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Flyers Center » Potential Lineup for Oct 11th

Posted 10 hours ago

With training camp over, the team is pretty much set. Here is a run down of the players that should appear in the lineup on Oct 11th. Forwards Asham, Briere, Carter, Cote, Downie, Gagne, Hartnell, Knuble, Lupul, Metropolit, Richards, Upshall Coburn, Eminger, Jones, Kukkonen (If Parent is still injured), Parent, Timonen, Vaananen [Link]

Flyers Center » Dowd and Berard Released

Posted 10 hours ago

Per Flyers.com “At the end of the day, it just comes down to a numbers thing. You’re only allowed 50 contracts, and we’re right at 49,” said the general manager. “It’s just one of those things where you don’t want to risk getting to 50, because you never know what’s going to happen. “The reason we wanted them in camp ... [Link]

Flyers Center » Preseason: Flyers 3 @ Devils 4

Posted 29 hours ago

NEWARK, N.J. (AP)— Martin Brodeur watched a pair of Atlantic Division rivals skate off with wins that counted Saturday. He and the New Jersey Devils also won hours later, only that one was just for practice. Brian Rolston and David Clarkson scored power-play goals in the second period for the Devils, who finished their preseason schedule with a 4-3 victory ... [Link]

Flyers Center » Preseason: Flyers 1 @ Capitals 5

Posted 29 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP)—Alex Ovechkin scored a short-handed goal and added two assists to lead the Washington Capitals to a 5-1 preseason victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night. Ovechkin was the NHL’s MVP last season when he led the league with 65 goals and 112 points. He has kept up the scoring this preseason, with four goals and seven points ... [Link]

HockeyBuzz.com: Bill Meltzer » Tough weekend in Flyerdom

Posted 31 hours ago

The only preseason games that are even a remotely reliable indicator of where a team stands heading into the season are the final game or two. Everything that comes before that is simply a chance for the coaching staff to gauge the progress of assorted young players and for veterans to get their game legs. Above all, you just want ... [Link]

The Buzzer Blog at FlyerFlies.com » Flyers Drop Final Preseason Game to Devils

Posted 35 hours ago

10/4/08 4-3 Loss SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 1 0 2 - - 3 NJ 1 2 1 - - 4 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 6 7 8 - - 21 NJ 7 14 8 - - 29 ___________________________________~ Newark, NJ (Sports Network) - John Madden scored a short-handed goal late in the ... [Link]

Flyers Center » What does the C stand for in Vancouver?

Posted 47 hours ago

By Rob Reath Credibility, confidence, courage, composure or confusion and chaos, I am not certain. This week the Vancouver Canucks named goaltender Roberto Luongo as their team captain. There are scores of problems with this kind of thinking but firstly, it should be pointed out the Luongo is top notch athlete and upstanding citizen among the best in the business ... [Link]

eager to go psycho » Dear Steve,

Posted 2 days ago

Please don't go to any regular season Caps/Flyers games.

Sincerely,

Kristin [Link]

Flyers Center » NHLers say Laraque is toughest - Cote Mentioned

Posted 2 days ago

Shi Davidi, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Oct 3, 5:28 pm EDT Buzz Up PrintPittsburgh Penguins tough guy Paul Bissonnette is ready to go with anyone in the NHL, and his four fights in three pre-season games helps prove the point. He happily chucked them twice with Tampa Bay’s David Koci on the same night, and later handily took care of Maple ... [Link]

Flyers Goal Scored By... » It's a Great Day for Hockey

Posted 2 days ago

It's a brisk fall morning here in New York City and the scarecrows are out! Today marks the opening of the 2008-09 NHL season. A day that most nine to fivers living in reality have been waiting for for about 2 months. We've already been writing this season's blog for a month and nigh a point has been scored nor ... [Link]

The Buzzer Blog at FlyerFlies.com » 10/04-Saturday Morning Coffee

Posted 2 days ago

How about them Phillies WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Instead of the NHL opening up in Sweden etc why don’t they do something cool for the fans in North America. Why not have the Coyotes open up in Winnipeg and the Hurricanes open up in Hartford? Neither fan base is huge as it is and it would be really cool [...] [Link]

The Buzzer Blog at FlyerFlies.com » Caps Lay a Beating on Flyers, 5-1

Posted 3 days ago

10/3/08 5-1 Loss SCORING 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 0 0 1 - - 1 WSH 1 2 2 - - 5 _______________________________ SHOTS 1st 2nd 3rd OT SO Total PHI 3 7 8 - - 18 WSH 8 11 12 - - 31 ___________________________________~ Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Alexander Ovechkin scored and registered two assists to lead the ... [Link]

Flyers Goal Scored By... » Who Cares if This is the Year

Posted 3 days ago

Since Claude Giroux's demotion and Steve Downie's injury have been well covered we're taking today's slow news day to unviel a new feature here at Flyers Goal Scored By. Until the NHL gives us a contract we're going to occasionally unveil a new advertisement that is part of our bid for the 2009-10 NHL marketing contract. If they haven't awarded ... [Link]

eager to go psycho » Flyers are starting to scare me...

Posted 4 days ago

Sorry guys, the last week has been pretty brutal between work, games, and fantasy drafts. Plus, I've been stuffing my face with Oreo Double Stuffs and haven't wanted to get chocolate crumbs on the keyboard.

You may recall that I referred to last Tuesday's game as reminiscent of Mites On Ice. Well, I've been to two games since then, and the ... [Link]

Flyers Center » Flyers Assign 6 to Phantoms

Posted 4 days ago

Sean Curry, Claude Giroux, Nate Guenin, Jon Kalinski, Boyd Kane and Jared Ross were all assigned to the Phantoms today. [Link]

Flyers Goal Scored By... » Jim Dowd Questioned by Authorities

Posted 4 days ago

It was an odd site this morning, seeing 4 black SUV's with tinted windows lined up in front of the Flyers SkateZone in Voorhees. Things got even stranger when I walked into the rink and saw a guy who looked like he had just jumped straight out of Men in Black drawing the blinds on a defiant looking Jim Dowd. ... [Link]

HockeyBuzz.com: Bill Meltzer » Flyers send down Giroux and Guenin

Posted 4 days ago

The Flyers announced this morning that they are sending six players to the Phantoms: forwards Claude Giroux, Jon Kalinski, Boyd Kane and Jared Ross and defensemen Nate Guenin and Sean Curry. Giroux came into camp with a roster spot to lose, and he's lost it. In fairness, there were a lot of expectations of immediate success and it didn't help ... [Link]

Flyers Center » Preseason: Capitals 1 @ Flyers 2

Posted 4 days ago

PHILADELPHIA (AP)— Joffrey Lupul had a goal and an assist and the Philadelphia Flyers handed the Washington Capitals their first preseason defeat, 2-1 on Wednesday night. Glen Metropolit scored for the Flyers (4-2-0), who lost to Pittsburgh in five games in the Eastern Conference finals last season. Nicklas Backstrom scored for the Capitals (4-1-0), who are still enjoying their best ... [Link]

Flyers Goal Scored By... » #12 Simon Gagne and #13 Glen Metropolit

Posted 5 days ago

#12 Simon Gagne

If you care more about Tyra than hockey get this - our General Manager called Simon Gagne fat over the summer. I know, can you believe it?!? Simon has since stated that an off-season diet and his most rigorous training schedule yet have him in the best shape of his life. So every goal he ... [Link]

Flyers Fan Central » Flyers captains pregame ceremony

Posted 5 days ago

The Flyers captains are introduced before the final NHL game at the Spectrum, and Mike Richards is presented with the "C" by Ed Snider. Share and Enjoy: [Link]