Philadelphia Flyers Daily Clips – October 19, 2011
FLYERS Headlines
1. Philadelphia Inquirer- Flyers whip hapless Senators
2. Philadelphia Inquirer- Rookies spark Flyers
3. Philadelphia Inquirer- Flyers Notes: Perfect timing for Baby Coburn
4. Philadelphia Daily News- Rookie brigade leads Flyers over Senators
5. Philadelphia Daily News- Flyers call up Zolnierczyk, not Schenn, in salary-cap
maneuver
6. CSNPhilly.com- Jagr's game still a work in progress
7. CSNPhilly.com- Flyers crush Sens to snap skid in Ottawa
8. CSNPhilly.com- Flyers-Senators: Read making an early impact
9. CSNPhilly.com- Rookies rack up seven points in Flyers' win
10. Delaware County Times; Bucks County Courier-Times; Camden Courier-Post;
TSN.ca- Rookies chip in as Flyers roll over Senators
11. Sports Illustrated- The Jagr Hockey School
12. NHL.com- Flyers rout struggling Senators 7-2
Ottawa Senators Headlines (FLYERS Last Opponent)
1. Ottawa Citizen- Sens fail to build on positives from weekend
2. Ottawa Citizen- Game File: Flyers 7, Senators 2
Washington Capitals Headlines (FLYERS Next Opponent)
1. Washington Post- Capitals vs. Panthers: Vokoun, Washington shut out Florida for first
5-0 start in team history
2. Washington Times- Capitals continue undefeated start with shutout of Panthers
3. CSNWashington.com- Capitals make it five straight
4. TSN.ca- Vokoun blanks former team as Capitals beat Panthers
Adirondack Phantoms Headlines
1. Glenn Falls Post Star- Zolnierczyk recalled by Flyers; Eddy, Bombach assigned to
ECHL
NHL Headlines
1. NHL.com- Reports: Brodeur unlikely to play Friday
2. NHL.com- Penguins' Letang suspended for two games
3. TSN.ca- Canucks honour Rypien with pre-game video and donation
4. TSN.ca- Raiders get Palmer from Bengals for two high draft picks
5. TSN.ca- Martin says Markov rehabbing but will not play in October
6. TSN.ca- Blue Jackets place Carter on IR with foot fracture
7. ESPN.com- David Krejci out for Bruins-Hurricanes
8. ESPN.com- Jackets' Jeff Carter out at least 1 week
FLYERS Articles
1. Philadelphia Inquirer- Flyers whip hapless Senators
Sam Carchidi
OTTAWA, Ontario - Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, the Flyers' forgotten man, played solidly
in his first appearance of the season Tuesday night, but his teammates made his job easier
with one of their best starts in recent history.
Rookie winger Matt Read had three points in a four-goal first-period eruption that carried
the Flyers to a 7-2 win over sad-sack Ottawa at Scotiabank Place.
"I've been given the opportunity and I'm just trying to make the best of it," said Read, 25,
who is playing in all situations and directing a power-play unit from the point. "Just
going out there and working hard and trying to do the little things right."
Read finished with four points, and two other rookies, Sean Couturier and Harry
Zolnierczyk, scored their first NHL goals, both in the waning minutes.
"The monkey's off my back. There's no more pressure to score the first one," Couturier
said. "I think the whole team had a solid game, except for maybe the second period,
where we were a little bit sloppy."
Zolnierczyk was recalled because of an injury to Andreas Nodl. He was playing in his
first NHL game.
"I can't even describe that kind of feeling," the speedy Zolnierczyk said about his goal.
Bobrovsky made 21 saves as the Flyers improved to 4-0-1 heading into Thursday's early-
season showdown with visiting Washington. You have to go back to 1986, when the
Flyers were 5-0, for a better five-game start for the franchise.
In a first period in which every Flyer seemed to be on the scoresheet except equipment
manager Derek Settlemyre, the Flyers built a 4-0 lead and never looked back.
"A good road period for us," said winger Wayne Simmonds, who had one of the goals in
the first period, pouncing on a rebound and scoring on a spin-around shot from the slot.
"We came out hard. We were on the puck the whole 20 minutes and got rewarded."
Read had an even-strength goal and two assists in the first period, which included power-
play scores from Simmonds and Claude Giroux, along with Max Talbot's first goal as a
Flyer.
Read became the first Flyers rookie to notch three points in a period since defenseman
Alexandre Picard did it against New Jersey on Feb. 1, 2007. Picard finished with five
assists in that game.
"Everyone in the NHL is a lot smarter and more-conditioned . . . and it's so much easier
when you're out there playing with smart guys," Read said. "I reaped the benefits tonight
by playing with two good linemates." He was referring to Couturier and Scott Hartnell.
After the first period, Ottawa goalie Alex Auld (four goals allowed on 10 shots) was
replaced by Craig Anderson.
The Flyers didn't go to the penalty box in the first period, but they gave Ottawa four
second-period power plays and lost their momentum. Ottawa held a 12-7 edge in second-
period shots and got to within 4-1 when Jason Spezza tapped home a goal-mouth pass
from Daniel Aldredsson with 1 minute, 1 second left in the stanza.
Bobrovsky was sharp in the period, however, as he made a handful of difficult stops and
resembled the goalie who had a 0.40 goals-against average and .982 save percentage in
the preseason.
"I thought he looked really good in camp," coach Peter Laviolette said before the game.
"He's an extremely hard worker, on the ice and off the ice. And this is a good spot to get
him going now. The schedule wasn't real taxing at the beginning of the year, but now
we're coming up to a group of games here where he can get some work."
The Flyers host Washington on Thursday and St. Louis on Saturday. Ilya Bryzgalov, who
signed a nine-year $51 million contract in the offseason, is expected to start both games.
The Flyers were 3 for 6 on their much-improved power play, making them 7 for 18 in
their last three games. They had at least two power-play goals in each of their last three
games, something they did not accomplish last season.
The four goals in the first period were the most for the Flyers in an opening period since
they netted five in an 8-7 loss to Tampa Bay last Nov. 18. The last time they had scored
four in any period was in a 7-4 win in Los Angeles on Dec. 30.
2. Philadelphia Inquirer- Rookies spark Flyers
Sam Carchidi
OTTAWA, Ontario _ The Flyers' best rookie, from all accounts, is still playing for the
AHL Phantoms.
That would be Brayden Schenn.
But the stock of the other first-year players is rising. Quickly.
Rookies Matt Read (goal, three assists), Sean Couturier (goal, assist), Harry "Alphabet
Man" Zolnierczyk (goal) and Zac Rinaldo (assist) combined for three goals, five assists
and eight points Tuesday night, highlighting the Flyers' 7-2 romp in Ottawa.
The four rookies helped the Flyers end a seven-game losing streak in Ottawa.
