Topic: Chris Pronger

Flyers have big moves to make

Flyers GM Holmgren knows changes necessary to keep team Stanley Cup title contendersMichael Leighton cost the Flyers all of about $142,000 this season. His price will surely go up. It just might be a different team willing to pay Leighton next season. ...
Poster in Chicago labels Flyers' Pronger as Chrissy, and 'Looks like Tarzan, skates like Jane'Chris Pronger has become poster-ized in the town where Michael Jordan made it an art form with high-flying dunks over helpless defenders. The Philadelphia Flyers' star defenseman is ...
Blackhawks demonstrate going through Flyers just as easy as going around themIt's clear by now who the real bullies are. The speedy, skillful Blackhawks can still make the game look easy — witness the second-period power-play goal on which four Chicago players ...
Pronger loses his edge, and Flyers defense suddenly goes soft in Game 5 loss to BlackhawksChris Pronger and Philadelphia's stiff defense suddenly went soft, and the Flyers are facing elimination. After pushing Dustin Byfuglien and the Chicago Blackhawks around for the better ...
Loose Flyers turn news conferences into standup acts despite trailing in Stanley Cup seriesPeter Laviolette and Chris Pronger could team up for a standup act once the Stanley Cup finals are done. Even though the Philadelphia Flyers trail the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 ...
After high-scoring opener, Flyers and Blackhawks look for more punch from top lines in Game 2Chris Pronger played more than half of the series-opening game for Philadelphia, a 6-foot-6 wall of willpower helping keep Chicago's talented top line in check. Blackhawks stars ...
Flyers D Chris Pronger, Blackhawks F Marian Hossa find their way back to Stanley Cup finalsChris Pronger and Marian Hossa (HOH'-sah) can't stay away from the Stanley Cup finals. Some players spend their entire career chasing the Cup without ever having the ...

Where Pronger goes, Stanley Cup dreams follow

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger has been a Stanley Cup talisman the last five seasons, reaching the finals three times with three different teams. Perhaps more instructive of Pronger's value, however, is how his teams have performed when the ...

Gagne returns to secure overtime win for Flyers

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia Flyers winger Simon Gagne, playing with two screws in a broken toe, scored an overtime goal to give his team a 5-4 win over the Boston Bruins and stave off NHL playoffs elimination on Friday. Gagne had missed ...
Flyers hold off elimination on Gagne's OT winner, beat Bruins 5-4 in Game 4 of East semisSimon Gagne made a timely return to the lineup, scoring in overtime to help the Philadelphia Flyers hold off elimination by beating the Boston Bruins 5-4 ...
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