Topic: Philadelphia Flyers

NHL's Flyers trade for rights to Phoenix goalie Ilya Bryzgalov

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Flyers traded for the rights to Phoenix netminder Ilya Bryzgalov on Tuesday and will look to strike a deal with the Russian after the Coyotes failed to retain him.The Flyers sent a minor-league player, a 2012 third-round ...

Russian netminder sent to Flyers

Russian goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday by the Phoenix Coyotes, a team operated by the National Hockey League as it seeks an owner for the club.Bryzgalov, a 30-year-old free agent, was sent to the Flyers in ...

Flyers winger Carcillo hit with two-game ban

Philadelphia Flyers left wing Dan Carcillo was given a two-game suspension for the start of the 2011-2012 season by the National Hockey League on Tuesday after confronting officials in the playoffs.Carcillo was banished without pay for off-ice actions following the first period ...

Bruins lose top scorer Bergeron to concussion

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston Bruins top scorer Patrice Bergeron suffered a concussion from an open-ice hit during his team's series-clinching game against the Philadelphia Flyers, the team said on Saturday.Bergeron left Friday's game after being hit by the Flyers' Claude Giroux early ...

Bruins slam the door on Flyers with series sweep

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston did not want to leave the door open for a repeat of last year's collapse against Philadelphia and on Friday they slammed it shut with a 5-1 victory to sweep their Eastern Conference semi-final series 4-0.The Bruins had ...

Canucks oust defending champs Chicago in OT

The No. 1 seeded Vancouver Canucks edged the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 in overtime in game seven of their NHL opening round playoff series.Last year's playoff finalists Philadelphia Flyers also reached the NHL playoff quarter-finals Tuesday by defeating Buffalo ...

Emery, Langkow and Laperriere finalists for Masterton

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goaltender Ray Emery of the Anaheim Ducks, forwards Daymond Langkow of the Calgary Flames and Ian Laperriere of the Philadelphia Flyers are the finalists for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance, the National Hockey League (NHL) said ...

Flyers force Game Seven against Sabres with OT triumph

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Flyers fought off the Buffalo Sabres in a thrilling 5-4 overtime win to force a Game Seven in their first-round playoff series on Sunday.Ville Leino knocked in the game-winning wrister at 4:43 in overtime, after Scott ...

Sabres, Predators scratch 4-3 OT road wins

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Buffalo's Tyler Ennis fired in his second goal of the game in overtime to give the Sabres a 4-3 road win at the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL playoffs on Friday.Ennis skated into a rebound off the pad of ...

Sabres' overtime victory over Flyers clinches playoff spot

BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - Thomas Vanek scored a game-winning goal in overtime to ensure the Buffalo Sabres clinched an Eastern Conference playoff spot with a 4-3 comeback victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday.Buffalo's Nathan Gerbe scored twice and tied the ...