Couturier and Zolnierczyk scored their first NHL goals; it marked the first time two
Flyers had scored their first career goals in the same game since Justin Williams and Petr
Hubacek did it on Oct. 5, 2000 against Vacouver.
CouturierThe Flyers were 3 for 6 on the PP, making them an eye-opening 7 for 18 in
their last three games.
The Flyers are off to a 4-0-1 start _ and Jaromir Jagr has yet to score a goal. You have
to go back to 1986 to find a Flyers team that had a better start (5-0).
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After the game, Ottawa held a 20-minute closed-door meeting to try to figure out why it
has allowed seven goals in each of its last two home games.
3. Philadelphia Inquirer- Flyers Notes: Perfect timing for Baby Coburn
Sam Carchidi
OTTAWA, Ontario - With a hectic travel schedule, Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn
was grateful his team was practicing at home when his wife went into labor - two weeks
early.
Nadine Coburn delivered the couple's first child, a girl named Rory, on Monday morning
at Pennsylvania Hospital. Coburn was in the delivery room.
"It was unbelievable," said an emotional Coburn, who took a commercial flight to Ottawa
on Monday night and was in the Flyers' lineup Tuesday against the Senators. "They both
did so well. I'm so proud of Nadine and so happy to have a little girl. Everybody's doing
great - mom, baby . . . and dad."
Rory was 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and 201/2 inches.
"She has my big feet," the 6-foot-5 Coburn said with a smile.
He added: "I feel very fortunate I was able to be there. One day later, and we would have
been here [Ottawa] and it would have been really tough to get back in time. She came at
just the perfect time."
Coburn was paired with Matt Walker on Tuesday, the first time he had not been teamed
with Kimmo Timonen this season. Timonen started the game with Andrej Meszaros.
The Flyers gave goalie Sergei Bobrovsky his first start of the season.
Coburn said the defensemen don't do anything differently whether Bobrovsky or Ilya
Bryzgalov is in the net.
"They're very similar goalies," he said before the game. "I think this will be good for
Bob. He had such a good preseason, and he's looked so good in practice, so it'll be good
to have him in there."
New-look lineup
Walker also made his first start of the season Tuesday.
The 6-4, 215-pound defenseman replaced Andreas Lilja. Coach Peter Laviolette has been
pleased with Lilja's play, but wanted to keep Walker sharp.
Harry Zolnierczyk, recalled from Adirondack, made his NHL debut and scored a goal. He
replaced fourth-line winger Andreas Nodl, who was sidelined by an undisclosed injury.
The Flyers needed another forward because Jody Shelley was serving the last game of his
suspension. Shelley could play Thursday against the visiting Capitals, and there is a
chance Zac Rinaldo will be sent to the Phantoms.
The Flyers did not have enough cap space to recall prized prospect Brayden Schenn
($1.69 million cap hit) from the Phantoms. Before Zolnierczyk ($900,000) was recalled,
they had $1,166,667 in cap room.
Breakaways
In a roundabout way, former Flyers star Eric Lindros told thehockeyguys.net he plans to
play in the Winter Classic alumni game at Citizens Bank Park. . . . Laviolette praised the
play of Rinaldo in the first four games. "He's responsible and generates offense, so he
brings a nice package to the ice," the coach said. "I think he's been extremely
disciplined."
4. Philadelphia Daily News- Rookie brigade leads Flyers over Senators
Frank Seravalli
OTTAWA - Bodies were lying on the ice after a skirmish in front of the net and Matt
Read was parked diligently against the post, ready for a rebound, when he felt a brisk
breeze and saw a blur.
It was almost a case of fratricide, as Wayne Simmonds found the puck a few feet away
and blindly blasted a bullet toward the top corner of the Senators' net.
The puck missed Read's face by about 3 inches.
"I was whacking at the puck and I didn't know where it went," Read said. "I just saw
something whiz by my face and off the post. I was like, 'Oh man, that could've hurt.' I'm
glad it was in the back of the net and got us off to a good start."
He's lucky it didn't hit him - and not just for his teeth's sake.
Because Read would have missed out on tying a Flyers franchise record for points in a
period by a rookie, which he did when he picked up the primary assist on Max Talbot's
goal exactly 11 minutes later.
Read, who finished with a goal and three assists, was the first Flyers rookie to post three
points in a period since defenseman Alexandre Picard netted three helpers on Feb. 1,
2007.
Read kicked off the scoring last night, nabbing the first of eight total points by rookies, to
help the Flyers roll in a 7-2 victory and end the team's losing streak in Ottawa. It was just
the Flyers' second win in Ottawa since the 2004-05 lockout, and broke a streak of seven
straight losses.
Read, who signed as a free agent out of Bemidji State, and the other rookies made it look
effortless.
"I've been given the opportunity and I'm trying to make the best of it," Read said. "[But] I
wouldn't say it has come easy. This is the NHL. Nothing comes easy."
For the Flyers, against an Ottawa team that will be lucky to finish in any position other
than last in the Eastern Conference, the entire night looked easy on the backs of rookies
Read, Sean Couturier and Harry Zolnierczyk - who combined for seven points.
It was a night of many firsts for the Flyers. In addition to their first win in ScotiaBank
Place since 2008, Couturier and Zolnierczyk tallied the first goals of their NHL careers,
Talbot scored his first since signing with the Flyers on July 1, and Sergei Bobrovsky
made 21 saves in his season debut.
For Zolnierczyk, his first NHL goal came with just 45 seconds remaining in a game that
had been decided more than two periods earlier. It didn't matter. You never forget your
first.
Zolnierczyk was recalled from the Phantoms just yesterday.
"I really can't describe that kind of excitement there," Zolnierczyk said. "It was a good
feeling. I really didn't know too much . I was told I was called up but I didn't find out
until after the morning skate."
The end result for Zolnierczyk - an undrafted free agent out of the Ivy League's Brown
University - was a picture next to Couturier, the No. 8 overall pick in last June's draft,
each holding their game pucks.
"It feels good," Couturier said. "And to get it in a win, that's great. The monkey is off my
back now. There was a little pressure to score that first one."
The Flyers' power play facilitated a strong start, as they scored two of their four goals in
the first period with the advantage. They finished 3-for-6 overall on the power play,
upping their total to 7-for-18 over the last three games.
Read has helped quarterback the Flyers' second power-play unit from the point. He has
helped earn the trust of Peter Laviolette as the team's last line of defense on the power
play, a rare position for forwards in general, but even more rare for a rookie, albeit a 25-
year-old rookie.
"I have a lot of experience with it," Read said. "I think it's a great position, you can see
the whole ice and try to make plays. I feel pretty confident with the puck on my stick.
You just need to know that you can't screw up."
