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For the 16th time in 17 years, the Philadelphia Flyers will participate in the playoffs. OK, it wasn’t in doubt they would, but Danny Briere’s two goal night and Ilya Bryzgalov’s 23 saves pumped the Flyers to a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens inside a sold-out Wells Fargo Center. The Flyers entered Saturday...
Since the Flyers won the overtime thriller against the Penguins last weekend they’ve lost a step. They’ve lacked urgency and like what head coach Peter Laviolette calls, ‘jam.’ Thursday nights showdown was pretty much the same up until the shootout that ended with a 2-1 Flyers win over the Washington Capitals inside the Wells Fargo Center. Ilya Bryzgalov was phenomenal again...
My how things change from game-to-game for the Philadelphia Flyers. They get shutout in San Jose Tuesday night then return home after 10-days and go score crazy against the Islanders. Finally, after having trouble scoring goals against Evgeni Nabokov in their previous three match-ups, the Flyers threw a barrage of goals by the 37-year...
Perhaps it was just the type of finish Ilya Bryzgalov needed. A great performance in the shootout to help his Flyers team defeat the Calgary Flames 5-4 after staging an epic three-goal comeback against Mikka Kiprusoff. “When you see a confident goalie back there making those saves, as a shooter, I was the fifth...
It was one of those games that saw an explosive offense bail out another poor outing from the defense and their struggling goaltender. The Flyers were finally able to beat Ondrej Pavelec and the Winnipeg Jets 5-4 in overtime Tuesday night thanks to the man who ended things with a salute. Jaromir Jagr’s overtime...
Photo/Getty Images By Chris DiFrancesco, PhilaPhans Flyers Beat Writer There’s no way any script could’ve written Jaromir Jagr’s return to Pittsburgh in a Flyers uniform any better. Jagr, who’s been the topic of both good and bad stories within the Pittsburgh media, shined mightily while scoring a goal against his former club. It must...
