Earlier this year, when there was still ample opportunity for the Flyers to overcome their poor start to the 2013 season, the team faced a brutal six-game road trip. Coming off a home win against Carolina on a Saturday afternoon, the trip kicked off with back-to-back games in Toronto and Winnipeg.
Three games in three far-apart cities in less than 96 hours. That's a tough task for any team in
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PREVIEW 8:30 AM EDT
Looking for their fifth straight win, the Philadelphia Flyers (17-17-3) will be in action today for the third time in four days when they visit the Winnipeg Jets (18-19-2) in an afternoon showdown. The game starts at 3 p.m. and will be televised locally on CSN Philadelphia and across Canada on the CBC,
This is the third and final meeting between the teams this season and
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The Philadelphia Flyers extended their season-best winning streak to four games with a 5-3 win in Toronto last night. It was a fine way for a Flyers club that has struggled on the road all season to start a three-game road trip.
With 11 games remaining in the lockout-shortened 48-game regular season, the Flyers are two points behind the New York Rangers for the eighth and final playoff spot in
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PREVIEW 10:00 AM EDT
Looking to extend their winning streak to four straight games and get back to the .500 mark on the season, the Philadelphia Flyers (16-17-3) start a three-game road trip tonight against the Toronto Maple Leafs (20-12-4). The game starts at 7:00 p.m. and will be televised locally on CSN Philadelphia.
This is third and final meeting between the teams this season, and the s
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PREVIEW 4:05 AM EDT
Looking to build their first three-game winning streak of the 2013 season and finish their homestand with a 3-1-1 record, the Philadelphia Flyers (15-17-3) take on the Montreal Canadiens (23-7-5) at the Wells Fargo Center tonight. The game starts at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast locally on CSN Philadelphia and nationally throughout Canada in English on TSN and in French on RD
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The Philadelphia Flyers have been widely linked to pre-trade deadline talks with San Jose for power forward Ryane Clowe. While no trade appears imminent as of this writing and there are several other teams in pursuit of Clowe, no one around the Flyers has denied the team's interest in his acquisition.
Beyond a longstanding organizational penchant for adding size to the lineup whenever possible
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In one of the more memorable games played at the Wells Fargo Center this season, the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Washington Capitals 5-4 in overtime last night. It was a seesaw affair that saw the Flyers trail 1-0, lead 2-1 and the fall behind by a 4-2 count before rallying late to force overtime.
Ruslan Fedotenko scored the game-winner in overtime after Kimmo Timonen tied the game with 10
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Yesterday's 3-1 win over the Boston Bruins was a gratifying and well-deserved outcome for the Philadelphia Flyers. An injury-depleted, struggling team received stellar goaltending from Ilya Bryzgalov on this day and the skaters pulled together to play a hard-working and determined game.
On this day, a Flyers team playing with potentially its weakest blueline starting lineup (at least in its se
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In the third game of a thus-far winless five-game homestand, the Philadelphia Flyers (13-17-3) take on the Boston Bruins (21-7-4). Today's matinee starts at 1:00 p.m. and will be broadcast locally on CSN Philadelphia and nationally on NHL Network.
This is the second of three meetings between the teams this season, and the first of two in Philadelphia. On March 9, the Flye
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The 2013 Philadelphia Flyers are a deeply flawed team that can neither protect leads efficiently nor win games that are up for grabs. Therefore, it was no real surprise that the Flyers blew a 2-0 lead against the New York Islanders last night and went on to lose 4-3 via shootout.
The problem is NOT that the players don't care. The team is just ill-assembled in general and paper thin on the blue
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