula. Zamula had fallen out of favor in Philadelphia under Rick Tocchet and changed his representation in an attempt to facilitate a contract termination.
Briere and the Flyers didn’t give in to Zamula’s demands, though, insisting that they would be able to trade the d...
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After a week and change jam packed with action, the day has finally arrived — four teams will be facing off for medals to cap off the 2026 World Junior Championships in Minnesota. It’s been a wild tournament, with drama and upsets and exciting performances unfolding all over the place, and we can only hope to see the same intensity carried into this finale. And what’s more, as the national teams race for the tournament’s top honor, we’ll see plenty of Flyers prospects at work in that mix, repr...
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The Flyers host the Anaheim Ducks play Tuesday night, which means everyone’s favorite guy to hate, Cutter Gauthier, is back in Philadelphia.
As has been much discussed over the last few years, Gauthier was traded out of Philadelphia two years ago for Jamie Drysdale and a 2025 second round selection (Jack Murtagh). In that trade, the Flyers sent a disgruntled Gauthier to Anaheim, losing one of their two best prospects for a defenseman that had struggled in his early showings in the NHL.
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Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ll be keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place.
Sweden vs. Finland
The semifinals were finally upon us yesterday, and the first match of the day was a huge rivalry game, with Sweden and Finland facing off for a chance to punch their tickets to the gold medal game. And we’ve had some wild games already in this tournament, but this one is a strong contender for the wildest.
This game started out wi...
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It appears that Matvei Michkov is starting to find his groove again, showing glimpses of the dynamic play from his rookie season.
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*The Flyers played their first game of 2026 over the weekend, and they came up with a big win over the Oilers to rebound from a tough showing last time out against the Flames. [ BSH ]
*When you finish going through our takeaways over here, you can check out Charlie’s over at PHLY. Because you simply can never have too many takeaways, right? [ PHLY ]
*Particularly from a game like that, when there really was so much to like from the Flyers. Towards the top of the list is the fact that...
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It’s certainly been a good week for Oliver Bonk.
The Flyers prospect, though having gotten off to a late start to his professional career after an injury taken during rookie camp left him sidelined until a bit into the month of December, has been steadily ramping up his play through his first month of play with the Phantoms, and has really seemed to turn a corner since the team returned from their holiday break. Bonk closed out 2025 on a high note, getting in for his ninth game with the t...
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As a tool for prospect evaluation, sometimes the World Juniors can be a bit overblown. It is technically as close to “best-on-best” as you can get at the U-20 level, but it is ultimately just a one-off tournament during the holidays that disproportionately benefits players who are playing well at that specific moment.
With two of the Flyers’ most important prospects representing Canada in Porter Martone and Jett Luchanko, it has been intriguing to watch how they have adapted to thei...
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The Flyers kicked off their slate of games in this new calendar year yesterday afternoon in Edmonton, and after a pretty abysmal showing in their final game of 2025, they were looking to rebound in a big way. It wasn’t going to be easy, facing off against the top team in the Pacific division and the best player in the game, but the Flyers were able to deliver quite a balanced effort and a largely responsible way, on the way to a commanding 5-2 win over the Oilers.
It was a game in which, ...
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The Philadelphia Flyers made one final trade in 2025, sending defenseman Egor Zamula to the Pittsburgh Penguins for forward Philip Tomasino . Tomasino reported to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in the AHL and made his debut on Saturday night in Belleville.
However, while Tomasino was hitting the ice for the first time with his new team, Zamula was suspended by the Penguins, according to the AHL’s transaction log .
Zamula recently changed his agent to Dan Milstein of Gold Star Hockey in a...
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The Philadelphia Flyers were full marks on Saturday afternoon as Denver Barkey scored his first National Hockey League goal in a 5-2 victory over the host (and highly-talented) Edmonton Oilers. The win left the Flyers splitting their West Coast trek with two wins and two losses.
The Basics
First period: 7:16- Denver Barkey (Owen Tippett, Sean Couturier), 10:31- Travis Sanheim (Unassisted), 14:38- Bobby Brink (Cam York, Matvei Michkov), 16:08- Connor McDavid (Mattias Ekholm) Second pe...
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Denver Barkey is on the board.
The Philadelphia Flyers rookie has provided some energy and solid two-way play in his short time in the NHL, but he only had two assists — both recorded in his debut at Madison Square Garden — to show for it. That changed on Saturday afternoon in Edmonton.
After some early pressure by the Oilers, it was Barkey who settled things down and opened the scoring in Edmonton.
The 20-year-old winger started the breakout in his own end and dashed down the c...