Slap shots
Defenseman Matt Walker saw his first action of the season, swapped out for healthy
scratch Andreas Lilja. It was just Walker's fifth game with the Flyers since being
acquired in the July 2010 trade involving Simon Gagne . . . Andreas Nodl sat out with a
minor injury, replaced by Harry Zolnierczyk . . . The last time the Flyers scored four
goals in any period in a road game was Oct. 10, 2007 in an 8-2 win at Vancouver . . . The
Senators held a closed-door team meeting after the game, the second straight home game
in which they have allowed seven goals.
5. Philadelphia Daily News- Flyers call up Zolnierczyk, not Schenn, in salary-cap
maneuver
Frank Seravalli
OTTAWA - Harry Zolnierczyk, one of the Flyers' unheralded but productive undrafted
free agents in training camp, was recalled from the Adirondack Phantoms yesterday,
made his NHL debut against the Senators last night and scored a goal in a 7-2 victory.
But Zolnierczyk's presence in the Canadian capital raised a few eyebrows - and question
marks. Why didn't the Flyers decide to call up hotshot prospect Brayden Schenn, who has
posted eight points in four games with the Phantoms?
"Because Harry has played good," general manager Paul Holmgren said. "Sometimes, it's
not good to have only 12 available forwards."
Well, that's not the full story. The Flyers still can't afford Schenn, 20, under the salary
cap.
That could change today, though, since forward Jody Shelley finished serving his five-
game suspension last night from a preseason hit on Toronto's Darryl Boyce.
The Flyers will face a tough decision as to what to do with Zac Rinaldo, who has
performed admirably while filling in for Shelley on the Flyers' fourth line and in an
enforcer role. There isn't room on the Flyers' roster - or salary cap - for two players who
fill similar roles.
Shelley isn't the one who is going to go, as the Flyers could have demoted him to the
minor leagues on the first day of the season and saved themselves the $1.1 million salary-
cap hit by letting him serve the suspension whenever he was recalled to the NHL.
Rinaldo, 21, has played in all five games. Until playing a little more than 7 minutes last
night, he had seen limited time, averaging a little more than 5 minutes of ice time per
game. Against the Kings Saturday, Rinaldo played only 1:51.
"He's an effective player for us, really effective," coach Peter Laviolette said. "I grabbed
him after last game, it was unfortunate I only played him 2 minutes, but the
circumstances and the way they unfolded . . . He ended up taking 17 minutes in penalties.
There were 20 minutes of power-play time. That's 37 of 60 minutes [in a game].
"But the three games prior to that, he's a good hockey player and he is responsible and
he's physical. He brings a nice package to the ice."
Laviolette said Rinaldo has been "extremely disciplined," walking the tightrope between
physical and stupid on the ice.
And credit is due for Rinaldo, who is only 5-11 and 169 pounds, for doing everything he
can to remain on the roster. He fought 6-4, 240-pounder Dustin Penner on Saturday to a
draw, according to the voters on HockeyFights.com, and he dropped the gloves with
Ottawa tough guy Zenon Konopka last night.
But don't be surprised if Rinaldo is sent back to Adirondack sometime soon. Doing so
would get the Flyers enough cap space to recall Schenn and finally give them the top 12
forwards they've envisioned this season.
Currently, the Flyers have a little more than $1.1 million in salary-cap space, with Blair
Betts and Ian Laperriere on long-term injured reserve.
The cap issues could begin to get resolved with Shelley ready to return to action
tomorrow night against Washington.
"It's been a long time," Shelley said. "You don't ever want to start a season that way. It
feels good to have the time served and over with. Game days are hard, because it's a lot
of watching, but the biggest part was being around the team. That helps. I'm glad it's
over."
Getting disciplined
Through the first four games, the Flyers collected the second-most number of minor
penalties in the NHL. They were also in the bottom five in the league in number of times
shorthanded.
After Peter Laviolette harped on it in team meetings, that changed somewhat last night in
Ottawa, as the Flyers cut back on their penalties - specifically stick infractions. They
were whistled for seven penalties and spent 25 minutes in the box, but 15 of the minutes
were due to fighting majors offset by Ottawa majors.
"The penalties put us in a jam and we've [been able] to win," Laviolette said. "There
wasn't a lot about our game [on Saturday] against the Kings that I didn't like, except for
the penalties. If you break it down, if you put it in the simplest of terms, it cost us a point.
That's unacceptable."
So far, that overtime point against the Kings is the only one the team hasn't earned.
Lindros to return?
In an online interview, former Flyers star Eric Lindros revealed that he has had
conversations recently with Paul Holmgren about the Winter Classic, but has not
confirmed his participation in the Flyers vs. Rangers alumni game on Dec. 31 at Citizens
Bank Park.
6. CSNPhilly.com- Jagr's game still a work in progress
Tim Panaccio
OTTAWA -- Jaromir Jagr says, sooner or later, the goals are going to come for him.
First, he needs to get his timing down with his linemates.
As much as it appears Jagr is a perfect fit with James van Riemsdyk and Claude Giroux,
he insists that he still doesn’t have the instinct portion down with his them – that is, when
he knows automatically where they are on the ice.
Jagr will be looking for his first goal of the season Tuesday night as the Flyers are in
Ottawa to face the hapless Senators.
“Everybody wants to score goals,” Jagr said. “You have to work with what is on your
line. I like to play on the boards. I think J.V. should be the guy who waits in the slot. So
is G. The line has to work together. If everybody is going to wait in the slot, then who is
going to pass it?
“At my age [39], it doesn’t matter if I score. If the team wins and the lines score, that
makes me happy. We got scoring chances. But it comes in cycles.
“You score in different positions. As long as you get chances. I think we should get more
chances. But we still have to learn how to play [as a line]. It’s not easy.”
Coach Peter Laviolette doesn’t seem too worried.
“He’s done an excellent job coming in and providing offense for our team,” Laviolette
said. “It’s just a matter of time before he does find the back of the net.
“Consistently, his line is in on the scoring chances for four games now. They’ve done a
really nice job of creating offense. I would think it’s just a matter of time.”
Jagr said he is still “adjusting” to the smaller ice surface in the NHL after having played
the past three years on the wider surface in Europe.
“Over there you can have more patience and wait with the puck and make plays,” Jagr
said. “Here, everything has to be quick. It doesn’t go right away to your head. You have
to adjust.
“Not only quick skating, but quick thinking, quick stick-handling. Everything has to be
quicker on smaller ice because there are so many bodies there.”
Are you telling yourself that on the ice?
“All the time, but it doesn’t go that quick,” Jagr replied. “It was same thing when I went
to the big ice and left the NHL. I had to adjust to that. I knew it would happen. Seventy-
eight games left. I hope it comes soon.”
Jagr wasn’t pleased with his game against Los Angeles over the weekend. He said he is
burning up too much energy in neutral ice. By the time he gets into the offensive zone,
he’s a bit depleted.
