Mike Richards News

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.

The Flyers were supposed to have a day off yesterday. Didn't happen. Unhappy with the team's performance in consecutive losses to San Jose and Washington, coach John Stevens changed plans and put the Flyers through a tough workout at the Skate Zone in Voorhees.

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.

Before the season began, many pundits and hockey publications predicted the Flyers would be drinking from Lord Stanley's Cup come June, putting an end to the 35-year drought.

Mike Richards and Jeff Carter scored two goals apiece and rookie David Laliberte and Scott Hartnell also tallied, leading the Philadelphia Flyers to a 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night.

Brian Boucher wanted this one bad. For his dad. For his new team, the Flyers. And for all the people who wanted to see him stick it to his former team, the San Jose Sharks.

Former Flyers captain Keith Primeau has no ax to grind with current Flyers captain Mike Richards.

At the same time doctors in Montreal and Philadelphia were differing over how to treat Simon Gagne's two hernias, the Flyers were blindsided by more discouraging injury news.

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.

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 have their own version of the French Connection line. In an effort to jump-start the offense - especially Simon Gagne and Scott Hartnell - coach John Stevens has changed three of the Flyers' four lines for tonight's game against Florida at the Wachovia Center.

Flyers Braydon Coburn , Ray Emery , Jeff Carter and Mike Richards took Eastern State Penitentiary's Terror Behind the Walls tour Wednesday night, getting through the tour in time to catch the start of the Phillies/Yankees World Series game.

I honestly don't see how Mike Richards can be suspended for his hit on David Booth last night.

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Mike Richards and the Philadelphia Flyers aren't happy about the media writing about some off-ice rumours.

The Flyers will determine today whether left wing Simon Gagne will need surgery to repair two small hernias in his right groin area.

Alexander Semin returned to the lineup and notched the game-winning goal in the third period, as Washington extended its winning streak to five games with a 4-2 win over Philadelphia at Verizon Center.

Written By: Mark a oeThe Hard Hittera Ritter Coming off a 4-2 loss to the Florida Panthers the week before, the Philadelphia Flyers went into Saturday nights game against the Panthers with one thing on their minds, a oerevengea , something they accomplished with a 5-1 win.