[ horn blowing ] >> ed: they talked about it a lot, dave hakstol. the good stick from bellemare. and i loved the reaction on the flyers' bench now giving themselves a two-goal lead with less than a minute to go. knowing how close they are to >> pierre: you earn your coach's trust. it's an example of why he's trusted, why that line is so valuable for the flyers. >> mike: an unassisted goal by bellemare has made this 3-1. who would have thought 30 of the last possible 34 points to pass four teams. into the glove of zatkoff. et at least one more face-off. it was wayne simmonds who has said in making the playoffs has been a man that did not make it chair chair. ed snider has been battling healthishes for most of the season. [ horn blowing ] >> mike: they have prove thad you can come out of seemingly nowhere with an acceleration down the stretch and get in. and as the kings proved in 2012, all you have to do is get in. wayne simmonds, pierre mcguire. >> pierre: thanks very much, doc. it wasn't supposed to happen this way. they said there was no chance for the flyers to make the playof

[ horn blowing ] >> ed: they talked about it a lot, dave hakstol. the good stick from bellemare. and i loved the reaction on the flyers' bench now giving themselves a two-goal lead with less than a minute to go. knowing how close they are to going to the playoffs. >> pierre: you earn your coach's trust. it's an example of why he's trusted, why that line is so valuable for the flyers. >> mike: an unassisted goal by bellemare has made this 3-1. who would have thought 30 of the last possible 34 points to pass four teams. into the glove of zatkoff. et at least one more face-off. it was wayne simmonds who has said in making the playoffs has been a man that did not make it to the team picture. cha chair. ed snider has been battling healthishes for most of the season. [ horn blowing ] >> mike: they're in! >> mike: they have prove thad you can come out of seemingly nowhere with an acceleration down the stretch and get in. and as the kings proved in 2012, all you have to do is get in. wayne simmonds, pierre mcguire. >> pierre: thanks very much, doc. it wasn't supposed to happen this way.

he [ horn blowing ] >> ed: they talked about it a lot, dave hakstol. the good stick from bellemare. and i loved the reaction on the flyers' bench now giving themselves a two-goal lead with less than a minute to go. knowing how close they are to going to the playoffs. >> pierre: you earn your coach's trust. it's an example of why he's trusted, why that line is so valuable for the flyers. bellemare has made this 3-1. who would have thought 30 of the last possible 34 points to pass four teams. into the glove of zatkoff. et at least one more face-off. it was wayne simmonds who has said in making the playoffs has been a man that did not make it to the team picture. cha healthishes for most of the season. [ horn blowing ] >> mike: they're in! >> mike: they have prove thad you can come out of nowhere with an acceleration down the stretch and get in. and as the kings proved in 2012, all you have to do is get in. wayne simmonds, pierre mcguire. >> pierre: thanks very much, doc. it wasn't supposed to happen this way. they said there was no chance for the flyers to make the playoffs. you're in

flyers hosting game 56 begins washington today, kate smith typically a good luck charm, dave hakstol says he hopes ed snider would be proud of this effort. end of the first three, we pick it up, michael neuvirth killed the caps power play. he saves 103 out of the 105 shots that he saved in this series. but look, he is not super man. second period, nicholas backstorm, um-hmm, beats neuvirth. first goal he has allowed in 106 minutes. flyers down one to nothing. the scoring issues continues today. they had a two minute, five on three power play, nothing. wayne simmonds wants to bang his head against the wall, flyers only six goals in six games, zero today, final seconds, one last shot, nothing. flyers shut out for the second time losing one to nothing. they're limb nateed from the playoffs. >> not good enough. it is pretty frustrating for myself. i got to find a way. it doesn't matter how it is, we have to find a way. >> it is disappointing but you know, there is a great team over there and we tried our best. >> sometimes we don't get the breaks. they were a very good team. they were th

