Philadelphia Flyers’ forward Daniel Carcillo has been suspended for the period covering two regular season games, without pay, for his actions off the ice following the first period of Game #4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Boston Bruins on May 6, the National Hockey League announced today. National Hockey League Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations Mike Murphy reached the decision following a hearing into the matter on May 13. The hearing was conducted pursuant to article 18.1 (on-ice discipline) and 18.2 (off-ice discipline) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, NHL By-Law 17 and Article 6 of the NHL Constitution as a result of an incident outside of the officials’ locker room following the first period and a verbal confrontation with linesman Brian Murphy at the players’ bench prior to the start of the second period

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The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have signed 6’ 7”, 200-lb goaltender Niko Hovinen to an entry-level contract, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. Hovinen, 23 (3/16/88), played for Lahti of the Finnish Elite League during the 2010-11 season. He posted a record of 17-25-5 in 49 appearances, along with a 2.59 goals-against average, a .921 save percentage and three shutouts. A native of Helskini, Hoivinen was a member of Finland’s IIHF World Championship team that defeated Sweden 6-1 in the final on May 15.

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By CHUCK GORMLEY Courier-Post Staff Are you ready to sing “Take me out to the hockey game?” The 2012 NHL Winter Classic is coming to Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia and is expected to match the Flyers against the New York Rangers, the Courier-Post learned late Thursday night. The game is expected to be played on Monday, Jan. 2 and highlight a week of hockey activity that will include high school and college hockey games on the infield of the Phillies’ seven-year-old ballpark. An announcement confirming Philadelphia as the site of next season’s Winter Classic is still weeks away but Flyers president Peter Luukko has been working with the NHL for years to land the midseason classic and said he believes it would be the perfect climax to New Year’s Day weekend. “If we are chosen to host the NHL Winter Classic, with our fans and the excitement of New Year’s Eve, the atmosphere would be fabulous,” Luukko said

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Text from Flyers GM Paul Holmgren Pronger – surgery went very well. A disc fragment that was pressing up against a nerve was removed. Chris will begin a walking rehab in a few days. At week 6 post surgery will begin core strengthening. A full recovery is anticipated

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Pronger: will have surgery tomorrow in New York. The procedure is called a discectomy and will be performed by Dr. Frank Cammisa at The Hospital for Special Surgery. Betts- left pinkie finger repaired, will begin rehab in 4 weeks Richards – successful surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left wrist

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LIVE Flyers Chat May 11, 2011

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Philadelphia Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren (Part 1) Q: Can you give us the injury and surgery rundown for the summer? “Right now we have five guys that need surgery.

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Philadelphia Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren (Part 2) Q: What did you think of Kimmo [Timonen’s] year? “I think Kimmo had a good year.

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Flyers GM Paul Holmgren – PART 3 Q: When you look at the Boston series, and leading up to that, do you look at this team when you re-evaluate as if they need a major overhaul or do you say we had a lot of injuries, one who is the captain and Pronger who wasn’t able to play much, and we did have a championship caliber team? How do you re-evaluate things?

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Philadelphia Flyers center Danny Briere Q: Do you think you are further away from challenging for a Stanley Cup now than you were at this point last season, when the year ended last year? “No not at all.

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