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Byline: Edward MoranJunior goaltender Jake Oettinger stops the puck during the second period . PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFFOne night after giving up four goals against Boston [...]

Byline: Edward MoranJunior goaltender Jake Oettinger makes a save during second period action. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFFFresh off a trip to Northern Ireland last weekend, the [...]

Byline: Edward Moran Junior defenseman and captain Dante Fabbro in a game against Acadia University Oct. 6. Fabbro and the No. 13 Terriers have three straight losses to start their [...]

Byline: Edward Moran Sophomore forward Shane Bowers. Bowers has a few pregame superstitions which develop throughout each season. MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF After a freshman campaign that saw [...]

Byline: Edward Moran Former player and new men's hockey coach Albie O'Connell illustrates a drill to junior forward Patrick Harper during a practice. MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF For [...]

Byline: Edward Moran Rachel Bloznalis and the rest of the Terriers will look to continue their current moment. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/ DFP FILE PHOTO Marred by a five-match winless [...]

Byline: Edward Moran Senior Erin Neville and the rest of the Terriers will look to reclaim the Patriot League Championship this season. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/ DFP FILE PHOTO Terriers [...]

Byline: Edward Moran ATLANTA _ January is not usually a big sports month in the Big Peach. The Braves are weeks away from opening spring training, the Hawks are typically [...]

Byline: Edward Moran PHILADELPHIA _ Michal Handzus needed some advice. With the Flyers and Rangers locked in a 2-2 tie and just 36.7 seconds left in overtime, Handzus was going [...]

Byline: Edward Moran PHILADELPHIA _ Up until now, all that has been said and done, or not done, between the NHL and the players union hasn't amounted to much more […]

Byline: Edward Moran PHILADELPHIA _ There just might be some hope for the hockey season. While the NHL players' union has been denying it is not currently preparing a new […]

Byline: Edward Moran PHILADELPHIA _ This is not a Jackie Robinson story. Aquil Abdullah did not decide on a career in elite rowing because no other black man had won […]

Byline: Edward Moran PHILADELPHIA _ The collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the players' association does not expire for three months, but the possibility of a lockout has become […]

Byline: Edward Moran TAMPA, Fla. _ When he came into the league eight years ago, Jarome Iginla was a teenage star, and a player destined for the spotlight. The city […]

Byline: Edward Moran PHILADELPHIA _ It wouldn't have been proper for the Philadelphia Flyers to say which team they most wanted to meet in the second round. Comments like that […]

Byline: Edward Moran PHILADELPHIA _ Intensity ... It's a burning focus, driven by an emotion fueled by desire that affects everything around it. From the surface of the ice to […]

Byline: Edward Moran TORONTO _ There is always a confident manner around a winning team. And Tuesday morning, hours before the Flyers faced off against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the […]

Byline: Edward Moran PHILADELPHIA _ Robert Esche was taking a noble stand. After giving up three goals on five shots, the Flyers goalie stood in the corner of the dressing […]

Byline: Edward Moran ATLANTA _ Mike Modano apparently is not the kind of guy to hold a grudge. After being knocked from Tuesday night's game with the Flyers by Jeremy […]

Byline: Edward Moran ATLANTA _ Only a few days ago, a game against the last-place Atlanta Thrashers looked like a light workday for the Flyers. Even if it was the […]

Byline: Edward Moran Dan McGillis inability to adjust to the new league obstruction rules was the driving force in the defenseman's trade to San Jose, according to Philadelphia Flyers president […]

PHILADELPHIA _ Ken Hitchcock has been waiting for a game when his penalty-killers aren't scored on. That was nearly impossible Thursday night, when the Flyers got hammered by referees Dan […]

TAMPA _ The Flyers were in need of a breakout game. They had tied three in a row and practically had to bleed for every goal. Simon Gagne hadn't scored […]

Watching Florida's 2002 first-round pick, Jay Bouwmeester, play a regular shift on defense the other night in the First Union Center raises the question: What's up with Joni Pitkanen, the […]

With the first month of the NHL season done, teams with problems are starting to make moves. Last week, the Washington Capitals sent tough guy Chris Simon to Chicago for […]

PHILADELPHIA _ At the end of last season, Jose Theodore was the best goalie in the NHL. At the end of last season, the Flyers were a team that could […]

EDMONTON _ The first two points were right there for the taking. With under eight minutes to play in the third period, with Roman Cechmanek back in form after a […]

PHILADELPHIA _ Just a day after John LeClair had a second back injury surgically repaired, another Flyers veteran spent the morning on the operating table. According to Flyers orthopedic surgeon […]

PHILADELPHIA _ There were times last season when John LeClair was having problems with his back. But he wasn't sure what it meant. It wasn't the same kind of pain […]

Jeff Woywitka is an 18-year-old the Flyers expect to compete for a spot on the team at training camp this year. They know that might be a long shot for […]

TORONTO _ When he was a 19-year-old rookie in Calgary, one of Jarome Iginla's career goals was to be an inspiration to other young black hockey players. As one of […]

TORONTO _ The nets will be hung. As expected, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced Thursday that safety netting will be hung behind the goal areas of the league's 30 arenas […]

PHILADELPHIA _ If there were a deep, dark place where trades gone bad could be hidden, that would be where the Flyers should send the details of the Adam Oates […]

PHILADELPHIA _ Brian Boucher doesn't consider himself a backup goaltender. Neither does Roman Cechmanek. For a hockey team trying to repair the damage of a failed season that ended in […]

RALIEGH, N.C. _ Scotty Bowman never makes much of the records he has amassed. He shrugs off comparisons to Toe Blake, his mentor from his early days in Montreal and […]

DETROIT _ There might have been other players who skated more minutes during an important playoff game than Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom. But not many. Thursday night, Detroit coach […]

PHILADELPHIA _ The players said they wanted to be taught. Ken Hitchcock is a teacher. Find us a coach who knows systems, they pleaded. Hitchcock knows systems. They said they […]

PHILADELPHIA _ Don't tell Ken Hitchcock he uses that boring hockey system known as the trap. It seems to get him riled. "First of all, we don't trap. Everyone accuses […]

PHILADELPHIA _ When the Flyers traded Kent Manderville for Billy Tibbetts, they said that he was a solid addition to the team and that his background as a convicted rapist […]

PHILADELPHIA _ The pieces of the puzzle are all on Bill Barber's desk now. He has what should be the answer to his team's scoring problems, and the playmaker who […]

PHILADELPHIA _ During the last few weeks, Bob Clarke has been publicly stating that the Flyers were good enough to win a Stanley Cup. Privately, he had concerns. Those concerns […]

PHILADELPHIA _ Call it inconsistent play. Blame it on a bad bounce or a hot goalie. Look at it as just a minor, late-season bump in the road to a […]

PHILADELPHIA _ The players said there were no angry words. And the coach said he was not angry either. But on the morning after losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs […]

TORONTO _ It was exactly the kind of big situation that Bill Barber has been talking about. The game was tied, the clock was down to 2 minutes left, and […]

PHILADELPHIA _ This should have been a night when the fans at the First Union Center left the building with their ears ringing. With the Toronto Maple Leafs in for […]

PHILADELPHIA _ The NHL trading deadline is only 12 days away and the rumors are beginning to fly. With the Flyers having one of the deepest teams in the league, […]

PHILADELPHIA _ Keith Primeau, who suffered strained ribs that forced him to the bench during the second period of the Flyers' 4-1 win in Boston on Monday night, was not […]

PHILADELPHIA _ It was an optional practice. Only two of the team's veterans were in the locker room. Forward Jody Hull was there with his little boy, along with defenseman […]