have to ask you a a question, would you go to the backup goaltender if you are the flyers, coach, dave hakstol. >> absolutely not. >> you wouldn't go to neuvirth. >> no, stay with steve mason. he have is you why are in the playoffs. stick with the guy, made one mistake a bad mistake but bottom line is they have to score. one goal will not cut it they have in the been scoring. to tell you the truth i would spark it, i would play neuvirth to give them a different look and more energy. >> game three will be emotional. before the game they will pay tribute to ed snider. is he the greatest owner in philadelphia sports. >> when you look back at his resume he started this sport. he cultivated it. it was his baby. one thing flyers fans will tell you he was in it to win it. he did everything he could to win. he paid money to win. he was miss guided in ways when they didn't get goaltender that they could have paid for to win, and then, when he, did he got bryzgalov and that was a big mistake. he cultivated this whole franchise. he breathed live into philadelphia a sports right back in the 07's. >> i lov

those guys have been absolute warriors all the way through good look, flyers may have been swept, dave hakstol does not make that goaltender change in game four. michael neuvirth unreal, 103 of the 105 shots he has stopped. should he be the number one goaltender next season. >> well, i don't know they will to have fight that out next year. i thought he should have been in there game three and change the energy. they were down two to nothing. coming back home. change energy. they played a lot better in front of the neuvirth then they did in front of the mason. that game three was pivotal to get him in there and get new energy going. i said it on the the radio at the time. they didn't do it. when you are down three to nothing you will in the win the series. >> mason did not show in my opinion that he was a number one goalie. he let up soft goals. he had trouble. he is one of the worst in the playoffs. >> thing about mason is and they have been saying it for years, consistency level is not that high. neuvirth, consistency level wasn't that high either. that is why he has been bouncing around a li

fantastic run just to get in the playoffs now they're looking towards next season, first year coach dave hakstol said he learned what it meant to be a flyer. >> one of the foundations of it is going out competing, competing the right way, night in and out and i think if you look down the stretch of what this group went out -- went out and did, they lived up true to that. we pushed awful hard for the last really the last three, four months. if you look all the way back to, you know, somewhere around january first, january 5th. it's been a hard push. we haven't been able to take our foot off the gas. there won't be one guy in our room that rests on that. we came into the series to win the series. we came into today's game to win game six and move on to game seven. you know, we came up short on that. >> after the game, flyers fans had a standing ovation for the team and a let's go flyers chant with a tremendous effort to get into the playoffs, now on to the off season. >>> phillies with a stretch of good baseball coming into today's game in milwaukee. they won three in a row and looking to sweep th

the ghost has that in dave hakstol. >> he's been a great supporter not only of my play but as a professionalhe's the one who settles you down. he comes to me and tells me, hey, keep doing what you're doing. stay within yourself. remember where you came from. what got you here. >> ghost may be his nickname, but if his high level of play continues, he'll be visible to fans. for the moment he's able to move about the city freely, something that is just fine with him. >> i went out to dinner last night, nothing happened. maybe it was dark or something. >> reporter: drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> he has some humility. gostisbehere led all rookie defendm defensemen this year and is a candidate for rookie of the year award. the flyers will be leaning on him heavily today. we'll be right back. >>> that will do it for this edition of "flyered up." the flyers record for game six in a series is 20-18. for all of us here at nbc 10, thank you so much for watching. here's one more look at how we got here. the caps dominated the first three games of the series beating the flyers by a 12-2 count. a goalie chan

head coach dave hakstol is not concerned. >> our intensity, our compete level was excellent. thought both teams obviously, it was a hard game out there. you know, i think we'll look to some -- to improve some individual things, improve app a couple of things strategically. >> beautiful night for baseball as phillies and nationals play game two of their three game series. last night the weather was lovely. jeremy hellickson aloud six runs in three innings. phillies lost nine to one. jayson werth with a three run double. one good thing did occur, that was ryan howard hitting his 361st career home run tying joe dimaggio for 81st on the all time list. tonight aaron nola on the mound against max scherzer. >>> we got a taste of fall on north broad street today. the temple owls held their annual cherry and white game to give the fans a glimpse of the future of the owls program. head coach matt rhule showing off some of this top recruits and some of the top returning players from last year's team that had a breakout campaign. as you'll recall the owls finished a 2015 season 10 and fo

