Mike Richards News

For the most part, the first quarter of the NHL season has been kind to the Philadelphia Flyers.

Written By: Mark a oeThe Hard Hittera Ritter There was plenty of hype surrounding last nighta s matchup between the Philadelphia Flyers and the San Jose Sharks and there was plenty on the line for both of these clubs, mainly, bragging rights.

For the second game in a row, the Flyers will face a high-powered offense when they take on the Sharks tonight in San Jose.

Having scored five goals in his first six games, Philadelphia Flyers forward Mike Richards was off to the hottest start of his short NHL career.

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.

No team in the NHL has played fewer road games than the Flyers, who face off against the Los Angeles Kings tonight in just their sixth road test of the season.

Not in our house. And definitely not on Dave Schultz Hall of Fame Night. That was the message goalie Ray Emery and the Flyers sent the New Jersey Devils in their 3-2 victory Monday night in front of a sellout crowd at the Wachovia Center.

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

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter Looking for their sixth straight win, the Philadelphia Flyers will be on the hunt for Buffalo tonight at the Wachovia Center.

Buffalo's Paul Gaustad begins his celebration after redirecting the puck past netminder Ray Emery for the winning goal, as Matt Carle skates past.

Flyers captain Mike Richards has become the poster boy for the NHL's crackdown on blows to the head and quite frankly, he doesn't like it.

The Flyers have clicked on 19 of 68 power plays, a 27.9 percent rate. Mike Richards leads the Flyers with eight power-play points, followed by Scott Hartnell , Jeff Carter , and Pronger .

Known as an in-your-face player, Pronger may be in your face in other ways soon.

Could history be in the making in the Atlantic Division? Since the NHL re-aligned its divisional format in 1998, no division has placed all five teams in the playoffs.

With a nickname like "SmackIntyre," it's clear that the Panthers didn't reclaim rugged left wing Steve MacIntyre from Edmonton on Tuesday for his finesse around the net.

Crashing the Net takes you around the league touching on hot and cold players, battles for ice-time and what's going on in net.

Professional poker player Mike Sexton told a dinner crowd as he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame that he's now the answer to a new trivia question.

Getting surprising production from their third and fourth lines, the Flyers won their third straight last night, defeating the Buffalo Sabres, 5-2, at the HSBC Arena.

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

The Sabres try to slow down Philadelphia's high-powered attack Friday night in Buffalo after being unable to do so while getting swept in last season's series.