How the locked-out Flyers fared in their European debuts
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How the locked-out Flyers fared in their European debuts
Ryan Petzar
Wayne Simmonds was held scoreless in his first game for Eispiraten Crimmitschau (Crimmitschau Ice Pirates) in Germany’s Eishockey Bundesliga. Simmonds was unable to capitalize on four scoring chances, but the Eispiraten ended up defeating Lausitzer Füchse (Lausitzer Foxes) 2-1 in overtime. Simmonds was credited with an assist in his second game on Saturday when the Eispiraten faced the Landshut Cannibals. (That’s not even a translation, that’s actually the name of the team.) The Cannibals tore through the Ice Pirates, winning 6-2.
Ilya Bryzgalov was roughed up in his first start for CSKA Moscow, coughing up four goals on 30 shots in a 4-3 loss to Traktor Chelyabinsk. Bryz was not dressed for any of CSKA’s next three games.
Elsewhere in the KHL, Jakub Voracek was unable to register a shot-on-goal in 16:34 of ice time in his debut for HC Lev in their 6-1 drubbing by Evgeny Malkin’s Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Malkin scored a goal and two assists over 22 shifts. After 6 games with Lev, Voracek has scored a goal and five assists and is averaging 16:40 minutes of ice-time per game.
Ruslan Fedotenko, a winger for the Flyers, is playing center for the KHL’s HC Donbass Donetsk. He’s yet to register a point in four games, but scored a shootout goal against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in his debut with Donbass.
Looks like Breezy's in mid-season form already. The best thing about this lockout is that it brings us one year closer to the end of his ridiculous contract.— schnitzelboy- So much for pro hockey in Phila this year. Hey thanks greedy Ed Snider.— mrh1955
- Fast eddie isn't the one complaining. Its more the lower markets and Minnesota's GM who signed two players for 100+ mill and now wants the contracts to read "75 mill". Thats some greed for ya. Snider has the cash, he don't care what they pay people. Plus, Bettman isn't letting the owners speak during negotiations, its just bettman saying the owners want more money back, but no, you can't talk to the owners to ask them your self, you have to take the Bettmans word for it.
— azguz - Yeah schnitzelboy I always evaluate goalies by their debut performance. I think I1— TongueWagger
- ...I'd rather be ticked off at Bryz's ineptitude than not have any hockey at all. Which we will absolutely not have this year— TongueWagger
- Is the universe any bigger in Russia? Looks like the same old Bryz, getting shellacked by a Russian minor league team. He'll probably just quit— kchaz
Man, European players look like NASCARs...
