Arron Asham News

But don't read anything into that, coach John Stevens said. The plan all along was to play backup Brian Boucher in either the Colorado game or last night's road trip finale against the Islanders .

The Flyers' already thin offense got thinner yesterday. Danny Briere, who leads the Flyers with 10 goals, was suspended for two games because of a hit the NHL deemed illegal on Colorado's Scott Hannan after the defenseman scored a goal in the Avalanche's 5-4 win Monday.

The forwards were recalled from the AHL's Adirondack Phantoms and in the lineup last night against Colorado.

Injuries continue to deplete the Flyers' depth lines as the team moves to Colorado for tonight's game against the Avalanche.

The Flyers start a four-game Western swing in Los Angeles tonight and continue the most grueling part of their odd early-season schedule.

NOT TOO LONG ago, James van Riemsdyk was playing street hockey in his driveway in Middletown, N.J. Like any kid playing with his two younger brothers, van Riemsdyk can remember "scoring" against all of the NHL's biggest names.

James van Riemsdyk has been in the right place at the right time this week. The 20-year-old Middletown, N.J., native netted the difference-making goals in the Flyers' victories against New Jersey and Los Angeles this week.

When the Flyers boarded a chartered flight to Los Angeles following Monday night's game, James van Riemsdyk felt like a kid heading to Disneyland for the first time.

Growing up in New Jersey, Flyers forward James van Riemsdyk has gotten plenty of looks at his team's division rivals.

The Flyers will be without winger Arron Asham for their West Coast trip. Asham will be sidelined for at least 10 days with a strained muscle in his left side, suffered during the Flyers' 3-2 win over New Jersey last night, general manager Paul Holmgren said.

Philadelphia embarks on a five-game road trip starting tonight in Los Angeles. In terms of travel, it's the Flyers' longest road trip of the season and quite possibly the most important.

The Flyers did not have much time to bask in the satisfaction of their streak-busting 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.

Philadelphia Flyers players celebrate after a goal by James van Riemsdyk in the third period.

LAST NIGHT, the Flyers honored the original Broad Street Bully. More than 33 years after playing his final game in a Flyers uniform, Dave "The Hammer" Schultz' name was lifted to the Wachovia Center rafters as the 20th inductee in the Flyers Hall of Fame.

A lot had changed since the Flyers crushed the New Jersey Devils by three goals in the second game of the season.

The second-year player has struggled playing right wing. Maybe all Claude Giroux needs is a change of scenery.

It would be easy to look at the Flyers ' five-game win streak, in which they have outscored opponents by a 24-7 margin, and assume the offense has carried the team to a tie for third place in the Atlantic Division.

When the Flyers play in Buffalo tonight, it will be a matchup of two vastly different teams.

Mike Richards #18 of the Philadelphia Flyers skates against the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Round of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Wachovia Center on April 25, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Flyers cut practice short Wednesday after the flu bug hit some members of the team.