. >>> early on it did look like dave hakstol first year in charge might be a forgetable one but the flyers turned it around with late run and provided a lot of thrills along the way. that was the recurring themes of the fans we spoke with. >> i didn't even think we we were going to make the playoffs. that's a bonus in and of itself. we got young talent coming up. ready to go. >> i think the game was excellent. we love the flyers, we'll still support them at my doesn't matter they didn't win, we love them regardless, let's go flyers. >> most experts saw this as a rebuilding here for the flyers, who ended up in the playoffs with the first year coach. >>> philadelphia born singer billy paul passed away at the age of 80. the soul singer was diagnosed with pancreatic singer and died at his home today in blackwood new jersey. the grammy award winning artist is widely known for his 1970s hit me and mrs. jones. he's also one of many artist whose have success with the the philadelphia based writing team. his manager tells "eyewitness news" he always helped philadelphia close to his heart. >> billy

flyers head coach dave hakstol tweaked the line up and it work.ichael neuvirth starts game four in place of the steve mason, 31 saves for him. early in the first shane gostisbehere buried a one timer from claude giroux, the flyers first power play goal of the series. one to nothing. second period, andrew mcdonald scores. the flyers live to play another day, friday to be exact in washington that is when game five will take place. flyers win tonight two-one to remain alive. >>> eagles make news today as well, check out this trade they pulled off with the browns. the eagles get the second overall pick, and a fourth rounder, next year from cleveland, and in exchange the eagles give up five picks in all, this years first, third and fourth round directions, also a first round pick next year and a second rounder, in 2018. thinks all about drafting a quarterback. late in sports we will show you two qb's they are targeting. also do we need to point out they say sam bradford is still the starter as of right now. >> all right. >> but he is hot. >> he is not

. >> reporter: with a new head coach in dave hakstol, the flyers won five of the first 18 games. despite that close start, here they are back in the playoffs. >> we worked so hard to get to this point. i thought we deserved that. that's only one stop. but it is a huge stop for us. >> we have been through a lot since the whole season, you know. and we really believe in what we were doing and how we were going to do it. and it is a relief to know we're going to play in the playoffs. >> we have been pushing hard and put a lot into it. this is, you know, this is one of the rewards for the guys. so step one accomplished. that's it. step one. >> when the flyers start the playoffs next week, it will be against washington. the team with the best record in the league. the captain claude giroux told me facing adversity down the stretch has them ready for that challenge. for nbc 10, marshall harris, comcast sports net. >> about that challenge, stopping alex ovechkin, that's not easy. he had ha hat trick over the blues. he's tops in the nhl. >>> to baseball now, vince ha valasquez had a stro

this lech dave hakstol's first time in the playoffs. good luck to the fly guys. >>> and we have learned that the public memorial for flyers chairman ed snider will take place one week from today, doors will open up at the wells fargo center at 11:30. event begins at one. it will be free the two public. >>> it his 50:00. time for a check on business news. money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the new york stock exchange. we hear takata a air bag recall may be dramatically expanding. >> reporter: that is right, the nation's highway safety watch dog new says air bags inflaters in 85 million more cars and trucks and u.s. roads need to be replace unless takata a can prove they are safe. eleven people have died worldwide and more than 100 people hurt by air bags that have exploded with too much force, jim and brook? >> so amazon's new kindle is available for preorder in what is new about this new version, if you will? >> reporter: well, it is called the oasis, their smallest, lightes kindle yet and also most expensive, it cost $290. th

