UNIONDALE, N.Y. - To stop a three-game slide, Flyers coach John Stevens paired his two leaders on the same line. If the Flyers were going to shake this "funk," Stevens said, Mike Richards and Jeff Carter were the two who needed to step up for his team.
UNIONDALE, N.Y. - To stop a three-game slide, Flyers coach John Stevens paired his two leaders together on the same line. If the Flyers were going to shake this "funk," Stevens said, Mike Richards and Jeff Carter were the two who needed to step up for his team.
Flyers coach John Stevens wants to get backup goalie Brian Boucher some work, but . . . Ray Emery is riding a sizzling streak, and Stevens is reluctant to make a change.
from Frank Seravallii of the Philadelphia Daily News, “He obviously had a reputation for doing all of these things that we’ve read about,” Chris Pronger said. “All I was hoping for was that he was going to stop the puck. He’s done a very good job of doing that. That other stuff can get blown out of proportion pretty easily. “You obviously want to support a player...
via Sam Carchidi of Broad Street Bull, Danny Briere left practice early Friday because of what Flyers coach John Stevens called “a lower-body injury.” Since Briere missed most of last season with groin and abdominal injuries, alarms are going off in Flyerdom right now. The Flyers recalled David Laliberte from the AHL Adirondack Phantoms. Simon Gagne is already sidelined with a double-hernia,...
The Flyers were supposed to have a day off yesterday. Didn't happen. Unhappy with the team's performance in consecutive losses to San Jose and Washington, coach John Stevens changed plans and put the Flyers through a tough workout at the Skate Zone in Voorhees.
Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . Brent Johnson ( above ) finally got some offense to work with. -The Miami Herald's recap . The Panthers just couldn't get that third goal. -The Associated Press' recap . Sidney Crosby scored his first career short-handed goal. - NHL.com's recap . Crosby made the difference in his 300th career game. -The shootout: -Evgeni Malkin setting up Crosby's...
The Flyers have their own version of the French Connection line. In an effort to jump-start the offense - especially Simon Gagne and Scott Hartnell - coach John Stevens has changed three of the Flyers' four lines for tonight's game against Florida at the Wachovia Center.
Flyers Notes It was a subtle move, but one the Flyers hope will jump-start struggling defenseman Braydon Coburn. In last night's game against Boston, coach John Stevens flip-flopped the positions of Coburn and defensive partner Kimmo Timonen, a pair of lefty shooters.
Penguins -Chris Conner and Luca Caputi ( right ) each had a goal and an assist for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in a 6-3 road win against the rival Binghamton Senators . Dustin Jeffrey and Mark Letestu, who has apparently been a taken off injured reserve and demoted to the AHL, added two assists. John Curry made 38 saves in the win. -Tough guy Aaron Boogaard actually scored the game-winner for...
Flyers coach John Stevens is an opportunist. So when the NHL handed out the schedule in July and Stevens found an 11-day break - in October, not March - with just one game in between, he knew exactly what to do. Stevens scheduled a team bonding trip for Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Flyers, who visit the Panthers on Friday night in nearby Sunrise, traveled to Florida last night.