“Sometimes I am using my energy somewhere I shouldn’t and when I need it, its not
there,” he said. “That is frustrating. I have to be smarter.
“This team plays a different system. And the way we play is very aggressive. It’s more
system for quicker guys, who like to skate all the time.”
Which is why, Jagr said, he needs to figure out how not to waste his energy.
Jagr was playing with reporters about “not being a goal scorer.”
“I like to play one-on-one on the boards,” he smiled.
You scored 62 goals once, he was told.
“Yeah, but I was good back then,” Jagr laughed. “If I had been a good goal scorer, I
would have had 80. Trust me.”
In all seriousness, Jagr says his game is still evolving this season.
“I know that I am not there yet,” he said.
7. CSNPhilly.com- Flyers crush Sens to snap skid in Ottawa
Tim Panaccio
OTTAWA – This is a season of change for the Flyers.
Changes in new faces, new lines, new defensive pairings, new goalies.
You’re seeing things you didn’t see all last season.
Like a shutout.
Or, as happened Tuesday night at Scotia Bank Place, three straight games in which the
Flyers scored at least two power play goals. They had three power play goals in the game.
That was part of the backdrop to a 7-2 Flyer rout over the Senators. Two power play
goals came during a 4-0 first period scoring fest.
As good as that final score may read, it likely didn’t make coach Peter Laviolette happy
that the Flyers had a couple more unnecessary stick fouls.
Meanwhile, sophomore goalie Sergei Bobrovsky made his first start of the season and
was very sharp in net, especially in the latter stages of play when Ottawa ramped up its
game.
“Bob,” who was very sharp in preseason, as well, finished with 21 saves.
The Flyers scored four times on Sens starter Alex Auld, who was simply lost in net.
Rookie Matt Read had a three-point period with a goal and two assists. He finished with
four points.
Max Talbot score a non-power play goal at period’s end for his first marker of the season.
Auld, who played well in a weekend loss to Washington, allowed a terrible shortside goal
to Read off the rush, 6:20 into the game. Not even two minutes later, Wayne Simmonds
had a spinarama with a pileup of fallen bodies in the crease on the power play.
“I was just kind of in front of the net and kept my stick on the ice 'G' [Claude Giroux]
fired a great pass and I tipped the puck,” Simmonds said of his initial attempt.
“It hit the goalie's pads and there was a big scramble in front of the net. Then I somehow
found the puck again and I turned around and fired the puck in.”
Giroux, who came into the game tied with Chris Pronger for the club lead in points (five),
made it 3-0 with the second power play goal at 16:20. His shot ricocheted into and out of
the net so quickly, Simmonds didn’t realize it was a goal and threw the rebound back in.
Read drew assists on Simmonds’ goal and Talbot’s in the final minute of the period.
“That first period was a good road period for us,” Simmonds said. “We came out hard.
We were hard on the puck the whole 20 minutes and got rewarded.”
Every time a guy goes to the net, the Flyers end up with a scoring chance, which is why
he is getting 15 minutes of playing time a game and figures to earn more as the season
progresses.
Craig Anderson replaced Auld to start the second period and the penalty tide shifted
against the Flyers, who gave Ottawa a two-man advantage for a minute but survived
because the disorganized Senators were terribly sloppy with their passing and wouldn’t
shoot while the crowd booed them much of the time.
Bobrovsky had outstanding back-to-back saves near the end of the second period on Peter
Regin and Erik Condra off an odd-man rush into the Flyers’ end.
Probably the toughest chance he faced to that point.
The Senators finally got a goal on a give-and-go at the net from Daniel Alfredsson to
Jason Spezza at 18:59.
Early in the final period, Bobrovsky had a nice pad stop on a breakaway pass to Zack
Smith into the zone.
In the final minutes of the game, James van Riemsdyk had a power play tip and Sean
Couturier had an even strength goal off another assist from Read. Sean Couturier and
Harry Zolnierczyk also scored late in the third period to each record their first NHL
goals.
Loose pucks
Zac Rinaldo had his second fight of the season, dropping a decision to Ottawa’s Zenon
Konopka in the waning seconds of the opening period. … The Flyers outshot Ottawa 10-
3 in the first period. … Pronger has a five-game point streak. … Defenseman Matt
Walker, making his season debut and playing alongside Braydon Coburn, had a draw in
his second period fight with Chris Neil. … The four goals in the first period were the
most for the Flyers in the first period since they scored five goals during an 8-7 loss to
Tampa Bay on Nov. 18, 2010. The last time the Flyers scored four goals in the first
period of a road game was Oct. 10, 2007. That was an 8-2 win at Vancouver. The last
time they scored four goals in any period was a four-goal second period on Dec. 30, 2010
in a 7-4 win at Los Angeles.
8. CSNPhilly.com- Flyers-Senators: Read making an early impact
Tim Panaccio
OTTAWA – Matt Read’s three-point opening period against the Senators on Tuesday
night wasn’t a record but it put his name on the Flyers’ charts, nonetheless.
According to Elias Sports Bureau, the last Flyer rookie to earn three points in a period
was Alexandre Picard on Feb. 1, 2007 against New Jersey. Picard had five assists in the
game, setting the franchise record for most assists by a defenseman and by a rookie in a
single game.
In terms of early-career games of at least three points, Al Hill’s 1977 debut was a five-
point effort. Also, Justin Williams had three points in his NHL debut on October 5, 2000.
Early and often
The Flyers scored four times on just 10 shots in the opening period against the Senators
on Tuesday night.
Wayne Simmonds picked up his second goal of the season.
“That first period was a good road period for us,” Simmonds said. “We came out hard.
We were hard on the puck the whole 20 minutes and got rewarded."
Changing up
New pairs.
That’s the news to start the game from Scotia Bank Place on Tuesday night for the
Flyers.
With Matt Walker making his season debut on defense, coach Peter Laviolette broke up
the Braydon Coburn-Kimmo Timonen defensive pairing, starting Andrej Meszaros with
Timonen and moving Coburn to a pair with Walker.
It was the first time this season the defensive pairs switched up for a game’s start.
Matt Carle and Chris Pronger remained the same.
9. CSNPhilly.com- Rookies rack up seven points in Flyers' win
Tim Panaccio
OTTAWA – Three goals and seven points.
That’s what the Flyers got out of rookies Matt Read, Sean Couturier and Harry
Zolnierczyk during Tuesday’s 7-2 rout of the Senators.
“They played well,” said coach Peter Laviolette. “Matt Read came out storming, played a
good game. Harry Z, nice to see him come up and get a goal.
Read’s three-point opening period wasn’t a record, but it put his name on the Flyers’
charts, nonetheless.
“I wouldn’t say it’s easy, this is the NHL and nothing comes easy,” said Read, who
finished with a goal, three assists and four points overall. “You just got to work hard. I
felt good tonight and had a couple bounces.”
