Amazon.com Widgets After coming two victories short of earning their first Stanley Cup in 34 seasons, are the Philadelphia Flyers primed to seal the deal in 2010-11? Behind a robust defense corps --

By Joe Siville  - philadelphiaflyers.com In our last segment of Summer Stories, philadelphiaflyers.com catches up with Flyers captain Mike Richards, who carried the team to its eighth Stanley Cup Final appearance in its history and is the leading force of the defending Eastern Conference Champions as they enter the 2010-11 season. Richards was quick to admit the loss in Game 6 to the Blackhawks certainly

Blair Betts Center  - PHI Number: 11 Height: 6' 3" Weight: 210 Shoots: Left Born: Feb 16, 1980  (Age 30) Birthplace: Edmonton, AB, Canada Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta Drafted: CGY / 1998 NHL Entry Draft Round: 2nd (33rd overall)

By Joe Siville  - philadelphiaflyers.com Recently Andrej Meszaros, Jody Shelley and Matt Walker all share more than a few things in common. All three find themselves on a new team this season. All three arrived at the Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone this week, started skating and met some of their new teammates. And of course all three players were on the outside looking in during last

By Joe Siville  - philadelphiaflyers.com Every year around this time, the operations crew at the Wells Fargo Center with the help of equipment manager Anthony “Rock” Oratorio, help refurbish and renovate the Flyers locker room at the Wells Fargo Center. Composed of many different rooms, all with very different functions, the Flyers locker room goes through its annual painting, maintenance and updating.

By Joe Siville  - philadelphiaflyers.com Chris Pronger will not be operating at 100 percent when the Flyers open training camp at the Virtua Center Flyers Skatezone on Friday Sept. 17. He is currently recovering and rehabbing at the Flyers practice facility in Voorhees, N.J. following his surgery to remove "loose bodies" from his knee area on July 27 at Virtua Hospital by Dr. Peter DeLuca.