DEFENDING THE PHILOSOPHY

It’s time to attempt to eviscerate a long-standing misnomer about the Flyers.There is a belief out there that the Flyers are horrible at recognizing defensive talent in the draft.It’s easy to make that argument when looking at past drafts ...

The Memorial Cup: A battle for junior supremacy

With the eyes of the hockey world focused on the Stanley Cup Playoffs and even the World Championships in Sweden and Finland, another very important and historical tournament is set to begin. And it's one that Flyers fans might want to keep an...

World Championships: Looking for Gold

A REPORT FROM WORLDSA running update throughout the World Championshipswhere 10 Flyers are currently in competitionUPDATED: MAY 16The playoff portion of the tournament is underway. Below is a look at the schedule of play, some results an...

EA UPDATE: Full Steam Ahead

UPDATED: MAY 1611:10 a.m.The latest update on the EA SPORTS NHL14 Cover Vote was that Wayne Simmonds trailed New York Islanders John Tavares as of late Wednesday afternoon. The race is still tight and Wayne Simmonds and his passionate fans s...

Philadelphia to host Amateur Youth Combine

Philadelphia, PA – May 14, 2013 – The inaugural Philadelphia Amateur Hockey Combine, featuring top youth hockey players will take place from July 30 through August 1 at the Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone.“The first of its kind on the East Coa...

Eye Candid

VOORHEES, N.J. – Marc-Andre Bourdon had been skating on the ice at Skate Zone for about 25 minutes.He was out there working with Flyers’ assistant coach Joey Mullen on the sheet of ice usually reserved for Flyers’ practice. The Skate Zone ...

On the Mend: Andrej Meszaros

VOORHEES, N.J. – Andrej Meszaros needs to go shopping for a new calendar.That’s because the one he had has been torn up, stomped on and shredded.“It’s a year I’d like to forget, that’s for sure,” Meszaros said Friday after another day of r...

LUUKKO HONORED

PHILADELPHIA - The Police Athletic League (PAL) of Philadelphia held it’s annual awards dinner and fundraiser last night and honored three business leaders for their dedication and commitment to the ongoing efforts of PAL.One of those recipien...

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

When Cal Heeter answered the phone last Monday and heard Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren on the phone, he assumed it was just for an end-of-season conversation.It turned out to be far more surprising than that.“I really couldn’t belie...

Penn State-Vermont to battle for second straight year

Based on the success of the inaugural Philadelphia College Hockey Faceoff (January 19, 2013), the University of Vermont and Penn State University will meet once again at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday, October 26 at 5 p.m. Tickets are now on s...

Flyers return to London, Ont. in preseason action

The Toronto Maple Leafs, currently in their first playoff run since 2004, will face off against the Philadelphia Flyers in a preseason game at Budweiser Gardens on Sunday, September 15 at 6:00pm, presented by Scotiabank. Tickets will go on sale on...

PART 1: 2013 Mini Mock Draft

MORREALE LOTTERY MOCK DRAFT1. Colorado Avalanche - Seth Jones, D, Portland (WHL)He was introduced to the game by Joe Sakic, so it's fitting the defender with great ability has chance to join the Avs2. Florida Panthers - Nathan MacKinnon,...

Flyers to select 11th overall in 2013 NHL Entry Draft

The Philadelphia Flyers will have the 11th overall selection in the first round of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft on June 30 in Newark, NJ. The first-round draft order was determined by the NHL in a lottery this evening. The Flyers finished 20th ...

2013 Scotiabank NHL Draft Lottery to be held Monday

UPDATE: The Philadelphia Flyers will receive the 11th overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft on June 30.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The 2013 Scotiabank NHL ...

Flyers Have Building Blocks to Get Back on Track

Flyers Have Building Blocks to Get Back on Track By Bill MeltzerEven before the opening faceoff dropped on the 48-game 2013 season, the Philadelphia Flyers understood the campaign would be akin to running a short-distance sprint rather than ...

LONDON CALLING

PLYMOUTH, MI – Anthony Stolarz is sitting in the stands of a darkened Compuware Arena. There is no one else around. He quietly alternates from taping his goalie stick to staring out blankly into the empty barn.Blaring over the arena speakers i...

2012-13 Flyers Team Awards Announced

RESULTS: Read's goal earns Fan Votes

Flyers to Contribute to onefundboston.org at Tuesday’s Game vs. Bruins

This past Friday, the city of Boston and the rest of the nation were able to breathe a sigh of relief. And as those impacted by the horrific tragedy in Boston on Monday, April 15 begin a difficult journey to heal, the strength of these people will...

PRIDE. OPPORTUNITY. CULTURE.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Pride. Opportunity. The culture.If you are looking for things that the Flyers can play for during their final four games of the season, you certainly can start there.Let’s take them one at a time.First, there’s pride. Y...

Make a Flyers the Cover of EA SPORTS NHL14

Philadelphia, PA – April 19, 2013 – The Philadelphia Flyers are encouraging fans to cast their vote by logging onto NHL.com/CoverVote to select either Wayne Simmonds or Jake Voracek to be featured on the cover of EA SPORTS NHL14. Both Flyers are f...

Great Scott!

Flyers Director of Player Development Ian Laperriere traveled to both Ontario and Quebec recently to watch some playoff games in two of the Canadian junior leagues.While there he spoke to several scouts from other teams, and too a man they all...

Life as a Scout... with Neil Little

Welcome, Flyers Fans!In my younger years, I wanted to be one of two things: an NHL goalie, or an Air Force fighter pilot (not so much for the 'fighter' aspect of fighter pilot, but rather more along the lines of an exhibition pilot in the Can...

Flyers sign RW Petr Straka

The Philadelphia Flyers have signed 6-1, 198-lb RW Petr Straka to an entry-level contract effective at the start of the 2013-14 NHL season, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. Straka, 20 (6/15/1992), is currently participating in the p...

BRIERE BACK FOR BUFFALO?

VOORHEES, N.J. – Danny Briere has been looking for positive steps in the past week. Monday might have been more of a positive leap.After being sidelined for 15 days with a concussion, Briere took part in his first practice with the Flyers and ...

The Four Horsemen???

It’s a good bet, that as General Manager Paul Holmgren refined the Flyers roster in the week leading up to the trade deadline, the names that came into town didn’t inspire much in the way of excitement.There is Kent Huskins, a healthy scratch ...

Flyers acquire Steve Mason from Columbus; Adam Hall from Tampa Bay

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have acquired 6-4, 217-lb goaltender Steve Mason from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for goaltender Michael Leighton and a third-round pick in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, and also claimed 6-3,...

Walk Together Forever

PHILADELPHIA – It was a long time coming, but now the notion of walking together forever has finally been memorialized in bronze.Named after the famous quote scribbled on a chalkboard by Flyers coach Fred Shero in May, 1974, Comcast-Spectacor ...

Dealing with Stress

VOORHEES, N.J. – The Flyers are not delusional. They can look at the standings and do the math. They know where they stand and can figure out just how challenging it will be to make the playoffs this season.They are realistic. They know the od...

Picking Up the Pieces

VOORHEES, N.J. – On the day after, the Flyers took the ice to practice, still searching for answers.There was certainly a different feel to the practice. It wasn’t intense, like the ones leading up to Pittsburgh that cost the Flyers Danny Brie...