Congratulations, Flyers Fans! We set records in the 2005-06 NHL season! TSN claimed Philadelphia as the #1 hockey city before the season ever started. 805,783 was the total attendance number for the season, also a new record. There was also a 17% increase in the number of Comcast/UPN viewers. Great job! Hopefully, we can smash these records again next year!

Source: www.philadelphiaflyers.com

Forsberg is also in the news by having successful surgery on his right ankle. He will recover for about 4-6 weeks, so surgery on his left ankle will be 6-7 weeks down the road. On the total time of recovery, Jim McCrossin said, “It’s four weeks in a cast and four more weeks on crutches, and then four weeks on a walking boot. That’s 12 weeks, or three months. With the six weeks (for the bone to heal), that’s four and a half months right there plus rehab. Again, you have to make sure the bone is completely healed and the ligaments are strengthened up. The worst case scenario is the first of the year. Could it be before that? Yes, Peter is a good healer and you know Peter is going to work hard in rehab. The likelihood is it’s going to be right after the first of the year.”

He also said he talked to Forsberg about his “new feet”, and that the doctor told him he “wouldn’t know what to do with his new feet.”