Giroux, Hartnell help youth team learn gifts of giving

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NEW YORK — Members of the North Jersey Avalanche squirt minor hockey team learned how nice it is to be nice.

Players from the team, all 9 years old, were treated to a shopping spree Friday at the NHL Store Powered by Reebok in Manhattan, with…

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GENERAL EXCITEMENT

VOORHEES, N.J. – Paul Holmgren stood on his office balcony that overlooks the Flyers rink at Skate Zone and watched the informal practice taking place below.

Thirty members of the Flyers and Phantoms were skating for close to 90 minutes, gearin…

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Flyers affiliate with ECHL’s Greenville Road Warriors

The Philadelphia Flyers have reached an affiliation agreement with the Greenville Road Warriors of the ECHL for the 2013-14 season, according to general manager Paul Holmgren.

Under the agreement, the Flyers will be able to assign players to G…

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ROOKIE CAMP: FIVE TO WATCH

For all intents and purposes it’s hockey season. Yes, training camp is still a little more than a week away but starting tomorrow, the Flyers prospects arrive for the start of rookie camp.

Rookie camp is just that – rookie camp – and very few p…

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FAN VOTE FINALS: Rinaldo vs Gagne

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DEFENSIVE REBOUND

VOORHEES, N.J. – Raise your hand if you find it interesting that as much-maligned as the Flyers defense was publicly last season that the organization basically brought the same group back this season.
Yes, there should be a lot of hands going up…

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LAMARCHE FORTH

VOORHEES, N.J. – You can call Maxim Lamarche a late-bloomer if you want, and you wouldn’t be wrong.

After all, Lamarche, 21, didn’t have a breakout season in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League until he was an overage player last season.

H…

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Flyers Sign (D) Brandon Manning

The Philadelphia Flyers have signed restricted free agent defenseman Brandon Manning to a one-year contract, according to general manager Paul Holmgren.

Manning, 23 (6/4/1990), appeared in six games for the Flyers last season, recording two as…

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Flyers open Rookie Camp on September 6

The Philadelphia Flyers have finalized plans for their 2013 Rookie Camp, which will take place at The Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone from September 6-8.

The camp will consist of three days of on-ice practices on those dates, which will be fr…

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30 in 30: Rebound by Couturier is Flyers’ X-factor

Sean Couturier’s first two NHL seasons could not have been more different. The question facing the Philadelphia Flyers and their 20-year-old center as he enters his third is which version is closest to the real thing.

Couturier, selected by the…

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