Posts About "Alain Vigneault"
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...
With Gostisbehere Slumping, Should the Flyers Consider a Trade?
November 26th, 2019 The Shayne Gostisbehere of the 2019-20 season is a ghost of the player the Philadelphia Flyers have come to know. He sits at just 6 points in 22 contests with the orange and black this season and has not performed well in the defensive zone. You can contribute this to a new head coach, or a new system, but “Ghost” is certainly not...
Flyers' Vigneault Makes Lineup Changes to Send Message
November 4th, 2019 When growing up in Southwest Philly, we had a saying, “If you can’t hang with the big dogs, then get off the porch.” A veteran-laden team, the Philadelphia Flyers, began the 2019-20 season playing like puppies, still wet behind the ears. Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray blocks a shot against Philadelphia Flyers...
Flyers Have a Mixed Bag of Results in October
October 31st, 2019 With 11 points in 11 games, the Philadelphia Flyers’ 2019-20 NHL season has left fans wanting. They entered the season with new players, a new coaching staff, and presumably a new, winning attitude. Their 5-5-1 record projected over 82 games would have the Flyers barely missing the playoffs and fans would be rightfully irate. ...
Philadelphia Flyers Better than Record Says
October 24th, 2019 The 2019-20 NHL season is still in its infancy, and as we saw last year before the St. Louis Blues captured their first-ever Stanley Cup, things can change dramatically over a long 82-game schedule. However, even though the season is just a few games in, there are some early takeaways one can gather around the...
Konecny Powers Flyers Past Blackhawks 4-3 in Prague
October 4th, 2019 PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Travis Konecny had two goals and coach Alain Vigneault won his debut with Philadelphia, directing the Flyers to a season-opening 4-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. Oskar Lindblom and Michael Raffl also scored fo...
