First-round breakdown: New Jersey Devils versus Philadelphia Flyers
This is not the first-round matchup the Devils likely wanted. But despite the Flyers' grit and experience, Martin Brodeur and Ilya Kovalchuk will be the difference for New Jersey.
View Article2010 NHL playoffs: It's beginning to look a lot like 1993
1. It was an innocent tweet on my part, just a random thought, and the responses came flooding in from Habs fans. I wondered after Max Lapierre-turn...
View ArticleFive Things We Learned: Bad karma for Flyers; are goalies that important in...
1. Flyers fans, this is what happens when one of your own decides to slash the car tires of a veteran and respected hockey writer (Pat Hickey of the M...
View Article2010 NHL playoffs -- San Jose Sharks digging deep to avoid West finals sweep
CHICAGO -- Not only are the Philadelphia Flyers a motivational tool for San Jose, but it just so happens that there also are two former Sharks colleag...
View Article2010 Stanley Cup finals: Philadelphia Flyers face yet another goaltending...
After Game 1 of the Cup finals, the Flyers face yet another goaltending quandary -- Boucher or Leighton?
View Article2010 Stanley Cup finals: Philadelphia Flyers can't escape the goaltending...
It wouldn't be the Philadelphia Flyers if there wasn't a goaltending controversy, and the drama unfolded on the eve of Game 2 against the Chicago Blackhawks.
View Article2010 Stanley Cup finals: Philadelphia Flyers' Peter Laviolette won't announce...
Flyers coach Peter Laviolette would not announce which goaltender, Michael Leighton or Brian Boucher, would start in Monday's Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals.
View Article2010 Stanley Cup finals: Philadelphia Flyers coach Peter Laviolette coy about...
Flyers coach Peter Laviolette did not announce his starting goalie outright Tuesday, but hinted strongly at going back to Michael Leighton.
View ArticlePlayoff feel in battle of East contenders
TAMPA, Fla. -- On a night when the folks at the St. Pete Times Forum were treated to playoff-type hockey two months before the real thing, the Philade...
View ArticleFlyers hope wake-up call puts slump in past
TORONTO -- The Philadelphia Flyers have made their fans a little nervous, some even panicky, with a month to go before the NHL playoffs. Their fear...
View ArticleNHL free agents: Top players who could hit market in 2011 and 2012
Before the playoffs start, Pierre LeBrun takes a look at this summer's unrestricted free-agent crop.
View ArticleFirst-round breakdown: Philadelphia Flyers versus Buffalo Sabres
"It's tough to find a more hated playoff rival in Buffalo than the Philadelphia Flyers." That was the lead in John Vogl's Buffalo News story Sunday. ...
View ArticleFlyers earn win despite juggling goalies
As I sit in playoff limbo here in the Bay Area, waiting for my next assignment, some views from afar from my hotel room on Sunday's NHL drama: Flyers ...
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