4 Flyers Numbers That Need To Be Retired Max Nason | April 24, 2020 A player having their jersey number retired is an honor that franchises rarely give and only bestow to their most beloved stars. For most teams, excluding several Original Six franchises,…
Flyers’ All-Decade Team THW Archives | March 21, 2020 From 2010 through 2019, the Philadelphia Flyers saw their fair share of triumph and mediocrity. Obviously no Stanley Cups were added to the trophy case, but they did have some…
Flyers Once Almost Had an Emergency Goalie Situation of Their Own Johnny Berman | February 23, 2020 On Saturday night, Dave Ayres forever etched his name into NHL history by becoming just the second emergency goalie in recent years to be called into a game due to…
Lessons From the Flyers 2007 Rebuild R. Black | January 25, 2019 A superstar-led Philadelphia Flyers team enters a season with expectations of returning to the playoffs and building on the previous season’s first-round exit. The team comes out of the gate…
Timeline of Paul Holmgren, Bob Clarke and the Flyers R. Black | January 21, 2019 The pro sports world is inherently exclusive and insular, but there may not be many pro sports franchises out there as insular as the Philadelphia Flyers. The team is now…
Scheifele Sniping His Way Toward Leach’s Record Declan Schroeder | May 17, 2018 Some records stand for so long, you forget they even exist, let alone entertain the notion someone could actually break them. One of these mythical marks is Reggie Leach’s record…
Flyers Honor One of the Greats: Eric Lindros Dan Ward | January 18, 2018 Prior to the game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night, the Philadelphia Flyers will honor one of the greatest to ever don the Orange and Black. The No.…
Recchi’s Record-Breaking 1992-93 Season Dan Povlich | October 4, 2017 Mark Recchi will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2017, his fourth year of eligibility. He won a Stanley Cup with three different teams, and his…
Eric Lindros: A Player Who Changed Hockey Both On and Off The Ice Michael Rappaport | September 29, 2017 This article was originally published in November, 2012. Say what you will about Eric Lindros, but the former Flyers captain changed hockey both with his on-ice presence as well as…
Eric Lindros’ Number to Be Retired by Flyers Brandon Murphy | August 30, 2017 On August 28, the Philadelphia Flyers announced that Eric Lindros’ number 88 will be retired. Over the course of his career, Lindros was a threat in every aspect of the…
Flyers Captains Post-Lockout to Present Dan Povlich | August 1, 2017 In two previous pieces, THW looked at the Flyers’ captains from their inception through the captainless 1992-93 season and from the start of the Lindros era until the 2004-05 lockout.…
Flyers Captains Lindros Era to Lockout THW Archives | May 31, 2017 In a previous post, The Hockey Writers took a look at every Flyers captain from Lou Angotti, the first, to Rick Tocchet, the last man to wear the C before…