Around the Net 01.15.2013

By Dain S
Posted on 01/15/2013 at 9:00 am

Welcome to Around the Net, a weekly look through linkage at the Philadelphia Flyers and other news from around the NHL. In case you missed it.. The NHL lockout is over and here is the Flyers schedule: [Philly.com] Brian Boucher has returned, but not in a role you might expect: [Broadstreethockey.com] The Flyers sign Kurtis Foster: [The Checking Line] Danny Briere might be back sooner than originally thought: [CSNPhilly] Bill Meltzer weighs in on Boosh and prospect Scott Laughton: [Hockeybuzz] Looks like Mez might be ready for Saturday after all: [Philly.com] As if you needed any more reason to be …

Do you plan to show your displeasure over the NHL lockout in any way in 2013?

By Kevin Christmann
Posted on 01/14/2013 at 12:00 pm

Marcel Alvarez participated in his last game with the Titans last night. Image courtesy of trentontitanshockey.com

Alvarez Leaves for Ft. Benning, Titans Lose Seventh Straight

By Craig F
Posted on 01/13/2013 at 8:00 am

The Trenton Titans lost their seventh straight last night at the hands of the visiting South Carolina Stingrays on Military Appreciation Night at Sun National Bank Center. Marcel Alvarez and his teammates couldn’t do enough to beat Jeff Jakaitis and his shot-blocking partners, as Trenton saw the goaltender stop 32 of the 33 shots they threw at him. Scott Wedgewood had 16 saves on 19 shots, as three players who participated in the loss last night won’t be on the team today. The story of the night was Alvarez. On a night dedicated to 2nd Lieutenant Alvarez, the blue liner …

Trenton Update: 1/4-1/10

By Craig F
Posted on 01/11/2013 at 9:00 am

The Trenton Titans’ two-game skid turned into a five-game losing streak this week, as the squad dropped all three games on their schedule with a record of 0-2-1. Just as the Flyers’ ECHL affiliate gained a lot of ground in the Eastern Conference with a winning streak a few weeks ago, the team dropped right out of the playoff picture with a losing streak, as Trenton sits 12th in the conference at the moment. A pair of tilts against a team three points ahead of them in the East and a contest against the team leading their division give the …

Hockey Hilarity: A little bit Rusty

By Nick D
Posted on 01/11/2013 at 9:00 am

Friday funnies brought to you straight from hockey’s own players and media personnel. We’ll be mucking it up every week right here, examining puck ups, puns, tweets, and more! We’ve been ready for NHL brand hockey to start since October and it looks as if it finally will start on January 19th. A lot of people might have forgotten that the Philadelphia Flyers have a couple new faces joining their lineup. One of those new faces is actually an old one. The guy’s name is Ruslan Fedotenko. Ruslan, who has been known to go by Rusty, was an undrafted signee of …

CBA Chatter

By Dain S
Posted on 01/10/2013 at 1:00 pm

Everything you wanted to know about the CBA but were afraid to ask Here are your updates from the past week on the ongoing collective bargaining agreement talks from around the Web. The NHL has returned! Now that the owners have ratified the new CBA [CSNPhilly], the players are expected to vote their approval on Friday or Saturday, allowing training camps to commence on Sunday around the league. What is in the new CBA, you may ask? Lets find out what we know so far: [CBC] [Puck Daddy] So who plays who when? The schedule is still sort of up …

Premature season predictions

By Marcello De Feo
Posted on 01/10/2013 at 12:00 pm

With the start of the 2013 NHL season suddenly right around the corner, it is time to make some unfounded predictions that, in the long run, will either make us look like prescient geniuses or complete fools. Or, maybe we will just play it safe and make some conservative predictions that have a high probability of coming true. Either way, here we go. Marcello De Feo 1. Luke Schenn will accumulate 200 hits and win over fans Last season, Luke Schenn accumulated 270 hits over 79 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs, which was good enough to lead the league …

Don’t Boycott The NHL

By Kim Pollock
Posted on 01/10/2013 at 11:00 am

I’m just going to throw this out there. Ready? Don’t boycott the NHL after this past lockout. Look, I know that the lockout sucked. I missed hockey just as much as the next person. But it’s back now, and for all of the bitching I did about not getting to watch professional games, I’m obviously not going to purposely miss them because I’m pissed at the league. That’s just silly. Maybe you don’t want to give the league any money. That’s fine. Don’t buy any merchandise, don’t show up to any games. But for those of you who kept saying, …

Briere as a hobbit...wait, no, that's not what I meant by fantasy hockey! (thanks to the awesome @geoffmang for the photoshop)

Flyers Faithful Fantasy Hockey

By Estebomb
Posted on 01/10/2013 at 10:00 am

Well, we are thankfully back and concentrating on the important stuff, hockey! No more make whole provisions or Fehr and Bettman snipes. And hey, who doesn’t love a little fantasy hockey? That’s why we’re going to be hosting our own Yahoo! fantasy hockey league right here on Flyers Faithful. You can sign up for the league here. We will be drafting online on Thursday, January 17th at 8:00pm. Be sure to set your pre-rankings if you can’t make the live draft. And yes, there will a prize of some sort for the winner — but shhh, it’s a secret. (Of …

Then and Now: Adam Oates

By Craig F
Posted on 01/09/2013 at 9:00 am

Adam Oates entered the league quietly and left the league just the same, but the former center was rewarded for his playing career recently when he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. After he joined the Detroit Red Wings during the 1985-1986 season as an undrafted free agent out of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Oates went on to finish 16th on the all-time points list with 1,420. Known as one of the game’s greatest playmakers, Oates finished sixth on the all-time NHL assists list with 1,079, which is more than Gordie Howe and Mario Lemieux. Oates was one of …

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