Dave Isaac

Fans couldn’t agree on a Twitter hashtag for him down the home stretch of the Flyers’ season. Was it #suckforseth? How about #groansforjones?

It’s irrelevant now. Unless the Flyers decide to trade up, they won’t be drafting Portland Winterhawks defenseman and sure-fire No

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The end of the regular season will be a lot like the beginning for Scott Hartnell. He’ll be watching the playoffs from an unfamiliar spot — his couch.

That’s where he sat, frustrated with a broken foot only three games into the season when he watched his teammates struggle out of the gate to a 2-6-0 start

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Five years ago, at age 13, Darnell Nurse was running sprints with his famous uncle in a workout in Arizona that started getting competitive.

They had been working out together for a while. Nurse had begun lifting weights, getting stronger and stronger

“You know what? I want to be the best hockey player that’s out there,’” Nurse told his uncle that day

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Until recently, when Stanley Cup Playoff hopes became almost surely out of reach, the Flyers had talked a lot about 2010.

You remember, don’t you?

A shootout win in Game 82 … Disposing of the No

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VOORHEES— How much are goalies in Philadelphia under scrutiny? The latest hot topic is Ilya Bryzgalov’s sleeping habits.

According to a report on 97.5 FM The Fanatic, the Flyers’ flagship radio station, the goalie fell asleep in a team meeting and that’s why Steve Mason got the start Tuesday night against the Islanders.

“In the NH

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He hasn’t been on the Flyers’ radar in months. A seventh-round draft pick in 2008, goalie Joacim Eriksson has a 21-9 record in the Swedish Elite League. His numbers are off the charts: 1.67 goals-against average,

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When he got a call from Columbus GM Jarmo Kekalainen notifying him he had been traded to Philadelphia, goalie Steve Mason saw it as a chance to press the reset button on his entire career.

Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said he never considered Steve Mason to be a rental when he dealt for the goalie about a half hour before last Wednesday’s trade deadline

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The joke was cruel, even for Flyers fans on April Fool’s Day.

A blogger in Nashville found a photo of Predators goalie Pekka Rinne and defenseman Shea Weber holding baseball caps for a photo shoot and masterfully superimposed Flyers logos onto the caps

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The double fist pump and a yell from the lungs of second-year player Sean Couturier spoke…well, screamed volumes.

His shot deflected off the stick of Montreal defenseman Lars Eller.

Then off goalie Carey Price’s arm

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VOORHEES The Flyers acquired goalie Steve Mason from Columbus. According to reports, Michael Leighton and a third-round pick are going the other way.

That’s right. Sergei Bobrovsky’s backup.

That’s rig

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