Update: Thefourthperiod.com reports that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is hoping to replace MLB commissioner Bud Selig when he leaves his current position. If this does happen current NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly [...]
Familiar ground
No team wants to be down 0-2 in any series, especially the Stanley Cup Final. However, the Philadelphia Flyers can at least say they’ve been there and done that.
The Flyers were down 0-3 to the Boston Bru [...]
Here is the pessimistic view of the Flyers' chances in the Stanley Cup Finals: In NHL history, only 6.1 percent (2 of 33) of the teams that lost the first two games on the road - as the Flyers did in Chicago - have w [...]
The Stanley Cup Finals have finally arrived, meaning it's time to crown a champion for the 2009-2010 NHL season. It's two of the preseason favorites that have reached this point, in the Chicago Blackhawks and the [...]
Two weeks ago, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said that Brian Boucher’s season was likely over.
Boucher left Game 5 in Boston with MCL sprains in both his right and left knees – and he needed help to be carried o [...]
Update: The Chicago Blackhawks have reached the Stanley Cup Finals by sweeping the San Jose Sharks. F Dustin Byfuglien continued his hot streak, scoring his 3rd go-ahead goal of the series as the final ended up bein [...]
MONTREAL -- The Montreal Canadiens found an answer for hot goaltender Michael Leighton and the Philadelphia Flyers -- speed and quick puck movement.
The quick-footed Canadiens skated rings around the listless-looking Fl [...]
MONTREAL - Chris Pronger, stand-up comedian and stand-up guy, had not been on the ice for a five-on-five goal in more than seven postseason games, which ought to be impossible. The Flyers' linchpin defenseman had played [...]
THREE PLAYERS with at least six goals apiece, seven players with at least three goals, 11 players with at least two. It really does take a village to raise a Stanley Cup - and, in the Flyers' case, a Ville.
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A team seemingly left for dead last week is not only alive, it is two games away from reaching the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1997.
The Flyers, whose season was on life support four times against Boston, [...]