Daniel Briere News Archives

Braydon Coburn scored twice and Scott Hartnell and Matt Carle each had a goal and two assists to help the Philadelphia Flyers snap a two game losing streak and send the Carolina Hurricanes to their eighth straight loss, 6-1 on Saturday.

For only the fourth time in NHL history, and the second this season, all 30 teams were in action on the same day last Saturday.

Philadelphia Flyers forward Simon Gagne will miss at least Tuesday's road game against the Washington Capitals after the discovery of two small hernias in the area of his right groin.

In what just might be a prelude to the Stanley Cup Finals, the Philadelphia Flyers will play host to the San Jose Sharks tonight.

Daniel Briere lit the lamp twice and added an assist as the Philadelphia Flyers took a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers at Wachovia Center.

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter Marred in a three-game losing streak, the Philadelphia Flyers fans are looking for answers.

Joffrey Lupul's first goal of the playoffs came at the 6:06 mark of overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers the series win with a 3-2 victory against the Washington Capitals in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals at Verizon Center.

The years on the calendar change but the results of the Flyers' shootouts don't. They started off this season for tiebreakers Saturday night in typical fashion with an "L," this time falling to Anaheim.

Carey Price won't have much time to savour his first National Hockey League shutout.

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter After last season's tough loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals, Philadelphia Flyer fans put their collective tails between their knees and high-tailed it back home.

Long gone are the days of the quick fix, in which general managers across the NHL would evaluate their rosters through 20 games and address needs with a quarter-pole swap meet.

It takes a near-perfect game to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Flyers were far from that Thursday night.

The Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals aren't going to play too many boring games against one another.

Forward Mike Richards, left, and defenceman Chris Pronger will try to help the Philadelphia Flyers start the season 4-0. The Philadelphia Flyers retooled their defence after being eliminated in the playoffs by the Pittsburgh Penguins for the second straight year.

Daniel Briere pounced on a loose puck and knocked in the rebound at 3:52 of overtime to lift the Flyers to a 6-5 victory over the Capitals on Tuesday night.

It's a little early in the season to start talking about character wins, but let the Flyers have a moment or two to revel in a real confidence-builder Tuesday night.

While the contract status of Blair Betts remains in limbo, two young players took another step Tuesday night toward solidifying final roster spots on the Flyers.

In order of predicted finish Philadelphia Flyers Coach: John Stevens 2008-09: 44-27-11, 99 points GM Paul Holmgren hopes the acquisition of D Chris Pronger will lift the Flyers past the Penguins, who have eliminated them from the playoffs the last two seasons.

There has been a lot of whining in Philadelphia about the penalties which have been called against the hometown Flyers and those that haven't been called against the Montreal Canadiens.