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When John Stevens became the first coach fired this season, very few eyebrows were raised.

Flyers GM Paul Holmgren denied a report that Mike Richards was going to be stripped of his captaincy in favor of Chris Pronger .

Mike Richards, Jeff Carter and Claude Giroux scored two goals apiece, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Islanders 6-2 on Tuesday night for their first win under new coach Peter Laviolette.

Standing in the middle of a lonely locker room in the bowels of the Bell Centre, Mike Richards could do little more than bewilderingly shake his head.

When the Flyers face the Washington Capitals Saturday night at the Wachovia Center, they'll dodge a bullet with a number 8 on it.

The Flyers' Scott Hartnell tries to deflect the puck as teammate Mike Richards hitsthe ice with Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo in the middle period.

Desperate to show their skeptical fans they are not as bad as their recent slide suggests, the Flyers showed some fight against the Vancouver Canucks Thursday night at the Wachovia Center.

A losing streak - or a string of five losses in six games - is not the product of one problem.

Pardon the Flyers if they don't weep any tears over Alex Ovechkin's absence from Saturday night's game at the Wachovia Center.

's timetable on a return to the lineup was with caution. After his abdominal surgery on Nov.

With five losses in their last six games, the Flyers entered last night ninth in the NHL 's Eastern Conference and well aware they were underachieving.

Simon Gagne could be back in the lineup sooner than expected. Gagne practiced on Monday morning at the Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, N.J., wearing a yellow jersey to single himself out from the rest of the Flyers' lines.

FOR THE Flyers , a Black Friday matinee has become - in just a short time - a tradition on the schedule.

Tim Connolly #19 of the Buffalo Sabres fires a shot on goal against the Philadelphia Flyers on November 27, 2009 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Flyers ' already thin offense got thinner yesterday. Danny Briere , who leads the Flyers with 10 goals, was suspended for two games because of a hit the NHL deemed illegal on Colorado's Scott Hannan after the defenseman scored a goal in the Avalanche 's 5-4 win Monday.

The Flyers start a four-game Western swing in Los Angeles tonight and continue the most grueling part of their odd early-season schedule.

DENVER The view from the perch on Monday night was not pretty. I can't imagine what it was like from the ice or inside the Flyers' locker room after the second period.

The Shark Tank has been a House of Horrors for the Flyers . Last night, Dany Heatley - skating with the NHL 's top scoring line with partners in crime Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton - bit the Flyers with a hat trick to give the Sharks a convincing 6-3 victory at HP Pavilion.

Tyler Ennis described his first game in the NHL as an awesome experience. Ennis scored his first NHL goal and Ryan Miller stopped 29 shots to help the Buffalo Sabres snap the Philadelphia Flyers' five game winning streak, 3-2 on Saturday night.

An unlikely duo helped the Flyers successfully start their grueling five-game road trip last night.