Matt Carle News

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

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.

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter On most nights, knowing you have to play in Buffalo is enough to make NHL players sick.

A few hours before last night's game against Buffalo, Matt Carle's voice was hoarse, he sounded ultra-congested and looked pale - the effects of the flu.

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.

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

Both Forsberg and the Gosselins need to go away for a long, long time. Forsberg's name now has run through the Hockey-rumor washing machine so many times that people are numb to it.

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

For most players, the East Coast Hockey League is hockey's equivalent of purgatory.

Defenceman Matt Carle is off to a strong start for Philadelphia, with 12 points and a plus-9 rating through 11 games.

In the season's first month, the Flyers' special teams have been superb. In addition, the team has shown more discipline than last season, and has reduced its penalties.

Written By: Mark a oeThe Hard Hittera Ritter Tonight, the Philadelphia Flyers host the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Wachovia Center at 5:00 PM EST.

One thing that has been plaguing the Flyers this season, besides the constant and debilitating string of lower body injuries, was been their 5-on-5, even-strength play.

The Philadelphia Flyers will try for back-to-back wins when they host the Tampa Bay Lightning for tonight's battle at Wachovia Center.

It only took the Flyers about three minutes Saturday to achieve the team bonding they were trying to get from a recent three-day retreat in Florida.

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.

Saturday afternoon's Flyers game was the perfect warm-up to Saturday night's World Series clash between the Phillies and Yankees at Citizens Bank Park.

Halloween came about a month early for the Carolina Hurricanes, and its lasted a long time.

When defenseman Matt Carle says teammate Blair Betts, the Flyers' fourth-line center and penalty-killing whiz, "adds another defensive dimension," he is not overdosing on hyperbole.

The Flyers tried to push defenseman Randy Jones through reentry waivers, but one of his former coaches wouldn't let it happen.