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The Philadelphia Flyers continue their Western Canada swing and are now visiting the Edmonton Oilers in what should be a very interesting Saturday matinee matchup.
Puck drop: 3:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
Team USA announced their roster for the Olympics next month and Trevor Zegras wasn’t on it. While it’s not a surprise at all that the Flyers forward was left off, there is an argument to be made that he should’ve. [BSH]
As w...
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Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ll be keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place.
Germany vs. Denmark
This busy first day of the knockout round began with the relegation match between Germany and Denmark, and it sure was a doozy. The Germans were able to get off to a hot start in this one, breaking open the scoring just three and a half minutes into the frame on a goal from David Lewandoski and beginning their steady accumulation of m...
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For the first time in a while, Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet is changing up the lineup and instead of putting some lines in a blender or making some weird addition that feels a little awkward, he’s putting back in a veteran winger who has had such a horrible season that he somewhat surprisingly has been out of the lineup for weeks.
Garnet Hathaway has had a bad season. Almost every single person, including himself, would recognize that the 34-year-old has rapidly declined to where he is ...
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On Friday, the United States revealed its roster for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Initially, we knew that six players were confirmed for the team: Toronto’s Auston Matthews, Florida’s Matt Tkachuk, Ottawa’s Brady Tkachuk, Vegas center Jack Eichel, Bruins defender Charlie McAvoy, and Minnesota Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes. The rest of the mix was widely speculated and, to some, seemed to be set in stone. But Team USA’s general manager Bill Guerin and his inner circle still had some tough decis...
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*We spent some time talking about it already, but in case you missed it in the midst of all of your holiday festivities (you’re better off if you did), the Flyers closed out 2025 on a definite low note in their loss to the Flames. [ BSH ]
*A little more angsting about that loss, for the gluttons for punishment. [ NBCSP ]
*We don’t want to spend too much time in the doom and gloom, especially just as the new year is starting. So let’s talk about something more positive! For example, h...
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Philadelphia Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet has had a great deal of success in his first few months with the team. They’re in playoff contention and routinely take some of the top teams in the league to overtime. Trevor Zegras has flourished under Tocchet, averaging around a point per game. However, there is one glaring omission to Tocchet’s success so far – Matvei Michkov.
The second year winger has not replicated the success from his rookie season. His minutes are down, as is his produc...
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*The Flyers were coming off of a big win over the Canucks on Tuesday night heading into last night’s final game of the calendar year. We’ll put a bow on that win before we pivot to last night’s game. [ PHLY ]
*We’re pivoting begrudgingly because that one was a loss and it was simply not a very good game for the Flyers. What a way to end the year. [ BSH ]
*It’s not all bad news around here though! We got some very good news yesterday as well, as it was announced that Travis Sanheim wi...
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The Flyers had some chances, hit some posts and crossbars, and had a goal called back. But overall, the Flyers weren’t the better team on this night, losing 5-1 to Calgary to conclude the calendar year.
The Basics
First period: 13:30- Mikael Backlund (Matt Cornato, Blake Coleman) Second period: 3:08- Jonathan Huberdeau (Mackenzie Weegar, Yan Kuznetsov), 8:49- Travis Konecny (Unassisted), 12:03- Rasmus Andersson (Connor Zary, Nazem Kadri) (PPG), 17:52- Yegor Sharangovich (Matt Coronat...
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We’ve made it folks! 2025 is just about to come to a close, and the Flyers will be sending the year off in Calgary, and hoping that it can be on a high note, as they look to make it a sweep of this back-to-back in Western Canada.
Puck drop: 9:30 p.m. How to watch/listen: 📺: NBCSP 📻: 97.5 The Fanatic
Pregame reading
We may be just about at the holiday, but that doesn’t mean it’s been a quiet day around here. We’ve had some pretty notable bits of news drop! First up, Egor Zamul...
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Watching the Flyers can be A Lot and fortunately our writers here have time to fill in when the team isn’t playing with other interests. There were lots of great films and television shows in 2025 that were watched that we thought we could share with you all. What were some of your favorite watches of the year? Disagree with any of ours?
Jason P : I probably watched more television than movies in 2025, but I recently just got to viewing Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another . Th...
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Throughout the World Juniors tournament, we’ll be keeping track of all the action and bringing you all of the results in one place.
Switzerland vs. Germany
After two close losses against top teams in Sweden and team USA, Switzerland found themselves in a much more favorable match against Germany, who was playing their fourth game in five days. Taking full advantage of the opportunity, the Swiss dominated the opening frame, scoring twice and out-shooting the Germans 19-7.
Kimi Ko...
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