. >>> early on it did look like dave hakstol first year in charge might be a forgetable one but the flyers turned it around with late run and provided a lot of thrills along the way. that was the recurring themes of the fans we spoke with. >> i didn't even think we we were going to make the playoffs. that's a bonus in and of itself. we got young talent coming up. ready to go. >> i think the game was excellent. we love the flyers, we'll still support them at my doesn't matter they didn't win, we love them regardless, let's go flyers. >> most experts saw this as a rebuilding here for the flyers, who ended up in the playoffs with the first year coach. >>> philadelphia born singer billy paul passed away at the age of 80. the soul singer was diagnosed with pancreatic singer and died at his home today in blackwood new jersey. the grammy award winning artist is widely known for his 1970s hit me and mrs. jones. he's also one of many artist whose have success with the the philadelphia based writing team. his manager tells "eyewitness news" he always helped philadelphia close to his heart. >> billy

take a look at dave hakstol and company arriving.g this is not the last time they'll do so this season. capitals have not lost back to back games in regulation its entire year. it's not impossible to do what the flyers are trying to do. they did come back against the bruins to win a seven game series. >> we're never g going to quit. that's just how we are. it's obviously runs from the coaching staff all the way down. it's a great trait to have. >> we've had our back up against the wall a lot this year and we pushed through it pretty well. we're excited about the challenge. you never want to be down in the hole like we are but we've shown that we can battle back from these type of challenges and looking forward to this one as well. >> reporter: the flyers skipped practice yesterday to attend ed snider's memorial service. jay snider, ed's son ended that by saying caps watching on the live stream we're not done yet. let's hope he's right. michal neuvirth in net tonight against his former team. live at the verizon center jaime apody chan

the flyers played exceptionally well the past few weeks but coach dave hakstol says that means nothing not going to rest on. that we have to push our level up, another notch, just like everybody else does. so, i don't make too much of that. our butts have been on the line the last couple of months and i think we're, you know, we're comfortable with that but we're no difference from anybody else. we have to push our level up another notch to get into playoff action. >>> still ahead here in sports sixers season is over. that could have been said five months ago. kobe bryant's farewell, and see how l.a. says good ifbut find it harder and hardert to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy that works for all and not just the powerful

the flyers played exceptionally well the past few weeks but coach dave hakstol says that means nothing now. >> we are not going to rest on. that we have to push our level up, another notch, just like everybody else does. so, i don't make too much of that. our butts have been on the line the last couple of months and i think we're, you know, we're comfortable with that but we're no difference from anybody else. we have to push our level up another notch to get into playoff action. >>> still ahead here in sports sixers season is over. that could have been said five months ago. kobe bryant's farewell, and see how l.a. says good bye to a legend. the tthan the bottom have mo100 million americans.nt how does that happen? well, they use lobbyists to get special tax breaks. my plan -- close the tax loopholes and make them pay their fair share. seniors who've worked hard deserve the opportunity to stay independent, pay their bills, and most of all, enjoy their grandchildren. it's time to bring back a basic american value -- fairness. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. in the last e

dave hakstol this will be his first play off appearance as flyers head coach. flyers back in the playoffs. no doubt he will have butterflies just like everybody else on the ice tomorrow night. yes, the flyers are a huge underdog in this series washington easily the best record in hi hockey during the regular season but the players don't care about that now. they live for this time of year. >> that's why you play the games. i'm very happy we made it and we have a chance, we have a chance to win a cup. like i said, everybody will be excited. >> we've been waiting for this for long long time. made it to the playoffs. it's going to be great series. we're really excited and pumped. they're a good hockey team so we are. >> phillies showed some signs of life lately they've won three of their last four games. not hitting much right now. wiping the old-fashioned ugly way, how about pitching in defense. >> there's no offense you better have defense and pitching and defense and we've had some low scoring games we've been able to hang on. score just enough and took advanta

