Daniel Briere

Condensed NHL season results in a reshuffling of the playoff deck

2013-04-29 00:00:00

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....

Spurs' Manu Ginobili expected to be out at least two months

2012-01-04 21:43:00

The Philadelphia Inquirer Inside the Flyers column

2013-05-12 08:24:03

The Flyers need help. They missed the playoffs for just the second time in the last 18 years, and their offseason wish list figures to include a productive winger and a top defenseman. In other words, they will try to add players similar to those they...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Jeff Gordon column

2013-05-09 03:04:01

It very difficult to win a Stanley Cup without a great goaltender. The Los Angeles Kings have such a performer. Jonathan Quick led them to the Cup last spring, winning the Conn Smythe trophy in the process. He is starring again in this postseason. And...

Fixing the Flyers: The Forwards

2013-05-08 01:34:02

KEY STATS 2.77: Goals per game in 2013. 7th: Rank in scoring in East. 3.22: Goals per game in 2011-12. 50-43-37: Goals by period for the Flyers this season, which tells a huge story. Their 37 third-period goals were 26th in the NHL; their 50...

Flyers come up short again

2013-04-29 20:47:31

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...

Flyers Notes: Laviolette will be back as Flyers coach, Holmgren says

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Peter Laviolette will return as the Flyers' coach next season, general manager Paul Holmgren said on Sunday after the players cleaned out their lockers at their Voorhees practice facility. Laviolette has two years left on his contract, but Holmgren...

Flyers have enough talent, Holmgren says

2013-04-29 00:00:00

General manager Paul Holmgren said the Flyers, who completed their lackluster season on Saturday, need just a little offseason tweaking to return to the playoffs. "I still think we have good-enough talent to win," Holmgren said. In a far-reaching, 24-...

Latest Pennsylvania sports

2013-04-27 00:11:03

SATURDAY, APRIL 27 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Philadelphia (Pettibone 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Marcum 0-0), 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (A.Burnett 1-2) at St. Louis (Westbrook 1-1), 4:15 p.m. NHL: Philadelphia at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m....

Young defense getting job done for Flyers

2013-04-27 01:54:02

Maybe it's because they are hungrier and playing with more passion than their predecessors. Or maybe it's partly because their recent opponents -- most of which have already clinched playoff spots -- seemed to be going through the motions. Whatever...

Flyers beat Islanders 2-1 for third straight win

2013-04-25 19:21:00

PHILADELPHIA -- Oliver Lauridsen and Danny Briere each scored goals to lead the Philadelphia Flyers past the New York Islanders 2-1 on Thursday night. Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 21 of 22 shots for the Flyers, who have won three straight and four of five....

Briere ends drought as Flyers edge Islanders

2013-04-26 00:00:00

If veteran Danny Briere was playing his last home game in a Flyers uniform Thursday night, the hockey gods were smiling on him. Fittingly, Briere snapped a 19-game goal-scoring drought as the Flyers, finishing their home schedule in the lockout-...

Daniel Briere is pinched by Marian Hossa and Tomas Kopecky during the first period of Game Six of the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Wachovia Center on June 9. (Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images)

2010-06-09 19:16:06

Rob Scuderi of the Pittsburgh Penguins pushes Daniel Briere of the Philadelphia Flyers during the first period of Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals.

2008-05-15 00:00:00