The Philadelphia Flyers entered 2025–26 with minimal expectations, yet have been competitive all season long. Their 22–14–8 record has had them in a playoff spot for most of the campaign, even if they have been slipping a bit recently (three-game losing streak).
Matvei Michkov is a talented player. No doubt about it. He scored 63 points (26 goals) in his very first NHL season with the Philadelphia Flyers, and that’s no accident.
Matvei Michkov is having a difficult second season, even though things are going well for Philadelphia. The Russian isn’t scoring at the same rate as in his rookie campaign.
How many of the Maurice Richard trophy winners since the award was first given out in 1998-99 can you name in five minutes?
Matvei Michkov is having a difficult second season, even though things are going well for Philadelphia. The Russian isn’t scoring at the same rate as in his rookie campaign.
There's more to hockey than scoring goals and stopping pucks. For some players, putting up points came second to their main task: angering their opponents.
The Philadelphia Flyers are hanging with the best teams in the league, but their success is being overshadowed by the relationship between one of the team’s star players and its bench boss.
Head coach Rick Tocchet‘s tenure with the Philadelphia Flyers is only 34 games old, but frustration boiled over before the team’s Dec. 22 clash with the Vancouver Canucks.
In a Saturday, Dec. 20 clash with the New York Rangers, the season-long tension between Matvei Michkov and the Philadelphia Flyers‘ coaching staff briefly boiled over.
Matvei Michkov‘s sophomore season hasn’t gotten off to the start he or the Philadelphia Flyers were hoping for. After popping for 63 points (26 goals, 37 assists) as a rookie, expectations were high for the Russian winger to continue his ascent.
Philadelphia Flyers forward Matvei Michkov, 21 years old, is one of the best young players in the NHL. His blend of hockey sense, puck control, and skill gives him superstar upside, and the results have already come.
It wouldn’t be hyperbole to call the Vancouver Canucks‘ recent Quinn Hughes trade one of the biggest in NHL history. Not often do you see a Norris Trophy-winning defenseman be dealt at 26 years old—he has a very bright career ahead of him, with the potential to bring the Minnesota Wild their first-ever championship.
On May 14, 2025, the Philadelphia Flyers paid Rick Tocchet handsomely to be their new head coach. Making over $25 million, he was expected to help a rebuilding team take the next step, preparing them for future contention better than anyone else on the market could.
For the past few seasons, Vancouver Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes has been among the best in the business. Averaging 91 points per 82 games since 2023–24 with a Norris Trophy win and subsequent nomination under his belt, that much is indisputable.
There seem to be two schools of thought with the Philadelphia Flyers right now: either fight like hell to stay in the fight, or sort out the major issues,
The Philadelphia Flyers‘ tough-love treatment of their young face of the franchise, Matvei Michkov, has reached a breaking point. Fans are split into two factions.
The Philadelphia Flyers completed a dramatic overtime victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday, but not everything is going smoothly so far to start the season in Philadelphia.
The ultra-talented Russian has been lightly benched at times by new head coach Rick Tocchet.
Matvei Michkov may have only played one season in the NHL, but already it appears he's becoming frustrated with the lack of winning in Philadelphia. The
Matvei Michkov is coming off an incredible rookie campaign, but unfortunately his off-season hasn't started well after he was involved in a horrific car accident.
By the final stretch of the NHL season, candidates for year-end awards typically are in sharp focus. But like the uncertainty of who should win the Hart Trophy, the annual award for league MVP, the voting for the Calder Trophy could play out several ways.
After a three-point game in Thursday’s loss, Philadelphia Flyers’ rookie Matvei Michkov is on top of the rookie scoring ladder. Michkov has scored 19 goals, 25 assists, and 44 points in 58 games.
Lost in the disappointment of Thursday’s loss, Matvei Michkov played one of his better games of the season. “I think he’s tired mentally, and once that clears up, I think he’ll be more free-flowing.” That’s what Flyers head coach John Tortorella had to say about Michkov less than 10 hours before puck drop.
The Philadelphia Flyers were shut out for the second time in as many games in what may have been the most dysfunctional hockey game I have ever watched.
After back-to-back losses in New York, the Philadelphia Flyers bounced back with a big 4-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night. Unlike the two previous games, the Flyers scored multiple first-period goals and held on to the lead.
The NHL is just about halfway through its season, and with that, there have been plenty of impressive first-year players. The Calder Trophy, given to the best rookie, should be a tight race between several candidates.
The National Hockey League’s (NHL) Department of Player Safety announced that Philadelphia Flyers forward Matvei Michkov has been fined $2,473.96, the maximum allowable under the Collective Bargaining Agreement, for high sticking Los Angeles Kings forward Quinton Byfield.
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