Your daily dose of Philadelphia Flyers news…
- Last night’s NHL scores… ATL 3, STL 2 (OT) – EDM 5, COL 3
- It was a weekend of injuries around the NHL, and brutal ones at that. Most notably, Carolina goaltender Cam Ward suffered a horrifying laceration to his upper left leg on Saturday night when Columbus’ Rick Nash‘s skate came up and caught him. He’ll miss at least three weeks, a devastating blow to an already suffering Hurricanes team. [Canes Country]
- In Detroit, winger Jason Williams will miss at least two months after breaking his right fibula — that’s his leg, for the uninitiated. [Winging It In Motown]
- Alex Ovechkin has been sidelined for about a week now, and in an interview with Puck Daddy, he said that he’ll be out about four-to-five weeks. Not so fast, AO. [Japers’]
- In Pittsburgh, they entered Saturday night’s game in San Jose without Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar, Tyler Kennedy, or Maxime Talbot. Add Kris Letang to the list, as he fell with a shoulder problem. He could be out a while, too. [Pensburgh]
- Of course, the Flyers weren’t exempt on the injury front this weekend. With Simon Gagne, Danny Briere, and Ryan Parent already out, James van Riemsdyk and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen didn’t complete Saturday’s game. OKT has a concussion and JVR has a fractured pinky finger. Each are listed as day-to-day. [CSN Philly]
- As if it were some kind of foreshadowing, Puck Daddy published a list of the top 10 most brutal NHL injuries of the last decade on Saturday afternoon. Randy Jones‘ hit on Patrice Bergeron and Patrick Thoresen’s “potentially ruptured testicle” each make the cut. [PD]
- While Danny Syvret has been less than impressive as a Flyer this season, the guy he was traded for, Ryan Potulny, is getting a chance with the Oilers. Until now, he has only played in eight NHL games since the June 2008 trade. [Oilers]
- Spectrum seats go on sale today at 10 AM. [BSH]
- The Phantoms played once this weekend and fell to archrival Albany 3-1. [Post-Star]
- If you don’t venture past the main column of this site, you a) have tunnel vision and b) missed out on some good discussion of the current standings system, started by mikefive over the weekend. [BSH FanPosts]
- Ron Hextall selling Canada Dry ginger ale, just because. [YouTube]
