Posted: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 2:38 PM | 5 comments |
 

Pyorala Assigned to Phantoms
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Pyorala celebrating with Mike Richards.

Flyers forward Mika Pyorala will not be joining the Flyers this afternoon when they leave Philadelphia for a three-game trip that begins in Western Canada.

Pyorala, who was a healthy scratch in today’s game against the Islanders for the 17th time in 19 games, will be re-assigned to Adirondack (AHL) to sharpen his skills and get more playing time.

Pyorala’s last game was Jan. 14 in Toronto, when he filled in for late scratch Scott Hartnell just prior to warmups. The Oulu, Finland, native played 36 consecutive games to start the season before his first scratch on Dec. 21. The defensively responsible, third line forward has two goals and two assists for four points.

Barring an injury to one of the Flyers’ other forwards, Pyorala will likely remain on the Phantoms for the duration of the Olympic break when rosters are frozen (Feb. 15 to 23).

Pyorala, 28, is in his 9th professional season but his first in North America. His $500,000 salary will come off the Flyers’ cap hit. His AHL salary is $105,000.

The Flyers will fly to Calgary after today’s home game against the New York Islanders. They will face the Flames on Monday before traveling to Edmonton and Minnesota; they return home early on Super Bowl Sunday.

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Posted by Frank Seravalli @ 2:38 PM  Permalink | 5 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:49 PM, 01/30/2010
    Did the Flyers Play?? Bring back Jay Snider... Ed must GO!!
    — Philly-d-kidder
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:50 PM, 01/30/2010
    Did the Flyers Play?? Bring back Jay Snider... Ed must GO!!
    — Philly-d-kidder
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:19 PM, 01/30/2010
    pronger sucks!!!
    — craigl fl
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:07 PM, 01/30/2010
    Pyorala looked so promising in the preseaason, it's hard to understand why it didn't translate when it mattered.
    — Pelti
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:21 PM, 01/30/2010
    Yeah, he was 'defensively responsible' and that was impressing...someone. He was outscored by Carcillo. He was outscored by Tollefson!? Betts is defensively responsible. Euro's are meant to score and if they don't they're shown the door. Lehtinen is defensively responsible and he posts 50 points a year. All the umlauts in the world aren't going to save this Fin's NHL career.
    — aezoll


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Frank Seravalli is in his fourth year with the Daily News and third season covering the Flyers. He started at the Daily News as an intern writing about the boozing legends of the Lincoln Financial Field lots and hasn't left. Since joining the Flyers beat, he has covered everything from the Winter Classic to the Stanley Cup Final and everything in between. Prior to joining the Daily News, the Bucks County native did a large amount of freelance work for local media outlets, covering high schools, colleges and all four of Philly's major sports teams. He resides in Center City. E-mail Frank at seravaf@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter @DNFlyers.

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