The last Flyer rookie to earn three points in a period was Alexandre Picard on Feb. 1,
2007 against New Jersey.
Picard had five assists in the game, setting franchise record for most assists by a
defenseman and by a rookie in a single game.
In terms of three-point games early in a career, Al Hill’s 1977 debut was a five-point
effort. Also, Justin Williams had three points in his NHL debut on Oct. 5, 2000.
Couturier and Zolnierczyk each scored back-to-back to end the game. With them both
scoring their first NHL goals on Tuesday, it marks the first time two Flyers have scored
their first career goals in the same game since Justin Williams and Petr Hubacek did so
on Oct. 5, 2000 vs. Vancouver. Both players posed for pictures of their first NHL goals
after the game. Zolnierczyk was making his debut, replacing the injured Andreas Nodl.
“That was pretty special,” Zolnierczyk said. “You really can’t describe that kind of
excitement there. It was a good feeling.”
Couturier said, “the monkey” was off his back. If he had been pressing to score, he hasn’t
looked like it on the ice.
“It was a nice pass from Matt Carle,” he said of his goal. “The whole team had a solid
game, except maybe for the second period when we were sloppy. Overall, it was pretty
good.
“There is no pressure scoring that first one. Keep focusing on little details and do what I
do best.”
10.Delaware County Times- Rookies chip in as Flyers roll over Senators
Associated Press
OTTAWA — (AP) Matt Read’s fast start was too much for the struggling Ottawa
Senators.
The Philadelphia rookie had a goal and two assists in the opening 20 minutes as the
Flyers built a four-goal lead and went on to beat the Senators 7-2 Tuesday night. Read
added a third assist in the third period.
“This is the NHL and nothing comes easy, but I felt good and got a couple bounces and
enjoyed my time out on the ice,” Read said.
The four-goal outburst was enough for Senators coach Paul MacLean to make a
goaltending switch to start the second period as Craig Anderson came on in relief of Alex
Auld, who faced just 10 shots. Anderson made 17 saves but surrendered three goals in the
third period.
“I think we stopped playing when they got that first goal and allowed them to get three
more,” MacLean said. “We started playing in the second period when the pressure was
off. We’re not very pleased at all and we need to have an evaluation of our team and how
we play because we’re not doing it very well.”
Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux and Max Talbot also scored for the Flyers (4-0-1) in
the first period. James van Riemsdyk, Sean Couturier and Harrison Zolnierczyk scored in
the final 5 minutes of the third period. The goals for Couturier and Zolnierczyk were their
first in the NHL.
“It was pretty special,” said Couturier, who didn’t have much of a celebration as his goal
gave the Flyers a 6-1 lead. “Yes I was happy, but it was the sixth goal and I didn’t want
to disrespect the opposition either.”
Sergei Bobrovsky turned aside 21 shots in his first start of the season.
Jason Spezza and Erik Karlsson had the goals for the Senators (1-5). Ottawa had chances
but was shut out on five power-play opportunities, including a span in the second period
with extensive stretches of 4-on-3 and 5-on-3. The Sens held a players-only meeting after
the game.
“It was a wake-up call to all of us,” defenseman Chris Phillips said. “We have to be more
accountable, figure out what our identity is and be better to a man really. We can’t go
home thinking ‘I had my guy and everyone else did a bad job.’ We have to take a long
hard look at ourselves and figure out how we can be better and how each guy can help
out the team more.”
The Flyers were 3-for-6 on the power play. Jaromir Jagr had a good scoring opportunity
in the second period and another in the third, but is still looking for his first goal with the
Flyers.
The crowd was all over Auld early after he let in two very soft goals and two
questionable ones.
The first goal from Read and the third from Giroux were on floater shots that were meant
more to create rebounds than find the net. Simmonds’ goal was scored off a rebound
during a large scramble in front.
Talbot gently placed the puck between Auld’s pads off a pass from Read in the final
minute of the period. It was Talbot’s first goal since joining the Flyers.
“It was pretty special and nice to get one in orange and white. It feels nice to get one, but
it feels nice to get the win as well,” Talbot said.
The Senators got on the board late in the second period when Daniel Alfredsson fed a
cross-crease pass to Spezza, who scored from the side of Bobrovsky. Karlsson scored
with 20 seconds to play.
NOTES: The Flyers won in Ottawa for the first time since Nov. 24, 2007 — a 4-3
victory. They had lost seven straight there since then.
Philadelphia 4 0 3— 7
Ottawa 0 1 1— 2
First Period_1, Philadelphia, Read 2 (Couturier, Carle), 6:20. 2, Philadelphia, Simmonds
2 (Read, Giroux), 8:00 (pp). 3, Philadelphia, Giroux 4 (Pronger, Jagr), 16:17 (pp). 4,
Philadelphia, Talbot 1 (Read, Hartnell), 19:00. Penalties_Smith, Ott (boarding), 6:47;
Greening, Ott, double minor (high-sticking), 16:01; Rinaldo, Phi, major (fighting), 19:38;
Konopka, Ott, major (fighting), 19:38.
Second Period_5, Ottawa, Spezza 2 (Alfredsson, Karlsson), 18:59. Penalties_Walker,
Phi, minor-major (high-sticking, fighting), 2:37; Neil, Ott, major (fighting), 2:37;
Alfredsson, Ott (interference), 3:09; Carle, Phi (hooking), 4:05; Meszaros, Phi (holding),
10:32; Lee, Ott (holding), 14:48.
Third Period_6, Philadelphia, van Riemsdyk 2 (Voracek, Timonen), 15:25 (pp). 7,
Philadelphia, Couturier 1 (Carle, Read), 16:01. 8, Philadelphia, Zolnierczyk 1 (Talbot,
Rinaldo), 19:15. 9, Ottawa, Karlsson 1 (Konopka, Smith), 19:40. Penalties_Walker, Phi
(high-sticking), 6:10; Da Costa, Ott (hooking), 7:58; Rundblad, Ott (delay of game),
14:25; Walker, Phi, major (fighting), 19:52; Konopka, Ott, major (fighting), 19:52.
Shots on Goal_Philadelphia 10-7-13_30. Ottawa 3-12-8_23.
Power-play opportunities_Philadelphia 3 of 6; Ottawa 0 of 5.
Goalies_Philadelphia, Bobrovsky 1-0-0 (23 shots-21 saves). Ottawa, Auld 0-3-0 (10-6),
Anderson (0:00 second, 20-17).
A_18,059 (19,153). T_2:29.
Referees_Marc Joannette, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen_Jean Morin, Brian Murphy.
11. Sports Illustrated- The Jagr Hockey School
Brian Cazeneuve
Jaromir Jagr had a special request for Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren when he
signed in Philadelphia as a free agent in July. No problem, Holmgren figured. Even after
a three-year hiatus in Russia, Jagr was still the NHL's active scoring leader by more than
250 points, so the 39-year-old Czech had earned the right to some preferential treatment.
