All Entries Tagged With: "Dan Carcillo"
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 7-5-2 with 16 points through 14 games. After 14 games last season, the Bolts were 8-4-2 with 18 points. The Lightning are in second place in the Southeast Division two points behind the Washington Capitals and seventh in the Eastern Conference. After 14 games, forward Steven Stamkos leads the team and the NHL in goals with ten. and [...]
Carcillo takes stab at Philly media, but comments are fair
In an one-one-one interview with the Chicago Tribune’s Adam Jahns on Tuesday, the newest Chicago Blackhawks goon Dan Carcillo had some harsh words about the media of the city he used to call home. When asked if the Philadelphia media is as tough as they say, Carcillo said “Yeah. It’s ridiculous. . . . If you lose, [...]
Giroux, Flyers handle Toronto for back-to-back wins
Without Chris Pronger in the lineup, the Philadelphia Flyers found a way to win back-to-back games for the first time in nine games as they escaped the ACC Centre with a 3-2 victory on Thursday night. Claude Giroux and his line contributed a goal and three assists while Brian Boucher stopped 27 of 29 shots [...]
Predators Fall 3-2 in a Phrustrating Loss to Philly
The Nashville Predators battled the Philadelphia Flyers, the Eastern Conference points leader skate to skate before falling 3-2 at the Wells Fargo Center on a late goal by Ville Leino. This is the fourth straight loss for the Predators. The Flyers opened with Sergei Bobrovsky in net while the Predators started Anders Lindback. Once again, [...]
The Skating Wounded
Perhaps the Dolans should change Madison Square Garden’s acronym from MSG to MASH. The Rangers managed to rebound from a poor defensive effort in Carolina and came from behind twice to defeat the Atlanta Thrashers 3-2 in a shootout Saturday night. Wojtek Wolski (with his 3rd since coming over from Phoenix) and Brian Boyle (continuing [...]
Broad Street Bully: Jody Shelley Proving His Worth For the Flyers
When Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren signed 34-year-old enforcer Jody Shelley to a three-year, $3.3 million contract, there was an outbreak by the fans about paying a fighter $1.1 million per season. Shelley, who scored only two goals in 57 games with the San Jose Sharks and New York Rangers last year, was added to [...]
Flyers interested in Devils’ captain Jamie Langenbrunner
It has been a season to forget for the New Jersey Devils as they sit in last place in all of hockey with only 22 points and 10 wins—as horrendous as the Phantoms have been this year, Adirondack still has more wins than the Devils in less games. Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello appears to [...]
Second period helps Flyers snap 16-game losing streak at The Joe
Coming into Sunday evening’s affair with the Red Wings, the Philadelphia Flyers hadn’t won a game in Detroit since 1988—two years before I was born. A 16-games losing (0-14-2) streak at the Joe Louis Arena was in tact. That changed. Second period goals by James van Riemsdyk, Dan Carcillo and Scott Hartnell propelled the Flyers [...]
For the Flyers, moving Nik Zherdev may be the best option
For the first time since he suffered a sprained knee against Ottawa last month, Dan Carcillo returned to the lineup in the Flyers 2-1 overtime win in Boston Saturday night. To clear the way for Carcillo’s return, coach Peter Laviolette made Nikolay Zherdev a healthy scratch for the third time this season. Zherdev was signed [...]
Leadership Drops a Glove
Mike “Leadership” Richards, following his Flyers 5-1 thrashing at the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins, threw down a lacy gauntlet aimed at Captain Sidney Crosby when questioned about Richard’s interactions with Pens antagonizer Matt Cooke. “if Sidney Crosby fights [Dan] Carcillo then maybe I’ll fight [Cooke]“ The local press was dogging Richards about the Flyers [...]
Kovalchuk, Gagne And The Salary Cap Tango
Kovalchuk holding up Gagne trade? Flyers interested in the Russian Sniper? Is Kovalchuk just waiting to see where LeBron and Wade go?
Richards, Carcillo sink Devils in OT to take 2-1 lead
It was flat-out physically and emotionally draining. Every-shift and every period have proved to be crucial. One would think after just two games, these players have nothing left. Don’t tell captain Mike Richards and Dan Carcillo that. Carcillo netted the overtime game winner in last night’s Flyers 3-2 defeat of the New Jersey Devils to take a 2-1 [...]
Sanction not Cherry the Answer to Head Shots
Greg Wyshnyski, the editor and major writer of Y!’s Puck Daddy blog wrote a piece this morning on Don Cherry and asked the question should the flamboyant one join the charge against head shots in the league and drop his “old time hockey” mantra. Greg answers his own question “no“, but for different reasons than [...]
Time To Bury The Bullies? And How About Lecavalier?
Time to put the Bullies image to rest and bid adieu to Dan Carcillo, plus could Vinny Lecavalier fit as a Flyer?