Philadelphia Flyers News

Petr Nedved is heading back to Edmonton. The Oilers claimed the 35-year-old centre off waivers Tuesday from the Philadelphia Flyers. It was the third time this season Nedved had been placed on waivers. Nedved played for the Oilers at the end of the 2003-04 season and made a good impression with the team. ``We liked the way he played for us last time he was here,'' Oilers GM Kevin Lowe ...

Donovan McNabb could be sidelined between eight and 12 months after having surgery Tuesday to repair a torn knee ligament. McNabb, a five-time Pro Bowl quarterback, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the second quarter of the Eagles' loss to Tennessee last week. It was his third season-ending injury in mid-November in the last five years. Renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews performed the reconstructive knee surgery ...

With a slight grin on his face and a chuckle after his composed words, Peter Forsberg hardly sounded like a Flyers captain ready to raise a ruckus and rally his teammates. Instead, his simple message for the NHL-worst Flyers was this: Don't panic. There's still ample time to salvage a sinking season. ``It's a long way from being over. We've got 74 games left,'' Forsberg said after Wednesday's practice. ``It's early. We've just got to make sure ...

Flyers general manager Bob Clarke resigned and coach Ken Hitchcock was fired in a major shakeup with Philadelphia off to its worst start in more than 15 years, the team announced Sunday. Assistant coach John Stevens will lead the team as head coach. Assistant general manager Paul Holmgren will be the new general manager, owner Ed Snider said at a news conference. Clarke said he had become burned out and ...

It took Ed Belfour three starts to get his first win as a Florida Panther. The Philadelphia Flyers have gone five games without a victory. Olli Jokinen scored the game-winning goal late in the second period and Florida beat Philadelphia 3-2 on Friday night, the Flyers' fifth straight loss. Belfour had 25 saves for the Panthers, who started the season 4-0 at home for the first time since 1995-96, when they made it to the Stanley Cup finals. ...

Philadelphia Flyers centre Peter Forsberg jammed his left wrist in the first period of Thursday night's game with the Tampa Bay Lightning. A team official said X-rays were negative, but Forsberg was expected to miss the rest of the game. The Philadelphia captain, who has two goals and six points in seven games this season, was hurt when used his arm to brace himself against the boards. Forsberg has 237 goals and 585 assists in 647 career NHL ...

Marc Denis helped the Tampa Bay Lightning turn a pre-game sense of urgency into a much-needed victory. Denis made 34 saves, and Ryan Craig and Ruslan Fedotenko scored second-period goals to help Tampa Bay beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Thursday night. ``We knew we were facing a desperate hockey team, but it was more about this dressing room to be honest with you,'' Denis said. ``We needed to find our identity and get back to our ...

The shakeup started with the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday in the wake of an embarrassing loss, the NHL club waiving veteran centre Petr Nedved, winger Niko Dimitrakos and defenceman Nolan Baumgartner. If they clear waivers by noon ET Thursday, Nedved and Dimitrakos will be re-assigned to the AHL while Baumgartner will remain with the Flyers. Nedved had zero points and a minus-7 rating in six games but at US$2.35 million ...

Maxim Afinogenov had a goal and four assists, helping the Buffalo Sabres maintain their perfect record in a 9-1 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. Thomas Vanek had two goals and two assists, and Derek Roy scored twice for the Sabres (6-0), who posted a six-goal second period and are two wins shy of matching their best start set in 1975. Buffalo has also won 11 straight regular-season games, tying the franchise record established 31 ...

Brian Gionta again came up big late in the game for the New Jersey Devils. Gionta broke a tie early in the third period and Martin Brodeur made 25 saves to lead the Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. Late-game heroics have become the norm for the diminutive forward. He scored all the goals as the Devils overcame a three-goal, third-period deficit Thursday night in a 7-6 shootout victory over Toronto. ``It's just ...

Brian Gionta broke a tie early in the third period and Martin Brodeur made 25 saves to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. Zach Parise and Jamie Langenbrunner also scored for the Devils while Brian Rafalski had three assists. Mike Knuble scored twice for the Flyers. Gionta put the Devils ahead at 3:33 of the final period. Positioned at the top of the crease, Gionta deflected Rafalski's shot between ...

No way this game was going one second longer than needed for Montreal, not with David Aebischer simply sensational in regulation time. Aebischer stopped 27 shots, and Michael Ryder and Alex Kovalev scored goals to lead the Canadiens to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. The Canadiens only needed the standard three periods to put this one away after opening the season with two straight shootouts. They split those, and now head home for ...

Peter Forsberg had a goal and two assists, and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the New York Rangers 4-2 Tuesday night for their first victory of the season. New York, which won a 13-round shootout in Philadelphia on Saturday, lost for the first time (2-1). Antero Niittymaki bounced back from the weekend loss and made 25 saves for the Flyers (1-1-1). Marcel Hossa won Saturday's shootout with the only goal in ...

Marcel Hossa beat Antero Niittymaki in the 13th round of a shootout to give the New York Rangers a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. After 12 Rangers failed to come close to scoring, Hossa finally finished off one of the longest shootouts in NHL history. The Rangers, of course, know a little something about winning long shootouts. They went 15 rounds to beat Washington last season. Simon Gagne scored twice and Peter Forsberg ...

Flyers defenceman Mike Rathje is out indefinitely because of a herniated disc in his back and will find out next week if he needs surgery. ``I had symptoms all last season and basically I can't skate as well as I can,'' Rathje said before the Flyers game Saturday night against the Rangers. ``I can't shoot as well as I can, and it really drops my play down.'' Rathje will have more tests Monday to decide if he ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins must wait a few more days or weeks for the debut of what figured to be their main opening-night attraction, Russian star Evgeni Malkin. Malkin's dislocated shoulder will keep him out of the season opener Thursday night against the Philadelphia Flyers and for an undetermined number of games after that. The Penguins have yet to pinpoint a probable date for the return of the player who, a ...