But what would he want? A leased car? A block of rinkside tickets at the Wells Fargo
Center? Two-for-one cheesesteaks at Pat's? Nope. Just a key, please. Jagr needed access
to the team's practice facility in Voorhees, N.J., so that he could pop in at night for some
extra work whenever the mood struck. He might shoot with a weighted stick to keep his
wrists in shape, or skate with a weighted vest to keep his legs in shape, or kick around a
soccer ball while he recharged between drills. "Because when it's really fun for me," Jagr
explains, "it doesn't even feel like work. Practice, games, whatever. I don't see the hours
pass, you know. I'm just playing."
His Philly teammates have already begun to trickle into Voorhees at night for classes—or
is it recess?—at what grizzled left wing Jody Shelley admiringly calls the Jagr Hockey
School. "He loves hockey more than any guy in the room," says Shelley, a 10-year NHL
veteran and one of Jagr's first enrollees. "Some guys want to go out, some read books,
some watch movies. He just wants to be on the ice. He's really different than I thought
he'd be, just a great guy to be around for every single one of us."
Through a 3--2 overtime loss at home to the Kings last Saturday, the Flyers have opened
3-0-1, picked up seven of a possible eight points and put everyone in the East on notice
they they're again a contender for the Stanley Cup. Jagr, playing on the top line alongside
center Claude Giroux and left wing James van Riemsdyk, had assists in three of the four
games while adding an element of danger to the Philly power play. In the first period
against Los Angeles, he held the puck deep in the offensive zone near the goal line, drew
two defenders, then fed center Danny Brière at the opposite corner of the net for an easy
tap-in. The Flyers appear to have found in Jagr both what they expected—a desperately
needed gust of skill for a depleted attack—and what they could have never guessed: a
source of joyful purpose in what had been a damaged locker room.
There were few reasons for Philadelphia to think that Jagr could play a significant off-ice
role. In his previous NHL incarnation, he was the mullet-haired kid from Kladno who
drove too fast (his license was suspended briefly in 2001 for too many speeding tickets),
bet too much (a decade ago he owed more than $500,000 to an Internet gambling
company) and was spoiled by early success (a pair of Cups in his first two seasons with
the Penguins as a teenage sidekick to Mario Lemieux). "You think every year will be like
that," Jagr says, sitting on a bench in the practice facility's dressing room.
He was one of the most decorated players in the NHL during his 17 brilliant seasons,
from 1990 to 2008—winning a Hart Trophy and five scoring titles, and earning seven
first-team All-Star selections—but was never able to get back to the Stanley Cup finals.
Jagr advanced past the second round of the playoffs just once in his last 10 NHL seasons,
a stretch that included extended stints with the Capitals and the Rangers. And when his
teams came up short, the brunt of the fans' disappointment usually fell on the superstar
who sometimes moped, didn't backcheck, wouldn't use his 6'3", 240-pound frame to
bodycheck and had an uneasy relationship with the press. "[His] last three or four years
[in the league]," says Flyers captain Chris Pronger, "it looked like he was checking in and
checking out."
"Some people said, 'He doesn't smile,'" Jagr says. "[But] to some people, you laugh too
much [and it's] like you're not serious. It's a different country, different language,
different humor. You are who you are."
Jagr spent his final three-plus NHL seasons in New York, setting franchise records with
54 goals and 123 points in 2005--06, and scoring 15 points in 10 playoff games in 2008.
But he felt the Rangers could have done more to bolster the club around him, and he
resented the way they dragged their feet during contract talks in '07--08.
During the NHL lockout of 2004--05, Jagr had played 32 games with Avangard in the
Siberian city of Omsk. Avangard was offering him a two-year, $14 million contract with
an option for a third year, and the money was also close to tax-free. The Rangers and the
Penguins, meanwhile, were offering one-year deals for comparable money, while the
Oilers submitted a one-year deal at $8 million. By terms of the NHL's labor agreement,
any player 35 or over who signs a multiyear agreement counts against the team's salary
cap for the length of his contract, even if he retires before the deal ends, which is why
older players usually sign for only a year at a time. But Jagr felt his performance and
conditioning had earned the longer commitment he could find only in Omsk.
So on July 4, 2008, he abandoned North America for life in the KHL. Dostoyevsky had
once been exiled to Omsk; now Jagr was doing it to himself. "It wasn't only money," he
says of his decision. "Maybe I was looking for something. Russia changed me. Not much
pressure. Not many distractions. Not many rules. I could follow my own, and I took them
seriously."
In his self-imposed isolation, Jagr rededicated himself to his game. On off days, he would
come home from practice at 2 p.m., take a nap, wake up without setting an alarm or
looking at a watch and then drive back to the rink in the evening. "Sometimes there
would be teammates, sometimes just some kids," he recalls. "We'd get on the ice, then
play some soccer in the hallway, some basketball, then more ice, like you do when you're
a kid. It was a great workout, but it was really fun too. And it was only seven minutes
away. There was no traffic in winter because most people couldn't start their cars in the
cold."
Jagr also began living for something more than just himself, embracing both his political
and spiritual sides. He became a vocal supporter of the Civic Democratic Party, the
leading conservative political organization in the Czech Republic, and sometimes visited
with an Orthodox Christian priest who used to stop by the Avangard dressing room
before games. One game in particular, in October 2008, prompted Jagr to reexamine his
priorites. He was chatting on the bench with teammate Alexei Cherepanov, when,
without warning, the 19-year-old right wing went into cardiac arrest at Jagr's side, dying
a few hours later of an inflamed heart muscle. "It makes you think your time should be
special," Jagr says.
When his contract with Omsk was up, Jagr decided to make one last run at a Stanley Cup.
The Penguins were the apparent front-runners. But his early conversations with club
management, including one with team owner Lemieux, didn't impress him. "I thought the
fans wanted me," Jagr says, "but I didn't know if the Penguins wanted me. I didn't want to
be on the third and fourth line playing seven, eight minutes; I wanted to make a
difference."
For the older, wiser Jagr, Philadelphia was a perfect landing spot. The Flyers' internal
tensions dated back to the summer of 2009, when Holmgren commented publicly about
the need for his club to be more disciplined off the ice—a subtle swipe at his players'
partying ways. After Peter Laviolette was hired as coach in December '09, he wanted his
players to temporarily make the team a Dry Island, asking them to sign a pledge to
abstain from drinking. Both leading goal scorer Jeff Carter and captain Mike Richards
were among those who did not sign, and an uneasy détente prevailed.
