Travis Sanheim

The Philadelphia Flyers experienced a tumultuous 2020-21 season, leaving a long list of questions for general manager Chuck Fletcher to address this offseason. Perhaps the most disheartening problem with the team this season was the regression of younger players who were expected to be entering the prime years of their respective careers. And the play of 25-year-old defenseman Travis Sanheim was an underlying example.

Sanheim posted an assist, five shots on goal and two blocked shots in Tuesday's 7-3 loss to the Penguins. Sanheim set up Sean Couturier for a second-period tally that cut the Penguins' lead to 3-2 at the time. The 25-year-old Sanheim has assists in consecutive games. He's at 15 points, 96 shots on net, 71 blocked shots and a minus-19 rating in 52 appearances. The Manitoba native has mainly worked in the Flyers' top six, although he remains more of a defensive presence than a scoring threat.

Sanheim scored the game-winning goal in Monday's 3-2 overtime win over the Bruins. He also provided four blocks, three shots and two hits. Sanheim blocked a shot in the defensive zone and turned it into a breakaway when Patrice Bergeron fell trying to defend him, and Sanheim snapped a shot past Boston goalie Daniel Vladar to secure the win. It was just Sanheim's second goal of the year and first since Jan. 21, finally putting an end to a goal drought that had reached 30 games.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - FEBRUARY 05: Travis Sanheim #6 of the Philadelphia Flyers skates with the puck during the second period against the Boston Bruins at Wells Fargo Center on February 05, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images) Travis Sanheim has been one of the most consistent defensemen...

Flyers see addition and subtraction for COVID protocol list as they begin new week originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia. Albeit shorthanded, the Flyers will be back up and running Monday when they practice at 11:30 a.m. ET in Voorhees, New Jersey. Philadelphia Flyers. Complete coverage of the Philadelphia Flyers...

With right winger Travis Konecny added to the Flyers’ COVID-19 protocol list Sunday evening, the bulk of the team’s offense is out of commission. But there was some positive news: Defenseman Travis Sanheim was removed from the list Sunday; he had been on it for six days. In addition, the team announced it would return to the ice and practice Monday in Voorhees.

Sanheim cleared the NHL's COVID-19 protocol Sunday, Jordan Hall of NBC Sports Philadelphia reports. Sanheim spent a week in the protocol. The Flyers still have seven players on the list, as Travis Konecny was placed on it Sunday.

It feels weird to talk about what the Philadelphia Flyers are as a team on the ice right now. While the team is certainly not secure with their talent and performances as of late, they are currently on lockdown as five players—and that number might just end up being different in 24 hours—are on the NHL’s COVID protocol list, as the league keeps on postponing upcoming games in hopes for a safer environment.

The Flyers won their game against the Capitals yesterday and maybe we can say that the game was fun. It depends on your definition of fun, I guess. It was pretty wide open and there was a whole lot of scoring, which was fun. But that also means that there were certainly stretches where the Flyers’ defense, well, sort of forgot what defense even looked like, which was decidedly less fun for us to watch (and probably even less fun for Carter Hart to live out).

When the Flyers learned defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere tested positive for COVID-19 last month, there were some wide eyes around the locker room. But now, at least one player on 23 of 24 United States-based NHL teams has joined Gostisbehere in that fraternity. For the Flyers, the number has risen to...

The Philadelphia Flyers are the latest team to have a player placed on the National Hockey League’s COVID-19 Protocol list. Travis Sanheim was added to the list on Sunday after he was scratched from the game and did not appear on the bench. The team initially did not disclose the...

Sanheim (undisclosed) won't be available for Sunday's game against Washington, Sam Carchidi of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The specifics of the absence remain unclear, but the absence is a bit concerning, especially considering Sanheim took the ice for practice Saturday. The 24-year-old has been having a solid start to the season, recording five points across 12 games to this point. In his stead, Philippe Myers (upper body) will return from a one-game absence to draw back into the lineup.

Sanheim recorded two assists and a plus-2 rating in Wednesday's 4-3 overtime loss to the Bruins. Sanheim had a hand in the Flyers' first two goals of the game, as he recorded primary helpers on tallies from Kevin Hayes and Jakub Voracek. The 24-year-old Sanheim has been steady on the blue line with five points, 15 hits, 10 blocked shots and a plus-3 rating through 11 appearances. He doesn't have much of a wow-factor, but he could be a steady contributor to fantasy managers in deeper formats.

Six days into the season, the National Hockey League announced that effective with Tuesday night’s games, the league will be using game pucks without the embedded tracking technology. The decision was made after concerns were raised about the microchipped puck’s performance during the first few days of the 2021 season....

Penguins forward Jared McCann was fined $10,000 by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Saturday for a hit he delivered with his elbow to the head of Philadelphia Flyers forward Travis Sanheim on Friday. During a 5-2 road loss in Philadelphia, McCann was assessed a minor penalty at 14...

The season has finally arrived! Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim joins the show to talk about: growing up in Elkhorn, Manitoba; missing the fans; his on and off ice relationship with Phil Myers; who the best Call of Duty player is on the team; what the guys have been binging; a special Travis Sanheim edition of “Know The Goalie!”

The Philadelphia Flyers have a slew of young talent at their disposal and Travis Sanheim is one of the more underrated players among them. Sanheim heads into his third full season in the Flyers defense corps after totaling 167 games over the past two campaigns. While Ivan Provorov and Philippe Myers are the main names on the blue line, Sanheim took positive strides forward in 2019-20 and is eager to continue developing in a new re-adjusted regular season.