Chris Pronger

Philadelphia's Pronger amassing votes as he piles up minutes

USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Philadelphia Flyers spent a large portion of their future bringing in defenseman Chris Pronger to battle the big forwards ...

Fantasy Stars of the Week – Week #6

Fantasy Hockey Scouts (Free subscription) | yesterday

The biggest and brightest from the past week: 3rd Star, from the Philadelphia Flyers, numero 20, Chris Pronger... 1+4=5, plus-5. 2nd Star, from the Los Angeles Kings, numero 11, Anze Kopitar... he led the entire league last with an impressive...

Empty Netter Assists - 11-07-09

post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Penguins -Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin ( above ) are kind of key to the Penguins' power play . -Is Mike Yeo the key to the Penguins' power play troubles ? -Bob Errey's epic piece on stick management from Thursday's game: ( Kudos to EN reader Kim Griffin for the heads up. ) -Ryan Bayda scored the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins' only goal in a 2-1 home loss to the Norfolk Admirals . John Curry made...

Prongers Leads Flyers Past Sabres

Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

The big offseason acquisition Chris Pronger provided the punch the team was looking for in having a two point night with a goal and an assist for a +3 night. Danny Carcillo started and ended the evening with goals, Darroll Powe, and James van Riemsdyk added goals for the Broad Street Bullies. The one down [...]

Hockey Talk On A Friday

Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

from Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail, • The early-season leader in what may be a crowded Calder Trophy class may be the Philadelphia Flyers’ James vanRiemsdyk, the second player chosen in the Patrick Kane (2007) draft. VanRiemsdyk spent two years at the University of New Hampshire and had a brief seven-game taste of pro last spring with the Flyers’ AHL affiliate. After Mike Knuble...

How To Get Kicked Out Of Honda Center

Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

How many times has the drunk guy next to you yelled, “Ref, you suck!” during a game? How many times were you that guy? Did you think the people around you were offended? I doubt it, and I think the majority of readers would agree. Ok, well, what about carrying a sign that says that? After all, if we can mock Chris Pronger or Sidney Crosby or whoever else is Public Enemy #1, shouldn’t...

Olympics Watch: Canadians off to hot starts

From The Rink (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP Browse more photos » Rather than take a look at the usual suspects for Team Canada at the Olympics, I figured it might be worthwhile to simply look at which Canadian players are impressing in the early going this season. I'll try and get a similar look at some of the other teams up here in the next week or so. Goal Player Team GP GS W L OT GAA Sv% 1...

Ilya Bryzgalov Downs The Blues

St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

More photos » by Tom Gannam - AP Ilya Bryzgalov says no. Browse more photos » Sometimes you run into a hot goaltender. Some other notes to wrap this one up: The Coyotes played a close to perfect road game: get a lead, get good goaltending, take the home crowd out of it. Check, check, check. The long, tape-to-tape passes made by both Erik Johnson and Alex Pietrangelo made for some great...

Ducks give up on defenseman Sbisa for season

Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

The Anaheim Ducks have sent 19-year-old defenseman Luca Sbisa to his junior team, preventing him from returning to the NHL this season. The Ducks acquired Sbisa from Philadelphia during the summer in a trade that sent Chris Pronger to the Flyers. Anaheim hoped the Italian-born, Swiss-raised Sbisa could play a regular role, but he managed no points and a minus-1 rating in eight games. Sbisa was sent...

Ducks, once strong, show their weak side

L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009

New players and youngsters are still finding their footing, but so far have been unable to handle the slightest adversity. They can't dither long to find their way because other teams have improved. The Ducks never minded when opponents and critics called them dirty. Their physicality was a big part of their personality, and Chris Pronger's on-the-edge impulse control made other teams fear them.

Monday links: Wondering why our tough guy has hands made of glass edition

St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

I'm at my parents house and it's raining. The satellite internet is crawling along at dial-up speed. Oh and lights around the 'hood are off. Let's link some stuff while I'm still online. Blues news D.J. King broke his hand. What purpose does this guy serve? [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] This blog is about T.J. Oshie , but it's even more interesting now the Kinger is on the IR -- who are the Blues gonna...

Yzerman Values Experience For Team Canada

Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009

from Adam Kimelman of NHL.com, The latest stop on Steve Yzerman’s pre-Olympic tour brought him to Philadelphia on Sunday for the Flyers-Sharks game, where he got to take a first-hand look at a number of players who might fill roster spots on Canada’s entry in the Vancouver 2010 Games. Philadelphia’s Chris Pronger, Simon Gagne, Mike Richards and Jeff Carter attended the summer orientation...

A Few Notes On The Ducks

Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009

from Curtis Zupke of Ducks Blog, Defenseman Luca Sbisa will be re-assigned Monday at a destination to be determined. That means Sbisa, who was called up from juniors last season, cannot return to the NHL this season. The 19-year-old was minus-1 with no points in eight games with the Ducks since he arrived from Philadelphia with Joffrey Lupul in a trade for Chris Pronger.... Goaltender Jean-Sebastien...

Mike Richards Hit On David Booth: Panthers Left Wing Carted Off On Stretcher

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009

PHILADELPHIA — Florida left wing David Booth was taken off the ice on stretcher after a hard hit from Philadelphia captain Mike Richards, overshadowing the Flyers' easy victory over the Panthers on Saturday night. Danny Briere had two goals, Arron Asham scored for a third straight game, and Simon Gagne ended his longest goal drought to start a season in the Flyers' 5-1 victory. Booth, who scored...

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Empty Netter Assists - 10-25-09

post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009

Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . The Penguins couldn't get much by Martin Brodeur ( above ). -The Newark Star-Ledger's recap . New Jersey won but lost defenseman Paul Martin (forearm) and forward Jay Pandolfo (shoulder) to serious injuries. -The Associated Press' recap . Evgeni Malkin. No shots. - NHL.com's recap . Brodeur was 10 minutes away from making history. -Highlights...