The Swedish netminder has impressed since he was selected by the Flyers in the fifth round of the 2018 draft. Alexander Appleyard breaks down Ersson's background, skill set and recent strong play.

Ersson turned aside 12 of 13 shots, allowing only a half-slapper by Julien Gauthier off a broken play to get past him late on an Islanders power play. “Both guys were solid,” Laperriere said.

Quite a year. Since the Flyers drafted Samuel Ersson in the fifth round last June, the Swedish netminder has catapulted himself from virtual unknown to one of the best goalie prospects in Europe ...

Samuel Ersson made 20 saves in a 2-1 victory over the Blues. (Eric Hartline / Imagn Images) Ersson made a number of impressive stops on Thursday. With the Flyers holding an early 1-0 lead, ...

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Flyers goalie Samuel Ersson presumably doesn’t know a whole lot about Magnus Chrona, who made just his sixth career start in net for the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday ...

Samuel Ersson had to exit just 7:36 minutes into the action after talking with head athletic trainer Tommy Alva. Stream Philadelphia News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC10.

The Flyers' net is suddenly Samuel Ersson's alone, at least for the time being. With Carter Hart having been announced to be taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team prior to Tuesday ...

Felix Sandström and Samuel Ersson came up through the same hockey club system. They play the same position (goalie) and were born in the same country (Sweden). They were even drafted by the same ...

VOORHEES, N.J. — With Samuel Ersson back in net, the Flyers don't want to change a whole lot. They've liked their blueprint the past couple of games. They're just missing one important thing ...

NEW YORK — Samuel Ersson made 25 saves in regulation and overtime and stopped four more attempts in a shootout, Tyson Foerster scored in the fourth round of the tiebreaker and the Philadelphia ...

The Flyers entered Saturday with two games left while Pittsburgh, Washington and Detroit all had three games remaining as they competed for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Samuel Ersson’s birthplace of Falun, Sweden, was originally a copper mining town.And even though that centuries-old mine is long dormant, closing permanently in 1992 — seven years before ...