The Flyers rallied to reach the 2010 Stanley Cup finals, but last season their flaws began
to show: They had invested in a roster deep in capable forwards but had scrimped on
goaltenders. Philly's goalies had a whopping 3.33 GAA and an abysmal .889 save
percentage in the 2011 postseason, and Laviolette had to pull his starter in the first three
games of a second-round sweep by the Bruins.
On June 23 Holmgren signed Ilya Bryzgalov, a Vezina Trophy finalist two seasons ago
with the Coyotes, for nine years and $51 million. To pare salary, he unloaded both Carter
($5.27 million per year) and Richards ($5.75 million per year) on the same day and let
forward Ville Leino walk as a free agent. To make up for the 78 goals the Flyers lost,
Holmgren acquired a couple of good young forwards from L.A. for Richards—Brayden
Schenn and Wayne Simmonds—and signed Jagr to a bargain one-year deal for $3.3
million. "His size and patience give him so many options," says Pronger. "He's a great
passer on the perimeter, and if he goes to the net with a step, you can't stop him. You can
try to take his passing lane or his shooting lane, but there's no way you can take both."
Adds Laviolette, "Our power play has a presence now. He opens things up for everyone
else."
He has also become an acknowledged leader. "I really enjoy teaching the kids," says Jagr,
and Van Riemsdyk, his 22-year-old linemate, has surveyed some of his evening classes.
"He always puts the guy chasing him at the wrong angle," Van Riemsdyk says. "If he's
close, he hunches forward and keeps his body down so you can never reach his arms or
stick. He gives you the biggest obstacle to the puck before you even get to him. If you're
coming from greater distance, he leans so [your momentum forces you to] roll off him."
It doesn't hurt that Jagr doesn't drink. His description of drunken friends criticizing other
drunken friends sends him into fits of laughter. He is obviously comfortable setting a
more sober tone in the dressing room. "They love him here," says Joe Mullen, a Flyers
assistant and former Pittsburgh teammate. "Sometimes you have to step away from a
place to find out how much it means to you."
Honeymoons die fast in Philadelphia, where the Flyers have lost in all six of their trips to
the finals since the franchise's last Stanley Cup, in 1975. Ask Mike Schmidt, Donovan
McNabb and Allen Iverson how fast the warm fuzzies can fade. Jagr never played more
than 55 games during the shortened Russian schedule, and it will be hard for him not to
wear down at his advanced age. But he insists that he is not concerned. He plans to finish
his career one day with Kladno, the Czech team he also owns. "I'll play until 50," he says,
"first in the Czech B League, then C League, then I'll make up my own league. As long as
I can play on some rink, I'll be smiling."
12- NHL.com- Flyers rout struggling Senators 7-2
Erin Nicks
KANATA, Ont. -- The Philadelphia Flyers ended their seven-game losing streak at
Scotiabank Place with a bang.
Matt Read had the game's first goal and added three assists, and backup goaltender Sergei
Bobrovsky made 28 saves in his first start of the regular season as the Flyers flattened the
Senators 7-2 on Tuesday night.
The Flyers improved to 4-0-1 this season by beating the Senators at home for the first
time since a 4-3 victory on Nov. 24, 2007.
Daniel Alfredsson and Erik Karlsson scored for Ottawa, which fell to 1-5-0 and allowed
seven goals for the second straight home game. The Senators were routed 7-1 by
Colorado last Thursday in a game that saw them allow four power-play goals. They
surrendered three more to the Flyers, who became the third team in the Senators' six
games to jump to a 4-0 lead.
Alex Auld took a beating in the first period, allowing four goals on 10 shots. Read’s easy
over-the-shoulder shot beat him at 6:20 to get the Flyers started, and power-play goals by
Wayne Simmonds and Claude Giroux at 8:00 and 16:17 put the Senators in a deep hole.
Free-agent signee Max Talbot completed the first-period wave by scoring his first goal as
a Flyer at the 19-minute mark.
Craig Anderson started the second period for the Sens, and the team was finally able to
get on the board, when Jason Spezza fed Alfredsson on a give-and-go at 18:59. Karlsson
had an assist on that goal and scored with 20 seconds left in the game, giving him eight
points -- the most among defensemen this season.
Anderson kept it a three-goal game before the Flyers blew it wide open in the final five
minutes. James Van Riemsdyk tipped in Matt Carle's point shot for a power-play goal at
15:25. Sean Couturier, the Flyers' top draft pick last June, scored his first NHL goal 55
seconds later. Rookie Harry Zolnierczyk, called up from AHL Adirondack earlier in the
day, celebrated his NHL debut by scoring the Flyers' final goal with 45 seconds to play.
Ottawa Senators Articles (FLYERS Last Opponent)
1. Ottawa Citizen- Sens fail to build on positives from weekend
Ken Warren
OTTAWA — Patience is fast becoming a tired word around Scotiabank Place.
Everyone knew there were going to be some long nights during the rebuilding process.
But every second night?
The morale-boosting 2-1 loss to the Capitals in Washington on Saturday is history now.
Returning home for the first time since last Thursday’s 7-1 embarrassment against the
Colorado Avalanche, the Senators delivered yet another stinker against the Philadelphia
Flyers, losing 7-2.
It should come as little surprise that the players huddled alone in the dressing room for 20
minutes afterwards, searching for answers.
“We’ve got to find more urgency in our game and more resilience when things go bad,”
said captain Daniel Alfredsson, echoing comments made after the team lost its first two
games of the season.
“We’re going to have situations where we get a bounce or whatever against you or
whatever, but we’ve got to do a much better job and give a push back right away.”
Jason Spezza, who scored the Senators first goal, said the team has to “forge an identity,”
but said “it’s no time to roll over” because there are a lot of games remaining.
Thanks to back-up goaltender Alex Auld’s shaky night while subbing for No. 1 Craig
Anderson, the romp started early. It was 2-0 after eight minutes, 4-0 at the first
intermission.
Senators coach Paul MacLean had no choice but to hook Auld in favour of Anderson to
start the second period.
“It’s hard to put something like that into words, but it wasn’t what I wanted and I didn’t
really give the guys a chance to get off to a good start,” said Auld. “Obviously, you want
to make more saves than that and that’s the bottom line.”
When given a chance to make something of the dim situation — an extended 4-on-3 and
5-on-3 edge early in the second period — the Senators couldn’t hit the net. That made life
easy for Flyers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, who was seeing his first action of the
season, subbing for No. 1 netminder Ilya Bryzgalov.
Spezza scored late in the second, making it 4-1 heading into the third, but James Van
Riemsdyk, Sean Couturier and Harry Zolnierczyk scored late in the third, adding to the
Senators misery. Erik Karlsson finished off the scoring. For fans digging deep for
positives, Karlsson now has one goal and seven assists in six games.
Auld yielded first period goals to Matt Read, Wayne Simmonds, Claude Giroux and Max
Talbot.
Coach Paul MacLean was blunt.
