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Tuesday night the Flyers won a thriller in Winnipeg Manitoba when they defeated the Jets in overtime in one of the wildest hockey games in recent memory by a score of 5-4 . The win was good and hopefully will kick start this team to getting back on a long winning streak. The problem is [...]
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In the beginning of the season, forward Scott Hartnell was sitting on the bench and not playing more than ten minutes per game. Now he’s the leading goal scorer for the Philadelphia Flyers and is on pace to have the best season of his career.
Hartnell was struggling to find his game early in the season [...]
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Early this season, Scott Hartnell was struggling. In his first 7 games, he only managed 0 goals and 2 assists, often looking out of place. Some games he was even dropped to the 4th line, averaging less than 10 minutes of ice time per game. Rumors began to swirl that the Flyer’s were looking to [...]
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In the offseason, the Philadelphia Flyers did a complete overhaul of their team. It included trading two of their leading scorers, signing a number one goaltender, and signing James van Riemsdyk, better known as JVR, to a new contract.
The organization signed van Riemsdyk to a six-year deal worth around $25.5 million. They did the deal [...]
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Danny Briere: Lots of fist pumps. The more Briere is scoring the better off the Flyers will be. Having multiple lines, in addition to the Giroux line, which always is scoring ( or so it seems) will give the Flyers great balance in the playoffs.
Claude Giroux: A Kevlar helmet. The Flyers need to keep him [...]
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During last season’s short but eventful playoff run, chants of “J-V-R! J-V-R! J-V-R!” thundered throughout the Wells Fargo Center as the forward who goes by those initials dominated Sabres and Bruins defenders and made them look like they were still in their local Peewee league. The Flyers’ highly touted power forward had finally claimed his [...]
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If the Flyers weren’t sure how much James van Riemsdyk’s presence means to the Bullies, they are after an embarrassing 2-0 loss to the New York Rangers. The Jersey native didn’t play in the contest which made Matt Read and Daniel Briere seemingly invisible on the ice.
Van Riemsdyk is quietly on his way to having [...]
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Matt Read is making a case for himself to be a Calder Trophy candidate, for the best rookie in the National Hockey League.
Read played 11 games with the Flyers’ affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, last season. He had 13 total points in the games that he played, and made it onto the Philadelphia roster after having [...]
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The Flyers were forced to test their forward depth tonight while injuries continue to keep Danny Briere, Matt Read and Brayden Schenn out of the line-up. Defenseman Matt Walker was sent down to the AHL earlier this week to clear the cap space necessary to recall Ben Holmstrom and Harry Zolnierczyk, though Harry Z did [...]
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Over the summer, Chris Pryor, director of hockey operations for the Flyers, raved about Matt Read, the unheard of prospect out of Bemidji State University. General Manager Paul Holmgren also raved about the 5’10 winger out of Ilderton, Ontario. Little was known about him by almost every Flyers fan coming into this training [...]
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