Posts About "Alain Vigneault"
Bruins Qualifying Round Opponents: Philadelphia Flyers
July 30th, 2020 Over the course of the shortened 2019-20 regular-season, the Boston Bruins had their ups and downs, but at the end of the day, they finished with 100 points and won the Presidents' Trophy. They finished eight points ahead of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference standings. When the NHL announced in May that they were...
Flyers Qualifying Round Opponents: Washington Capitals
July 26th, 2020 The Philadelphia Flyers are taking on the Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, and Tampa Bay Lightning during the Stanley Cup qualifying round in August. After meeting Brad Marchand, David Pastrnak, and Tuukka Rask and the Bruins in the first game, the Flyers will then get ready to face off against Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and...
Flyers Award Finalists Couturier, Lindblom & Vigneault in Good Company
July 23rd, 2020 The NHL officially announced all of this season's award finalists Tuesday morning with the release of the nominees for the Hart Trophy. In the past week, three members of the Philadelphia Flyers were named finalists for awards. Head coach Alain Vigneault earned his fifth career nomination for the Jack Adams award, Sean Couturier was...
Bruins' Cassidy Is Head of the 2020 Jack Adams Class
July 20th, 2020 For the second time in three years as head coach of the Boston Bruins, Bruce Cassidy is a finalist for the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top coach. Two years ago, Cassidy finished second in the voting, which is done by the leagues broadcasters, to former Vegas Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant. Related: 10 Things You May...
Philadelphia Flyers' Coaching History
May 24th, 2020 Throughout the 53-year history of the Philadelphia Flyers, there have been 21 men to perform the duties of head coach. Some have stuck around for plenty of successful years, while others were shown the door before they'd even coached a full season. Heading into the 2019-20 NHL season, Alain Vigneault became the latest addition to...
Flyers Have Promising Future Beyond 2020
March 15th, 2020 This past week in the world has been surreal, to say the least. With the coronavirus officially becoming a pandemic a few days ago, a lot of life has been put on pause, and that includes the sports world. There have been a few professional athletes who have tested positive for the coronavirus, resulting in all professional and college...
Flyers' Team of Head Coaches Proving Successful
March 11th, 2020 Just over three years ago, Michel Therrien was fired as head coach of the Montreal Canadiens for the second time. Fourteen months later, Alain Vigneault saw his tenure as head coach of the New York Rangers come to an end; and later that year, the St. Louis Blues abruptly relieved Mike Yeo of his head coaching duties. By April 2018 all...
Flyers’ Vigneault Plays Big Role in Team Turnaround
March 8th, 2020 The Philadelphia Flyers have recently won nine straight games, as they make a push for clinching a playoff spot and chasing the dream of winning their third Stanley Cup in the franchise’s history. At this time last year though, the organization was in a completely different situation. The team had just come off of the midseason...
Flyers Finally Flirting with NHL Awards
March 7th, 2020 The success of the Philadelphia Flyers this season is obvious and apparent. It's real, it's unavoidable, and frankly, it's a lot of fun to watch. There's a multitude of things behind the Flyers' newfound secret to success and they've all helped create one of the best Flyers teams we've seen in recent memory. Although the Flyers...
Fletcher Pushing the Right Buttons for Red-Hot Flyers
March 3rd, 2020 Since he was hired to replace Ron Hextall as general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers in Dec. 2018, Chuck Fletcher has had his work cut out for him to make his team contenders again. Philadelphia Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher (Jose F. Morena/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) Hextall had a vision to restock the cupboard...
Flyers’ Best 2019-20 Acquisition: Alain Vigneault
February 25th, 2020 The Philadelphia Flyers have surged up the standings and can now go toe to toe with the NHL’s top teams, all thanks to their best acquisition of the 2019-20 season: head coach Alain Vigneault. He has the Flyers gunning for a spot in the rugged Metropolitan Division, making sure the league hasn’t forgotten about the orange and...
Flyers Have Deep Experience Behind the Bench
January 26th, 2020 When an NHL team gets talked about and analyzed, the brunt of the attention goes to the players (for obvious reasons). If attention goes elsewhere, it is on the general manager or head coach. In the case of the Philadelphia Flyers, Alain Vigneault is the one mainly taking care of business as the head coach in his first season with...
Flyers Showcase Depth, Increase Win Streak to Five
December 4th, 2019 The Philadelphia Flyers increased their win streak to five with a blowout win against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Taking a 1-1 tie into the third period, the Flyers scored five unanswered goals to win the contest 6-1. Joel Farabee scored an empty-net goal to make it 4-1 but the team wasn’t done yet. James van Riemsdyk and Shayne...
