The Philadelphia Flyers announced that they have placed forward Zac Rinaldo on Injured Reserve and recalled forward Tye McGinn from their AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, this morning, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. McGinn, 23, has six goals and 12 points in 28 games ...
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Flyers Rally to Beat Brodeur, Devils in OT
By Jay Greenberg, Flyers.com NEWARK – No question, Claude Giroux saw more of the net than Marty Brodeur saw of Claude Giroux. Did it look as wide open as Steve Yzerman’s throat? Probably not, but whatever the Flyers captain envisioned himself shooting at, he ...
Read More »Flyers’ Giroux Left Off Canadian Olympic Team
By Jay Greenberg, Flyers.com NEWARK, N.J. — Only in an alternate universe is Claude Giroux not one of the 25 best hockey players in Canada so it’s not over yet. As General Manager Steve Yzerman hinted Tuesday morning after announcing a Canadian Olympic ...
Read More »Flyers Wage Another Comeback, Beat Coyotes
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com GLENDALE, AZ. – Detroit. Columbus. Edmonton. Vancouver and now Phoenix. Four on the road. One at home. In the past month, those are the game the Flyers trailed in the third period and somehow managed to ...
Read More »Behind Simmonds, Flyers Rally to Beat Oilers & Bryz
EDMONTON — Ilya Bryzgalov did his best to pull one out against his former team, but fell short in the Philadelphia Flyers’ 4-3 shootout victory against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night at Rexall Place. Bryzgalov made 35 saves and was the ...
Read More »Flyers Beat Wild, Extend Home Win Streak to 9
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com PHILADELPHIA – When Craig Berube decided to tweak his lineup six games ago as far as line combinations, there were some eyebrows raised when he decided to put Brayden Schenn, Scott Hartnell and Wayne Simmonds together. ...
Read More »Flyers Erupt in 3rd Period to Edge Columbus
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com PHILADELPHIA – Jake Voracek has played just one game against the Columbus Blue Jackets – the team that drafted him – since being traded to the Flyers. In that one game, Voracek had one goal and ...
Read More »Flyers Drop Another Shootout in Washington
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com WASHINGTON – Imagine a relay race of some distance (not a sprint) where the runners on the first three legs get out to a huge lead and then, when passing the baton to the anchor, instead ...
Read More »Tough Crowd: Philly’s “Other Teams” Fight Through The Clutter
Sticking Up For The Little Guys Fighting for relevance is never easy. And fighting through the clutter of an over-saturated sports marketplace can be downright impossible. Even with the advent of niche blogging and budget-less marketing plans, sometimes some of ...
Read More »Flyers get Thumped by Defending Champ Chicago
By Anthony SanFilippo, Flyers.com CHICAGO – When the Flyers lost an ugly game to Dallas last week, Kimmo Timonensaid “If you give up four goals in the second period you are going to lose.” Pretty sure he has the same sentiment ...
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