Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
Former Philadelphia Flyers tough guy Ben Eager discovered Dec. 11 what Gary Roberts would do when an opponent went too far against the Penguins.
Express & Echo (Free subscription) | 04/17/2008
Exeter City striker Ben Watson is promising there is much more to come from him after he was handed his first full start in Tuesday night's 1-1 draw with Aldershot Town at St James's Park.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 01/26/2008
Before the game even started, I was expecting a strong performance by the Hawks. Savard, as is the norm, tweaked his lineup but it finally had the missing ingredient. Dustin Byfuglien would be playing forward. What the Hawks needed most was a big body up front. Also, Ben Eager was coming off the IR. While [...]
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 01/24/2008
Check out my newest column in Chicago Sports Weekly (page 27) by clicking below: CS Weekly 1/23/08 Scratch one injury off the list. Ben Eager is scheduled to return tonight to play the Blue Jackets. Hopefully if anybody is thinking about dropping the gloves, they'll turn to Eager to do the dirty work. Though that's his role, maybe [...]
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 12/26/2007
I had no idea that Ben Eager was trying to play with a mild concussion but he’s been moved to IR along with Martin Havlat, who will be gone for quite some time (again), and David Bolland who broke a finger in the game against Edmonton. This takes our IR roster up to seven players (Adams, [...]
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 12/26/2007
The Chicago Blackhawks placed forwards Martin Havlat, Dave Bolland and Ben Eager on injured reserve Wednesday.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/26/2007
via the Chicago Blackhawks, General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the Blackhawks have recalled forwards Martin St.Pierre and Michael Blunden from the Rockford IceHogs of the AHL. The Blackhawks have also placed forwards Martin Havlat (groin), Dave Bolland (broken finger), and Ben Eager (mild concussion) on injured reserve. Hopefully for the Blackhawks, the moving of Havlat to the IR is just...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 12/19/2007
As expected, Dale Tallon did pull off a trade right before the holiday roster freeze. Jim Vandermeer was traded straight up to the Philadelphia Flyers for left wing Ben Eager. This wasn't the blockbuster move I was hoping for but it's definitely an upgrade for our fourth line. He should be replacing David Koci and Sergei Samsonov. [...]
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 12/19/2007
Flyers Notes The Flyers traded forward Ben Eager, a healthy scratch in four of the last seven games, to the Chicago Blackhawks last night for a familiar face: defenseman Jim Vandermeer.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 12/19/2007
The Flyers traded to get defenseman Jim Vandermeer from Chicago on Tuesday night, sending left wing Ben Eager to the Blackhawks.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 12/19/2007
The Philadelphia Flyers have acquired defenseman Jim Vandermeer from the Chicago Blackhawks. On the Flyers homepage, no details yet. added 10:47pm, via the Chicago Blackhawks, Blackhawks General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the Blackhawks have obtained left wing Ben Eager from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenseman Jim Vandermeer. “We wanted a high energy player for our fourth...
Covers.com (Free subscription) | 12/19/2007
PHILADELPHIA -- The Flyers traded to get defenseman Jim Vandermeer from Chicago on Tuesday night, sending left wing Ben Eager to the Blackhawks. The 27-year-old Vandermeer had two goals, seven assists and 44 penalty minutes in 26 games for the ...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 12/13/2007
So what will you remember from Tuesday's game the next time the Flyers and Penguins meet? Will it be the drubbing Pittsburgh's Gary Roberts gave Ben Eager?
The Battle of Alberta (Free subscription) | 12/13/2007
Here's some highlights from last night's Pens/Flyers game . First Ryan Malone and Gator drop the gloves: Ben Eager runs Le GG and then turtles: Then Eager gets the crap beat out of him by Gary Roberts: Martin Biron challenges The Crosby to a fight: Jeff Carter vs. Ryan Whitney, Colby Armstrong vs. Scott Hartnell: And to cap it all off, Le GG slides into Biron: I'm guessing the motivation for this was...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/27/2007
The Flyers lost a chippy, sloppy game at home against the Boston Bruins, 6-3. The tensions were high from the opening face-off as this was the first meeting between the two teams after the notorious Patrice Bergeron hit. Well to add fuel to the fire Ben Eager bounced around like a pinball and Scott Hartnell received a game-misconduct [...]
