Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
Forward Nick Cousins will report to the AHL Phantoms after the Flyers’ 2011 third-round draftee avoided a trial on sexual charges.
The Sault Star reported Thursday that Cousins and two other Ontario Hockey League players, including Mark Petaccio of Sicklerville, would not face trial after an arrest on Aug. 25, when a woman alleged she was forced to have sexual intercourse.
The newspaper reported the Crown indicated there was "no reasonable prospect of conviction."
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
TORONTO: Two newcomers - forwards Jay Rosehill and Adam Hall _ could be in the Flyers’ lineup Thursday night in Toronto.
The Flyers need to do SOMETHING to shake up their road blues. They are 4-12-1 on the road this season, the Eastern Conference’s worst record.
Rosehill, the Flyers’ new enforcer after a trade with Anaheim for Harry Zolnierczyk, used to play for the Maple Leafs and said he would like nothing more than to face his former team.
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Video: Marc Narducci of the Inquirer reports from the Wells Fargo Center where the Flyers earned their third-consecutive win, 5-3, over the Canadiens.
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
TORONTO _ The Flyers’ future goaltending situation was put into disarray after they acquired Steve Mason from Columbus just before the NHL trade deadline on Wednesday.
The move could pave the way for the Flyers to use a compliance buyout on starter Ilya Bryzgalov after the season.
The Flyers sent backup goalie Michael Leighton _ did the ghost of Patrick Kane’s 2010 Stanley Cup-winning goal go with him? _ and a 2015 third-round draft pick to Columbus for Mason, who has regressed after winning the Calder Cup as rookie of the year in 2008-2009. That season, he recorded a 2.29 goals-against average and 10 shutouts in 61 games.
Steve Mason said he was ecstatic to be traded today to the Flyers. The Columbus Blue Jackets traded the 24-year-old goalie for goalie Michael Leighton and a third round pick in 2015.
“I am more than thrilled to have this opportunity and have a fresh start,” Mason said in comments distributed by the Flyers.
Mason hasn’t come close to matching his production when he won the Calder Cup as Rookie of the Year in 2008-2009. That was his lone playoff season when he recorded a 2.29 goals against average and recorded 10 shutouts in 61 games.
Flyers defenseman Nick Grossmann says he is under strict orders not to discuss his current upper body injury but he was among the last off the ice during today’s morning skate.
While saying that general manager Paul Holmgren would have to update his status, Grossmann did allow that he did extend his work today. “That was the most (work) in a few days,” Grossmann said.
Grossmann last played on March 18. He was hurt in practice on March 22 and hasn’t played in the last five games.
The Flyers have claimed well traveled center Adam Hall on waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 32-year-old Hall began the season on Tampa Bay, was claimed on waivers March 16 by the Carolina Hurricanes and traded back to Tampa Bay on Tuesday.
This season he has no goals and four assists in 26 games, 20 with Tampa Bay and the other six with Carolina. In his career he has 65 goals and 82 assists in 591 regular season games.
-Marc Narducci
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
The Flyers explored deals for Jay Bouwmeester, Jaromir Jagr and Ryane Clowe and went 0 for 3.
No, it wasn’t in honor of their 0-3 start, which kicked off this mess of a season.
They might make pitches before Wednesday’s 3 p.m. trade deadline for defensemen Keith Yandle, Mark Streit and Jamie McBain, among others.
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
For the Flyers, Operation Playoff Push needs to go into overdrive.
They have 13 games to climb over four teams in the Eastern Conference playoff hunt.
Physical left winger Jay Rosehill, acquired from Anaheim on Monday for speedy winger Harry Zolnierczyk, figures to play in some of those game, giving the Flyers their first heavyweight enforcer in nearly two months.
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Recent call-up Jay Rosehill talks about being the Flyers new enforcer and where he is most comfortable on the ice.
