Paul Holmgren

The Stanley Cup playoffs will have a different look this season and not only because the Kings, for the first time in franchise history, are the defending champions. This condensed season produced a lot of injuries and a lot of dramatic playoff races....

Riley Cote knows a thing or two about ice hockey, and he's ready to share that with the Lehigh Valley. Cote, the former Philadelphia Flyer and current assistant coach for the team's top minor league affiliate Adirondack Phantoms, paid a visit to the...

The Philadelphia Flyers started their summer vacations much earlier than expected. For just the ninth time in franchise history, the Flyers aren't going to the playoffs. They finished 23-22-3 in the lockout-shortened NHL season, and are facing an...

Mason gains 100th career win , helps Flyers beat Ottawa OTTAWA -- A milestone win for goalie Steve Mason helped the Philadelphia Flyers play the spoiler's role Saturday night at Scotiabank Place. It also left the Ottawa Senators with a meaningful...

The Sports Xchange By Don Brennan, The Sports Xchange Flyers 2, Senators 1 OTTAWA -- The Philadelphia Flyers played the spoiler's role to perfection Saturday night at Scotiabank Place In their last game of the season, the Flyers scored a 2-1 victory...

The Sports Xchange NHL roundup: Outdoor games worth $30 million each The six planned outdoor NHL games for the 2013-14 season are valued at $30 million apiece and the extra $180 million generated will be split evenly between the league and the players,...

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Monday he is talking to investors seeking to bring an NHL franchise to Hartford, but he emphasized the return of hockey remains a remote possibility. "I have spoken to individuals who have expressed a desire to bring a team...

As just about everyone with a passing interest in hockey has heard by now, Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov fears no man, just bears in the forest. It's a good thing he threw in the "in the forest" part of that comment after practice on Monday....

The autopsy isn't official or with a definitive conclusion, but the preliminary results for the cause of playoff death for the 2012 Philadelphia Flyers is simple: they faced a better team with better coaching. As hard as it may be to admit for Flyers...

When he first came up, they used to call him "Sid the Kid." His skills helped him eventually become the face of the NHL, but his childish act began to wear thin for non-Pittsburgh hockey enthusiasts. They began bestowing Sidney Crosby with derogatory...

At some point, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma must have exhibited some sort of class, but for the last two weeks, he has been anything but a role model for taking the high road. "I want to congratulate the Flyers organization on the series win, but...

After Claude Giroux was called the greatest player in the world by Philadelphia coach Peter Laviolette following the Flyers' opening-round Stanley Cup playoff win over Pittsburgh, it sounded as though Giroux would be elevated to team captain by the...