In a conference call with reporters today Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger said he is making progress in his rehab from back and hand surgeries but has not lifted a weight in six months and is unsure when he’ll resume skating. Pronger said his hand, which was surgically repaired in March, is about 80 percent healed and will need at least another week of healing before he can begin weight training.
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Flyers chairman Ed Snider will be inducted onto the US Hockey Hall of Fame, it was announced today. He’ll be joined by former Flyers play-by-play announcer Mike Emrick, along with former NHL players Chris Chelios, Keith Tkachuk and Gary Suter. Snider’s contribution to the success of hockey in Philadelphia and the Atlantic region of the United States is immeasurable. In 1966, the founder and current owner of the Philadelphia Flyers made a successful bid for the team when the NHL made its first expansion, and has since turned the organization into one of the most successful franchises in the league. His commitment to advancing the game at the amateur level is evidenced in many ways, including in 2005 when he founded the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation to provide unprivileged children in the Philadelphia area with an opportunity to learn to play hockey at local rinks
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The Flyers have brought the Trenton Titans back to life. At a press conference today in Trenton Comcast-Spectacor president Peter Luukko, who also happens to the the Flyers’ president, announced that the Titans would be the East Coast Hockey League affiliate of the Flyers, joining the AHL Adirondack Phantoms. “The Philadelphia Flyers and the Comcast-Spectacor Family of Companies are excited to be affiliated with the Trenton Titans,†Luukko said in a statement. “As our ECHL affiliate, we’re confident that our prospects will be playing in an environment here in Trenton that will help them develop their ultimate potential.†The Titans played an an unaffiliated team from 1999-2007 and won the Kelly Cup in 2005
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Members of the Philadelphia Flyers and Flyers Alumni will participate in the Philadelphia Flyers Celebrity Golf Invitational at Trump National in Pine Hill, NJ, on Tuesday, September 13. Proceeds of the Tournament, which is being presented by AlliedBarton Security Services, Deutsche Bank, Fastrack Construction, and Philadelphia Property Management Corporation, will benefit the Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation and Comcast-Spectacor Foundation. In addition to golfing with members of the Flyers and Alumni, guests can bid on many one-of-a-kind priceless items in the silent and live auctions, including a trip on Ed Snider’s private jet to attend an away Flyers game. Golf begins at 12:30 p.m
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A transcript of Ilya Bryzgalov’s conference call with reporters on Monday, July 11: Q:What is your reaction signing with the Flyers? “It’s exciting. I am excited to join a great organization with a rich history. That was my first reaction and I expect a lot from our work together.†Q: What made Philadelphia so impressive for you?
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The Flyers have signed restricted free agent Wayne Simmonds to a two-year, $3.5 million contract, the club announced on Thursday. Simmonds, 22, was acquired from the Los Angeles Kings as part of the June 23 trade that sent Mike Richards to the Kings.
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Flyers GM Paul Holmgren told me earlier today that, contrary to reports, the Flyers do not have a trade package in place for Steven Stamkos if a deal between the start center and the Tampa Bay Lightning falls apart. “I have no … idea where that’s coming from, none,†Holmgren told the Courier-Post on Tuesday amid reports that the Flyers have prepared a trade package for Stamkos, who is still without a contract . “He belongs to the Tampa Bay Lightning and I can’t imagine any way he won’t continue to belong to them
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The Flyers violated the NHL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement when they signed free agent Max Talbot to a five-year, $9 million contract on Saturday, TSN.ca is reporting. According to the CBA in the final two years of a contract totaling at least four years, a team cannot pay a player less than half of what he is being paid in the first two years. Talbot agreed to a contract that pays him $2.5 million in 2011-12 and $2.25 million in 2012-213.
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Flyers center Max Talbot Q: On coming to Philadelphia “It’s a great team and that was definitely a big part of my decision. I wanted to go to a team that had a chance to win a championship this year, and maybe more than one, because you look at the youth and the moves they made lately with the new goalie and everything.
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Talk about righting a wrong. Twenty-one years after failing to take him with the fourth pick of the 1990 NHL draft — they took Mike Ricci instead — the Flyers shocked the hockey world by signing 39-year-old Jaromir Jagr to a one-year deal worth $3.3 million. The Flyers have also signed third-line center Max Talbot, a hard-edged third-line center to a five-year deal.
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