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PHILADELPHIA — Flyers winger Simon Gagne is expected to miss the next six to eight weeks after having abdominal and hip surgery.
Gagne, who missed the past two games, is scheduled for surgery on Tuesday.
“It’s hard to take, but it’s still early in the season,” Gagne said. “I’ll miss close to two months and have time to get back in shape and feel 100 per cent when I’m skating. That’s something I wasn’t Continue reading ‘Flyers’ Gagne expected to miss 6-8 weeks’
PHILADELPHIA — Derian Hatcher’s tenure as an NHL defencemen ended Monday — right around the time his coaching career began.
Hatcher announced his retirement — ending a 17-year playing career — and was immediately named player development coach with Philadelphia, where he spent the past four years. Hatcher takes over the position from Eric Desjardins, another former Flyer who stepped down to pursue other interests.
TORONTO — Philadelphia Flyers’ forward Daniel Carcillo has been suspended for one game and Flyers’ coach John Stevens has been fined $10,000, the NHL announced Thursday.
Carcillo’s suspension stems from an incident late Wednesday in Game 1 of the Flyers’ Eastern Conference quarter-final series against the Pittsburgh Penguins.
With seven seconds remaining in the third period and the Penguins leading 4-1, Carcillo delivered Continue reading ‘Flyers’ Carcillo suspended one game’
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PHILADELPHIA — Criticized by their general manager, the Philadelphia Flyers answered the challenge.
Jeff Carter scored three goals, Danny Briere had a goal and three assists, and the Flyers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 8-5 on Friday night.
Simon Gagne, Randy Jones, Claude Giroux and Scott Hartnell also had goals for the Flyers, who passed Carolina for fourth place in the Eastern Continue reading ‘Flyers exact swift revenge on Leafs’
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Flyers agreed to terms with Swedish free-agent goaltender Johan Backlund on a one-year contract on Thursday.
In 49 games with Timra of the Swedish Elite League this season, the 27-year-old Backlund has a 2.56 goals against average.
He also had a .907 save percentage and four shutouts.
PITTSBURGH — The Philadelphia Flyers used the power play to go a long way toward securing home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Simon Gagne and Scott Hartnell each scored with the extra man as the Flyers beat Pittsburgh 3-1 on Sunday for the Penguins’ first loss in a month.
Philadelphia won its second in a row to open a two-point lead over Pittsburgh in the race for the No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference Continue reading ‘Flyers open two-point lead on Pens’
The Montreal Canadiens claimed centre Glen Metropolit on waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday, sources tell Sportsnet.
Metropolit is known as a dependable penalty-killer.
He has four goals and 14 points this season and is minus-1.
Metropolit is guaranteed $1 million this year and is also guaranteed $1 million for the 2009-10 season.
In response, the Canadiens placed defenceman Doug Janik on waivers. Continue reading ‘Habs claim Metropolit from Flyers’
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PHILADELPHIA — Sidney Crosby promised he’d try and lead slumping Pittsburgh with words as much by his actions. Usually, though, the way Sid the Kid delivers with the puck helps the Penguins more than a pep talk.
Against another sellout crowd in Philadelphia that bellowed nothing but derogatory words toward the Pittsburgh captain, Crosby and the Penguins showed a flicker of hope Continue reading ‘Malkin nets pair in win over Flyers’
Daniel Briere is hoping to return from a groin injury at some point during the Philadelphia Flyers upcoming six-game road trip.
“That’s the goal, but right now it’s too early to say exactly when,” Briere said on Tuesday morning. “It’s going to depend on how things go.”
Briere has now skated for five consecutive days and plans to join the team for the entire trip, which starts on Boxing Day in Chicago. The forward Continue reading ‘Briere to join Flyers on road trip’
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Flyers centre Daniel Briere will be sidelined four to five weeks because of a severe groin strain.
Briere had already missed 15 games this season because of an abdominal injury and a groin pull. He has five goals and nine points in nine games this season.
Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said Wednesday the injury was “significant.”
Briere left the Flyers’ victory Tuesday Continue reading ‘Flyers centre Briere out a month’
