Brian Boucher News

There are lots of reasons why the Flyers have poked their heads out of the weeds of mediocrity and gone on a five-game win streak, starting on Halloween.

When the Philadelphia Flyers signed goaltender Ray Emery this past summer, there were a lot of so-called experts and fans questioning the decision to bring in the troubled netminder, who played in Russia last year.

The Flyers cut practice short Wednesday after the flu bug hit some members of the team.

For the Flyers, yesterday afternoon's short-hop charter flight to Buffalo after practice had to be a little uncomfortable.

From Bernie Parent and Paul Holmgren to Mike Richards and Brian Boucher, everyone in the Flyers organization is rooting hard for the Phillies to knock off the Yankees and reclaim Philadelphia as the city of champions.

Several thousand fans took the "Last Stroll" at the Spectrum yesterday, touring the Flyers' former locker room and the building - and standing on the concert stage.

The Washington Capitals will try to push their winning streak to five games when they welcome the Philadelphia Flyers for tonight's battle at Verizon Center.

The final horn was still reverberating throughout the half-empty Wachovia Center Sunday night when goaltender Brian Boucher skated off the ice and angrily tomahawked his stick over the Flyers' bench.

Manny Malhotra scored two quick goals in the second period to help the San Jose Sharks close out a six-game road trip with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Brian Boucher has waited more than seven years to play in a regular season game for the Flyers, so another day won't kill him.

As a kid growing up in Auburn, Mass., about 30 miles west of Fenway Park, Flyers president and Comcast Spectacor chief operating officer Peter Luukko spent his summers rooting for Carl Yastrzemski and the Red Sox and his winters imitating Bobby Orr on the frozen ponds of his neighborhood.

While the Flyers really haven't hit an iceberg yet, they are doing some rearranging of their deck chairs.

Brian Boucher, assigned by the Philadelphia Flyers before the game for a conditioning stint, made 29 saves to lead the Adirondack Phantoms to a 4-2 road victory over the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.

Defenseman Danny Syvret, like a bunch of players on this year's Flyers squad, had never been fishing in the Atlantic Ocean.

In what has become an annual tradition, the Flyers will hold a bonding camp this week, trying to get the players to learn more about their teammates.

Mike Richards and Alex Ovechkin showed off a sensational scoring show in a can-you-top-this second period.

The Philadelphia Flyers today returned goaltender Johan Backlund and defenseman Marc-Andre Bourdon on loan to the Philadelphia Phantoms.

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The Flyers announced today that backup to the backup goaltender Johan Backlund was loaned back to Adirondack, along with extra defenseman Marc-Andre Bourdon .

Wednesday 30 Sep 2009 Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 02:47AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-2009-10 Record: 0-0-0-0, 0 points , Tied-First Place - East Division Pre-Season Recap: The Phantoms completed their three-game pre-season schedule last week with a record of 1-1-0-1. Adirondack lost to the Lowell Devils 5-4 in a shootout on September ...