PETER LAVIOLETTE RUMORS

Tim Panaccio: Do You "Like" The Flyers Roster?

Things I liked on breakup day: That general manager Paul Holmgren finally gave coach Peter Laviolette an endorsement for next season. The feeling among the media was that Holmgren's tepid responses in past weeks that he "expected" Laviolette back meant that he had to first run it by club president Peter Luukko and especially club chairman Ed Snider. To blame...
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18 days ago  |  Discuss

Flyers keep Laviolette as coach

The Philadelphia Flyers have failed to win a Stanley Cup since 1975. But they're at least in the hunt. Not this year. Not after the Flyers failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2007 and only the second time since 1995. Any offseason shakeups needed to mold the Flyers back into a contender won't include changing the coach. Peter Laviolette has another chance...
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19 days ago  |  Discuss

Flyers keep Laviolette after missing playoffs

The Philadelphia Flyers have failed to win a Stanley Cup every season since 1975. But they're at least in the hunt. Not this year. Not after the Flyers failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2007 and only the second time since 1995. Any offseason shakeups needed to mold the Flyers back into a contender won't include changing the coach. Peter Laviolette has...
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19 days ago  |  Discuss

Knuble Should Play in Final Game of Flyers Season Because I Said So

Categories: BREAKING NEWS Flyers News NHLTags: Mike KnubleI don’t know how other coaches handle the media, but I’ve sat in enough conferences with Philadelphia Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette to know that you don’t ask him questions about the line-up. You especially don’t ask him about goaltenders. After the second game of the 2011 Stanley Cup quarterfinals against...
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21 days ago  |  1 Comment

It Appears Laviolette Is Safe In Philly

from Sam Carchidi of Broad Street Bull, Forget the rumors about Peter Laviolette being fired after the season. It sounds as if the Flyers’ fiery coach is staying. Without formally announcing it, general manager Paul Holmgren gave Laviolette a strong vote of confidence in Montreal on Monday. Asked if he planned to make a coaching change, Holmgren’s reply was succinct...
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April 15, 2013  |  Discuss

Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: Line Juggling, Talbot Trade Rumors, Flyers UFA Forwards

Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette made wholesale line changes at practice yesterday. Afterwards, he denied that the line juggling had any significance in terms of the lines that will start Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Nevertheless, given the way the Flyers have struggled all month to score at even strength or score third period goals of any variety, it...
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March 22, 2013  |  Discuss

Flyers' Laviolette back where he belongs - at rink

Flyers coach Peter Laviolette is back where he belongs, at the team's training complex, speaking to reporters and watching some of his players work out. They're not all back yet, but they will be here soon, as the Flyers finally get a chance to wash away the sting of another short playoff run last season. The standard group of workout regulars that included defenseman Kimmo...
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January 07, 2013  |  Discuss

Briere proving to be Philly's go-to guy

Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette, perhaps, said it best after his team's 4-3 overtime win over the New Jersey Devils Sunday: "There are people who answer the bell." Danny Briere is one of those people. Playing on a new line and under immense playoff pressure, Briere shined Sunday, scoring two goals, including the overtime game winner to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead...
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April 29, 2012  |  Discuss

Flyers Coach Peter Laviolette Credits Take-Out Ribs for Win Against Penguins

Some hockey teams have lucky charms or special pre-game routines that they go through to stay in a rhythm. For the Flyers, it's all about the post-game meal. Peter Laviolette and Philadelphia have never lost to Pittsburgh on the road since the Pens moved to the Consol Energy Center. Their secret? Take-out ribs from a restaurant in West Virginia called Dee Jay's. "We...
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April 01, 2012  |  Discuss
OUTTA MY WAY

Video: Flyers coach shoves Stars player

Philadelphia Flyers Coach Peter Laviolette won’t let anything block his path, even if that obstacle is an opposing player.  Following the first period of  a very heated contest between the Flyers and the Stars, Laviolette was making his way to the locker room and started having words with Steve Ott.  It looked like Ott stood in the way of Laviolette on purpose following their...
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December 21, 2011  |  1 Comment
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