. >> dave hakstol the coach of the flyers, never coached in the nhl and took them to the playoffs. >>saying pederson will do a bad job but if you asked me about the flyers coach before the season started i would have said the same thing. i don't know. paxson lynch went to denver, why is that perfect to eagles fans because that has been a rumored stop for sam bradford. >> so where is bradford going to go now. >> i predict that he wasn't going to be an eagle by the time the draft was over this weekend. the only place for him to go is the jets and i think eagles at the this point would take a third round pick maybe just a fourth round pick for him. i do which is why chase daniel is here in town. >> can we have a photo of laremi continuesill, that video cost him 7.3 million-dollar. 7-pint three million-dollar. >> by the way, plus the flag over him. >> what is the back story. >> someone hack his twitter account. >> everybody always say they are hacked but when somebody comes out that you weren't expect to go come out. >> gifted athlete would have gone much higher. >> he was project to go n

we will take a look at morning skate here today and the head coach dave hakstol has got to make moves and he is doing that. we will see new line ups in the front line, and also beyond, and also in net, michael neuvirth will get the start as goalie. he had a career year for him. eighteen wins, and eight losses, on the season. the here's what he had to say about this massive start here tonight. >> i feel good about my game. definitely will play with confidence. you know, i have been flag well and i will be ready. >> we're worried about game four here at home and, you know, we know we can play better. we know we can play better as a team. we just got to go and enjoy the game here. >> reporter: you can't score -- if you can't score you cannot win for that matter. so the flyers out scored in this series 12-two so far, eight to nothing on the power play. they will look to get on against brayden holtby the great goaltender for washington capitals here tonight. i also want to let you know at 6:00 we will hear from the guys over at wip about this massive trade by the philadelphia eagles. that

. >>> hats off to the flyers coach dave hakstol, in his first year he took them to the playoffs, right? it was a frustrating game. we could in the score yesterday, but darn it, what a good season we had, yes, mr. gagne, thank you for your services. how about that guy, what a goalie we have got, more after this. >>> let's have a winning lottery numbers. >>> good morning i'm sean bell. flyers said they needed to play better around michael neuvirth but talk is cheap. they knew what they had to do but they just did in the get it done. second period capitals on the attack, marcus johansen sets up, nicholas backstorm, one timer, that was the only goal of the game. caps win one to nothing. they will play penguins next. the flyers just in the good enough, something they will have to learn from. >> they're a good, well rounded team. their special teams are very good. they have it figured out. they shut us down a little bit per se. but, you know, we have donna lieutenant of things certainly. >> for me it is unfortunate that we didn't win. that is what we take out of it. obviously, we're not sati

coach dave hakstol feels they are playing well and isn't changing things up for game number three. >> the guys are playing well. he is seeing pucks and reading plays extremely well. the challenges us to do a better job making it difficult for him to do his job. >> we are been playing fine. the way we're playing right now, we're playing the rye way. we're getting our chances. we have to stay witt. >> flyers struggled to sustain pressure particularly on the power play. capitals goalie brandon holt by has been a big problem, allowing just one goal in two games. >> he is great goaltender. it is not for any reason. he is a great goalie. it is frustrating when you see something bouncing off the post or off his body and to the post and realize how lucky can he get but he is a good goalie for a reason. >> us forward is doing a bet josh to take the right path to get in holtby's face and it has not been easy. they are a very good defensive hockey team and but we have to find a better way to do it. >> this will also be the first home game since the passing of the flyers chairman ed snider, so it

