John Stevens News

The Flyers' injury list grew tonight. So did their winning streak. Mika Pyorala scored the decisive goal in a shoot-out as the Flyers outlasted the St.

Waking up yesterday in Buffalo, Flyers coach John Stevens must have picked up the local newspaper and read the Sabres report.

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

Chris Pronger has not been around the Flyers long enough to accurately predict his team's chances in the Eastern Conference this season, let alone its prospects for a Stanley Cup.

John Stevens made a statement to his players on Wednesday when he stripped them of a scheduled day off and told them they'd keep practicing until they started winning games.

When Chris Pronger comes walking through the locker room half-jokingly wearing a doctor's mask, the annual Flyer flu season has officially begun.

The Flyers received bad medical news on Simon Gagne yesterday. An ultrasound exam revealed that the Flyers' left wingeris suffering from two small hernias and will be sidelined indefinitely, the team announced.

The Flyers' excitement over their victory was offset by the news that Gagne will miss six to eight weeks.

's solid goaltending highlighted the Flyers ' 6-1 win over sad-sack Carolina on Saturday - and overshadowed Blair Betts ' impressive return.

Plays like these can't help Simon Gagne's groin/hip area. He is being evaluated today with an ultrasound.

THE FLYERS are dropping like flies. First it was Simon Gagne, who found out while taking an ultrasound on Monday that he has two small hernias in his groin area.

Jones, 28, was claimed yesterday by the Los Angeles Kings , whose head coach, Terry Murray, was a Flyers assistant in charge of the defense when Jones was part of the team.

There was a method to Simon Gagne's madness. It turns out that it wasn't just demons from a goal-scoring drought that were dancing in Gagne's head.

Surgery has been recommended to Simon Gagne by the Flyers to repair his two hernias but the left wing has decided to seek a second opinion first.

On a night when they lost on a bizarre goal that deflected off a bewildered defenseman, the Flyers continued a disturbing trend.

When the San Jose Sharks play the Flyers tonight in Philadelphia, there's only one certainty: There won't be any Philadelphia players updating their Twitter account around Flyers head coach John Stevens.

THERE WERE a multitude of reasons why Brian Boucher wanted to win last night's game against the San Jose Sharks.

It happened in a split second on Saturday night, but the reverberations were felt in the far corners of the hockey world.

Matt Carle quietly leads all Flyers blueliners in points so far this season. The Flyers should be ready to re-open their season against the Boston Bruins tomorrow night at home.

The Flyers will have to go a long way to knock the Phillies off the front page, but the ball team's success has been a distraction from a battle between captain Mike Richards and the Philly media.