Archive: November, 2011
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
Defensemen Chris Pronger and Braydon Coburn were sidelined Monday, causing Marc-Andre Bourdon and Kevin Marshall to make their NHL debuts against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Pronger has a virus, and Coburn has an upper-body injury, general manager Paul Holmgren said. Pronger may be able to play Wednesday against the Islanders, and Holmgren hinted that Coburn would miss two games.
Bourdon and Marshall, both 22, were recalled from AHL Adirondack.
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
Jaromir Jagr (groin injury) will not play Monday against visiting Carolina. There is a good chance he will return to the lineup Wednesday against the host Islanders.
Jagr told reporters Monday he used acupuncture to take away the groin pain.
Andreas Nodl, who has missed the last six games - five with a knee injury - will replace Jody Shelley in Monday's lineup.
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
WINNIPEG, Manitoba _ The Flyers will retire defenseman Mark Howe's No. 2 in ceremonies before their March 6 game against visiting Detroit, a club source said on Saturday.
Howe, 56, who spent 10 years with the Flyers, went into hockey's Hall of Fame on Monday in Toronto.
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Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
The last time the Flyers met the Winnipeg Jets, they erupted for eight goals in an Oct. 27 matchup.
And lost.
It was the most goals ever scored by the Flyers in a defeat. They dropped a wild 9-8 decision at the Wells Fargo Center, despite outshooting Winnipeg, 48-25.
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
Flyers rookie defenseman Erik Gustafsson, who was plus-6 in his last game, underwent wrist surgery Thursday morning and will be sidelined for six weeks, GM Paul Holmgren said.
The surgery was performed by Randy Culp at Methodist Hospital.
With Gustafsson sidelined, Andreas Lilja will remain as the Flyers' sixth defenseman.
Ilya Bryzgalov wasn’t being a cool customer when asked about facing his most recent former team for the first time during the Flyers game on Thursday with the Phoenix Coyotes at the Wells Fargo Center.
Bryzgalov admitted that it wouldn’t be a basic run-of-the-mill NHL game. He said he appreciated the chance he was given to blossom. In Phoenix he got his first chance to be a full-time starter and a workhorse at that, averaging 64.25 games in four seasons.
No wonder he’s so grateful. Bryzgalov’s work in Phoenix landed him a 9-year, $51 million contract from the Flyers.
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
It seems almost certain that Mark Howe's No. 2 will be retired by the Flyers.
Speaking to reporters in Toronto, where Howe was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Monday, Flyers chairman Ed Snider said: "If a guy's good enough for the Hall of Fame, he's good enough to have his number retired."
That sounds like Howe's No. 2 soon will soon be hanging from the Wells Fargo Center rafters, along with Bernie Parent's No. 1, Barry Ashbee's No. 4, Bill Barber's No. 7 and Bobby Clarke's No. 16.
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nobody asked me, but ...
... Mark Howe’s No. 2 should be hanging from the Wells Fargo Center rafters.
Howe, who spent 10 years as an elite Flyers defenseman, will finally go into hockey’s Hall of Fame Monday in Toronto.
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
Six Flyers are on the NHL all-star ballot: Ilya Bryzgalov, Chris Pronger, Jaromir Jagr, Danny Briere, Claude Giroux and Kimmo Timonen. Polls open online on Monday.
Based on the season's first five weeks, Giroux, Jagr and Timonen are worthy candidates.
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
TAMPA _ Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger, back in the lineup after missing six games because of an eye injury, called Tampa Bay’s defensive style “embarrassing'' after the Lightning’s 2-1 overtime victory Wednesday.
"It's not hockey in my book,'' Pronger fumed. "But whatever. The league is letting them do it. Would you pay money to watch that?''
The Lightning trapped and the Flyers stalled in their own zone for most of the first period.
