Meltzer’s Musings: Day Two, Giroux Injury, Day One Notebook, Quick Hits

GIROUX HAS LOWER BODY INJURY, WILL MISS APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS

Flyers captain Claude Giroux left the ice only a few minutes into the team’s first training camp practice session yesterday at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ. Flyers general manager Ron Hextall subsequently confirmed that the player sustained a lower body injury.

According to Hextall, Claude Giroux will miss approximately two w

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Giroux suffers lower body injury on Day 1

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UPDATED: Flyers GM Ron Hextall announced that Claude Giroux will be out approximately two weeks due to his lower-body injury he suffered on Day 1 of the on-ice portion of training camp.

Approximately 15 minutes into Day 1 of Flyers training cam…

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Five to Watch: Flyers Training Camp

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With Rookie Camp in the books, the show on ice turns to main Flyers camp and the official battle for roster spots begin. Not much of the Flyers lineup has changed, but the team will have a few new faces and returning players will have a bigger rol…

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Meltzer’s Musings: Timonen, Training Camp Opens, Quick Hits

TIMONEN TO REMAIN OUT INDEFINITELY

Yesterday, the Philadelphia Flyers held a press conference at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ, to officially confirm the diagnosis that five-time Barry Ashbee Trophy winner Kimmo Timonen received last month in his native Finland.

The longtime assistant captain cannot be medically cleared to play hockey as long he is on blood thinners to combat blood clots in

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What Timonen, Hextall Said

There was no real advancement in terms of “news” today during the Kimmo Timonen news conference.

Flyers GM Ron Hextall said in August he had to prepare for the possibility Timonen would not play. That’s why the club signed Michael Del Zotto.

Craig Berube told me last week he was going into camp with two, new d-pairs to try out and that was necessary since Timonen wasn’t there.

That Timo

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Timonen out for several months

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Philadelphia Flyers general manager Ron Hextall, alongside Kimmo Timonen called a press conference late Thursday afternoon to discuss the defenseman’s health and injury update to reporters.

“I wish we were here to announce that Kimmo was here t…

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Meltzer’s Musings: Battle on Hamilton, Training Camp Outlook, Quick Hits

FLYERS VS. PHANTOMS IN ‘BATTLE ON HAMILTON’ EXHIBITION GAME

The new PPL Center in Allentown, PA, will hold its inaugural hockey even on Saturday, September 27, when the Philadelphia Flyers pay a visit for an exhibition game against their Lehigh Valley Phantoms farm team. Game time is 5 p.m.

Tickets for the game will go on sale to the general public on Friday, September 19. Prices start at $1

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Meltzer’s Musings: Flyers Rookies Blank Caps, Holmgren, Quick Hits

ROOKIES GAME: FLYERS BLANK CAPS, 3-0

For the second straight year, the Philadelphia Flyers’ prospects stonewalled the Washington Capitals’ prospects in the annual Rookies’ Game between the two organizations. Last year, the visiting Flyers nipped the Caps, 1-0, on a goal by Taylor Leier. This time around, the host Flyers captured a 3-0 victory in front of a large crowd at the Skate Zone in Voorh

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ROOKIE GAME: Flyers 3, Capitals 0

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