Former Philadelphia Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren endured a lot of criticism during his tenure, as would be expected of any manager who failed to bring a championship trophy to Philadelphia under his (or her)
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The following are a collection of short news pieces from the past week that affect the Philadelphia Flyers. To be on top of all local news, see here the USA Daily Journal news. - The
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August is swiftly approaching, much to the joy of hockey fans anxiously waiting for the offseason to end. There has been little roster movement around the NHL, though teams have continued tying up loose ends
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The NHL trade deadline passed at 3:00 p.m. today. The Philadelphia Flyers, expected to be sellers, turned out to be buyers when all was said and done. First move: Picked up forward Adam Hall on
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The Philadelphia Flyers announced this afternoon that back-up goaltender Michael Leighton has been placed on injured reserve (IR) with an "upper body injury." Brian Boucher has been recalled to take his place in the interim.
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The Philadelphia Flyers began to turn their early season woes around with a solid win against the New York Rangers on Thursday and a confidence-building 7-1 steamrolling of the Florida Panthers on Saturday. The rolling
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NHL free agency kicked off at 12:00 p.m. At 12:03 p.m., news broke from Josh Rimer of NHL Home Ice that the Philadelphia Flyers have re-signed goaltender Michael Leighton to a one year, $900,000 contract.
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The Adirondack Phantoms' 2011-12 AHL season ended before their final game of the year, as they were eliminated from contention when the Manchester Monarchs beat the Hershey Bears (who couldn't win when we needed them
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Michael Leighton may not be dueling with Sergei Bobrovsky and Ilya Bryzgalov for the starting goaltender position of the Philadelphia Flyer any time soon, but he returns to Philadelphia nonetheless on Friday for the "AHL
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Goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov inexplicably left the ice just 6:45 into the third period of the Flyers’ 5-2 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday. According to Dave Isaac of Philly Sports Daily, Byrzgalov initially
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