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Photo/Getty By Chris DiFrancesco, Phila Phans’ Flyers beat writer How ironic is it that coach Peter Laviolette earned his 100th victory as the Flyers skipper in the same building where he led the Carolina Hurricanes to a Stanley Cup championship. Laviolette didn’t realize the feat until someone informed him before the game. “I...
By Chris DiFrancesco, Phila Phans’ Flyers beat writer When the likes of Bobby Clarke, Bernie Parent, and Bill Barber hit the ice with John LeClair, Jeremy Roenick, and Eric Lindros, a waterfall of memories will splash Flyers fans young and old with sweet nostalgia. Saturday’s 3pm Alumni game outside at Citizens Bank Park will be must-see...
Photo/AP By Chris DiFrancesco, PhilaPhans’ Flyers Beat Writer It wasn’t exactly the way the Flyers wanted to follow the Christmas holiday. With the return of Brayden Schenn and Danny Briere, the Flyers weren’t able to stifle the Tampa Bay Lightning’s scoring attack nor goaltender Mathiu Garon. The Bolts beat up Ilya Bryzgalov and...
Ilya Bryzgalov was pulled in the second period after giving up five goals on 20 shots. The Flyers were shutout 6-0 at the hands of the Boston Bruins. Photo/Getty By Chris DiFrancesco, Phila Phans’ Flyers beat writer Coming in with a seven game win streak usually has letdown written all over it. Unfortunately,...
Photo/Getty By Chris DiFrancesco, Phila Phans’ Flyers beat writer As if the last few days didn’t do enough mental damage, Thursday night brought more grim news to the Flyers organization. Flyers captain Chris Pronger will be sidelined for the rest of the 2011-12 season due to severe post-concussion syndrome. Hopes are the 37-year old defensemen...
Photo/AP By Chris DiFrancesco, Phila Phans’ Flyers beat writer The old adage Murphy’s Law states anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Unfortuantely, for the Flyers this has been nothing but reality. In the second period of Saturday nights 5-2 Flyers win over the Tampa Bay Lightning the league’s leading scorer Claude Giroux, was...
Photo/Getty Images By Chris DiFrancesco, Phila Phans’ Flyers beat writer It wasn’t too long ago when fans around Philadelphia and its suburbs questioned the acquisition of the 39-year old Jaromir Jagr. Well, with 21 points in as many games, GM Paul Holmgren doesn’t look too bad now, does he? Not in the least....