. >> reporter: with a new head coach in dave hakstol, the flyers won five of their first 18 games.pite that slow start, here they are back in the playoffs. >> we worked so hard to get to this point in the year. and i thought we deserved that. that's only one stop. but it is a huge stop for us. >> been through a lot since the whole season, you know, and we really -- we really believed in what we were doing and how we were going to do it and it is a relief to know we're going to play in the playoffs. >> we have been pushing hard. we have put a lot into it. and this is one of the rewards for the guys. so step one accomplished. but that's it. step one. >> reporter: when the flyers start the playoffs next week, it will be against washington. the team with the best record in the league. the captain claude giroux told me facing adversity down the stretch has them ready for that challenge. for nbc 10, marshall harris, comcast sports net. >> about that challenge, beating the capitals means stopping alex ovechkin. that is not easy. last night, he had a hat trick over the blues. third and fin

. >> reporter: with a new head coach in dave hakstol, the flyers won five of their first 18 games.they are, back in the playoffs. >> we worked so hard to get to this point in the year. and i thought we deserved that. that's only one stop. but it is a huge stop for us. >> been through a lot since the whole season, you know, and we really -- we really believed in that we were doing and how we were going to do it and it is a relief to know we're going to play in the playoffs. >> we have been pushing hard. we have put a lot into it. and this is one of the rewards for the guys. so step one accomplished. but that's it. step one. >> reporter: when the flyers start the playoffs next week, it will be against washington. the team with the best record in the league. the captain claude giroux told me facing adversity down the stretch has them ready for that challenge. for nbc 10, marshall harris, comcast sports net. >> about that challenge, beating the capitals means stopping alex ovechkin. last night, he had a hat trick over the blues. third and final goal, the 50th of the season, which is to

so another must win for dave hakstol's squad.al for the flyers, friday night he won game five for the flyers stopping 44 shots, playoff record for him and the franchise. in the last two games he has saved 75 out of 76 shots. i would say michael is in a sound groove. >> it was an amazing game. i was seeing the puck well, and, every bounce was just going my way. >> terrific performance. he was great. he was on his game. he was focused. he was really a calming influence. >> the caps dominated every category, except for the scoreboard they held flyers to just 11 shots, it was their worst offensive output in franchise history. flyers scored twice. first goal went off caps skate and in the goal, other an empty netter and they know they must play better to play game seven. >> you you know, we have one ugly performance. so, we have have to thank michael. we fully intend to go out there tomorrow night and have have, you know, a way better game, 100 percent better game. >> phillies finish up this afternoon against the brewers, jared eickof

. >>> you know, dave hakstol who was a rookie coach, he coached college ranks, first year in the nhl, to say back november, december that the flyers would be in the playoffs, you would never would thought that would happen but they rallied a all of 2016. >> how was the game. >> i took my daughter erin to the game. it was a really good game. we dominated the puck for good time there. >> did she have fun. >> she had fun because between period one and two, she got to get a slice of pizza a, and a soda. she never gets soda. wow. special treat. >> then on her drive home you know what she was bumped about not that the flyers lost but she never got cotton candy. >> it is never about the kid. >>> kidnaped, he had scaped and now the search is on foreman behind the abduction, did the woman know her kidnapper? police have something to say about this one. >>> it looks like target may be losing some of its customers. the policy in place that has 300,000 people refusing to shop there. modres: the cost of living the pay stays the same. i have to work extra hours just to make ends meet. it's a big st

and black still playing after losing first three games of the series so another must win for dave hakstol'suvirth will start in goal for the flyers, friday night he won game five for flyers stopping 44 shots, playoff record for him and franchise. in the last two games he has saved 75 out of 76 shots. i would say michael's in a sound groove. >> it was an amazing game. i was seeing the puck well. every bounce was going my way. >> terrific performance. he was great. he was on his game. he was focused. he was really a calming influence. >> the caps dominated every category except for the scoreboard. they held flyers to just 11 shots. it was their worst offensive output in franchise history. the flyers scored twice. first gel went off caps skate and in the goal, other an empty netter and they know they must play better to force a game seven. >> we will in the play like we played last night. you know, we had one ugly performance. so, thanks to michael, you know, we fully intend to go out there tomorrow night and have, you know, a a way better game, 100 percent better game. >>> the phillies finish