The Flyers will announce today that general manager Paul Holmgren’s contract has been extended three years, the Courier-Post has learned. Holmgren is in his fifth season as the Flyers’ GM and in his 32nd year as a member of the Flyers organization. Holmgren took over as general manager on Oct. 22, 2006 after Bob Clarke resigned. In his five seasons the Flyers have gone 177-144-44 and have made the playoffs three times, reaching the conference finals in 2008 and the Stanley Cup Finals in 2010.

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The NHL has fined Flyers center Danny Briere an undisclosed amount for the punch he threw at Rangers forward Brandon Prust in the closing seconds of Sunday night’s 3-2 win in Madison Square Garden. In the waning seconds of the Flyers’ victory, their sixth in seven games, Prust drove Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen hard into the boards with a blindside hit that was borderline late. Replays show that as Prust passed the Flyers bench, Briere and Scott Hartnell took swipes at him, grazing him in the head before linesman Jean Morin escorted Prust to the bench. Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said Monday he was unaware of the incident but acknowledged Monday night that Briere had been fined. Although the NHL did not release the amount of the fine it is believed to be $1,000.

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Many of the fans missed it and so did several television cameras. But just before time expired in the Flyers’ 3-2 win over the Rangers in Madison Square Garden, a pair of Flyers — Scott Hartnell and Danny Briere — threw a punch at Rangers forward Brandon Prust as he skated by the visitors’ bench in the closing seconds. Prust had just leveled Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen after Timonen fired a backhander down the ice to kill a Rangers rally and preserve the win.

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Peter Laviolette asked that we not report this until after it took place, but the Flyers are practicing RIGHT NOW on the ice in New York’s Central Park. Practice began at 1 p.m. in the picturesque setting of the snow-covered park, which sits in the shadows of Manhattan’s skyscrapers. Laviolette planned the event weeks ago but kept it quiet from everyone but his players and training staff.

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On a night filled with fluky bounces and questionable calls, Brian Boucher bore the brunt of the Flyers’ mistakes, allowing six goals in his shakiest performance in months. The Flyers blew three leads in the game and it marked the first time all season they failed to earn a point in a game they led after two periods (22-1-2).

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Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette 1/12/11 Conference Call Q: On cancelling on-ice practice today (snowing in Boston) “We worked out today, we’ve got a nice health club here, so instead of risking anything outside with the weather, we just stayed in and got a good workout in.” Q: You’ve had some really hard-fought games with Boston. Can you talk about the matchup? “I think the games have been excellent. I think they bring out the best in us and we bring out the best in them, and they usually lead to pretty good hockey games.

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Results from a quick Q&A with Chris Pronger from earlier this afternoon. Q: What’s the soonest you think you can play? “I don’t know.” Q: Do you think you’ll err on the side of caution and wait till after the All-Star Game? “Refer to answer #1.” Q

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Danny Briere took his All-Star snubbing out on his old team Tuesday night, scoring his team-leading 22nd goal and assisting on three others as the Flyers scored five unanswered goals in a in Buffalo’s HSBC Arena. Scott Hartnell added two goals and Mike Richards and Ville Leino added one each as the Flyers won for the fourth straight time and padded their lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins to three points. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky looked shaky early but turned aside a career-high 38 shots in the win, his first since Dec. 15

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The Philadelphia Flyers announced today in conjunction with the National Hockey League that C/RW Claude Giroux has been selected to take part in the 2011 NHL All-Star Weekend, to be held January 29-30 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Giroux will join Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette, who will co-coach one of the teams, in representing the Flyers at the event. “Obviously, it is pretty exciting and should be a really good experience,” Giroux said. “I really don’t know what to say.

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