Brian Boucher News

General view of a game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California, September 2008.

Flyers coach John Stevens, who guards his goalie decision like it's a state secret, has decided to give Brian Boucher his second straight of the season tonight in Los Angeles.

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.

Goaltender Brian Boucher #33 of the Philadelphia Flyers makes a save during the NHL game against the Los Angeles Kings at the Staples Center on November 18, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

Head to head: The Sharks beat the Flyers and ex-San Jose G Brian Boucher 4-1 on Oct.

Flyers coach John Stevens says he will always have "a soft spot in my heart" for Randy Jones .

Mika Pyorala scored his first NHL goal, backup goalie Brian Boucher made 37 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers opened a trip with their seventh victory in eight games, 3-2 over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.

Flyers coach John Stevens said at practice on Tuesday that goalie Brian Boucher would "definitely" start at least one game on the Flyers' current five-game road swing.

Dan Carcillo rebounded from this Craig Rivet hit last week in Buffalo to stab the Sabres with two goals, his first of the season.

There are lots of reasons why the Flyers have poked their heads out of the weeds of mediocrity and gone on a five-game win streak, starting on Halloween.

When the Philadelphia Flyers signed goaltender Ray Emery this past summer, there were a lot of so-called experts and fans questioning the decision to bring in the troubled netminder, who played in Russia last year.

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

For the Flyers, yesterday afternoon's short-hop charter flight to Buffalo after practice had to be a little uncomfortable.

From Bernie Parent and Paul Holmgren to Mike Richards and Brian Boucher, everyone in the Flyers organization is rooting hard for the Phillies to knock off the Yankees and reclaim Philadelphia as the city of champions.

Several thousand fans took the "Last Stroll" at the Spectrum yesterday, touring the Flyers' former locker room and the building - and standing on the concert stage.

The Washington Capitals will try to push their winning streak to five games when they welcome the Philadelphia Flyers for tonight's battle at Verizon Center.

The final horn was still reverberating throughout the half-empty Wachovia Center Sunday night when goaltender Brian Boucher skated off the ice and angrily tomahawked his stick over the Flyers' bench.

Manny Malhotra scored two quick goals in the second period to help the San Jose Sharks close out a six-game road trip with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Brian Boucher has waited more than seven years to play in a regular season game for the Flyers, so another day won't kill him.

As a kid growing up in Auburn, Mass., about 30 miles west of Fenway Park, Flyers president and Comcast Spectacor chief operating officer Peter Luukko spent his summers rooting for Carl Yastrzemski and the Red Sox and his winters imitating Bobby Orr on the frozen ponds of his neighborhood.