“I thought we stopped playing in the first period after they scored (the first) goal and
allowed them to score three more,” MacLean said.
“We’re not very pleased at all with the game or the effort and we need to have an
evaluation of our team and how we want to play because right now, we’re not doing a
very good job of it.”
2. Ottawa Citizen- Game File: Flyers 7, Senators 2
Staff
WHY THEY LOST
The Senators were never really in it.Alex Auld yielded a horrible game-opening goal and
less than two minutes later, the Flyers cashed in on the power play. The Flyers then
turned it into an early romp with two late first period goals.
STUD
Matt Read, Flyers.
A far less heralded rookie than Flyers first round pick Sean Couturier, the 25-year-old
Reid was the scoring star of the first period. He had a goal and helped set up Wayne
Simmonds, Max Talbot and Sean Couturier for goals. Read has two goals and four assists
in five games.
DUD
Alex Auld, Senators. There were a couple for the lowlights reel. Reid’s game-opening
shortside goal and Claude Giroux’s shot off the post and in from the right faceoff circle.
Auld yielded four goals on 10 shots. That’s a .600 save percentage for those of you
scoring at home.
AND THE POINTS KEEP COMING
Jaromir Jagr registered a first-period assist, adding to his impressive numbers against the
Senators. Jagr is the all-time leading point-getter against Ottawa, with 36 goals and 41
assists in 60 games.
Washington Capitals Articles (FLYERS Next Opponent)
1. Washington Post- Capitals vs. Panthers: Vokoun, Washington shut out Florida
for first 5-0 start in team history
Katie Carrera
By the end of the season, the fact that the 2011-12 Washington Capitals were the first
squad in franchise history to start the year 5-0 will be little more than a footnote
regardless of what is in store for them this year. Of that much, Coach Bruce Boudreau is
certain.
But to accomplish what none before them have in Washington’s 37-season history, this
group put together its most complete 60-minute game of the young season to exploit an
exhausted opponent and capture a 3-0 victory against the Florida Panthers.
“Quite frankly, when it comes to April and May I’m not going to be able to sit here and
say: ‘Hey, we were 5-0 and we got that record. Isn’t that great?’ ” Boudreau said. “It’s
not really going to hold a lot of weight. It’s just the process of getting to where we want
to get.”
Marcus Johansson, Alexander Semin and Jason Chimera each scored a goal while Tomas
Vokoun posted his first shutout (20 saves) against the team he served the previous four
years. Most impressive, though, was that the Capitals continued to push their beleaguered
foes. The Panthers arrived in Washington late Monday night for their third game in four
days.
From the opening faceoff, the Capitals dominated puck possession, fenced Florida in its
own zone and buzzed around 21-year-old goaltender Jacob Markstrom, who was making
his first NHL start. Markstrom, a 2008 second-round draft pick, finished with 29 saves
and showed why the Panthers value him so much. But the Capitals’ early dominance and
continued pressure suffocated their opponents before they had a chance to respond.
“I think we play solid, we didn’t give that much and we scored when we needed to,” said
Vokoun, who boasts a .935 save percentage and 1.94 goals-against average in his first
four starts with Washington.
On the first power-play chance of the game, Johansson scored his third goal of the year
when his stuff attempt along the goal line squeaked between Markstrom’s pads to give
the Capitals a 1-0 edge only 4 minutes 24 seconds into the contest. It stood as the game-
winner and marked the third consecutive game that Washington has recorded a goal on
the man-advantage.
In addition to the early lead, Washington barely allowed a peep from the Panthers, who
didn’t muster a single shot on Vokoun through the first 11:40 of the contest. By the end
of the first, the Capitals held a staggering 11-2 edge in shots. If not for Markstrom, they
likely would have held a larger lead.
That tone remained constant throughout the rest of the game, save for a brief lull at the
start of the second period that Washington weathered by getting back to the simple play
of dumping pucks deep and keeping a steady presence on the forecheck that they didn’t
waver from again.
“The first two lines got pucks deep, so that really helped,” said Chimera, whose empty
net tally with 44 seconds remaining gave him the team lead in goals, with four. “When
we get in trouble we try to play too skilled. When we get pucks deep, it’s hard to contain
big bodies like [Alex Ovechkin], [Mike Knuble] and Semin.”
Semin gave the Capitals a cushion when he made it 2-0 less than two minutes into the
third period with a pretty wrist shot from the right faceoff dot. It was a strong outing for
Semin, who finished with two points and a plus-2 rating and improved to five points on
the year.
After the game, the Russian winger met with former Capital Matt Bradley in the hallway
of Verizon Center. Bradley, who was making his first appearance in Washington as an
opponent since the 2003-04 season, apologized to Semin for the critical comments he
made during a radio interview in July and gave his former teammate a hug.
On Tuesday night however, it wasn’t just Semin or Johansson or anyone else acting as
the sole propellant to victory but rather the group adhering to its game plan as a unit. It
was a demonstration that showcased the team-first mentality that Boudreau wants to see
from the Capitals every night.
“We’re doing it together which is really good,” Boudreau said. “I think all of the guys are
doing good. I think we’ve spent way too much time worrying about individuals in the
years here and now it’s worrying about let’s see how the team does. It’s all about the
group as far as I’m concerned. That’s my little rant for the day.”
Capitals notes: Jay Beagle missed a second straight game since he was knocked out by
Pittsburgh’s Arron Asham on Oct. 13. . . . Goaltender Michal Neuvirth was scratched
for the third consecutive outing with a bruised right foot.
2. Washington Times- Capitals continue undefeated start with shutout of Panthers
Steven Whyno
Bruce Boudreau didn’t really want to talk about it.
He and the Capitals were one win away from the first five-game winning streak to start
the season in the 37-season history of the franchise. The coach didn’t mention it to his
players, either.
“Quite frankly, at the end of the day and at the end of the year, you guys aren’t going to
care unless we do something special,” Boudreau said. “I’m not going to be able to say,
‘Hey, listen, we started out 5-0.’ So it doesn’t mean anything to us other than the fact that
it’s two points.”
Boudreau and the Caps got the two points by virtue of a 3-0 victory over the Florida
Panthers on Tuesday night at Verizon Center, a game they dominated when given the
opportunity of facing a tired opponent.
That domination did not show up on the scoreboard, but a rested and confident Caps team
never seemed in danger of losing — certainly an accomplishment against a team that
dropped seven goals on the Tampa Bay Lightning a night earlier.
But the Panthers played like a team on the second half of a back-to-back that was bleary-
eyed from a three-hour flight and late arrival in Washington. Excuses aren’t taken well in
the pro hockey, and the Caps took advantage of the situation.
Florida goalie Jacob Markstrom starred in his first NHL start, preventing this from being
a blowout. Marcus Johansson did exactly what he needed to do against his friend to make
it 1-0, scoring from a bad angle at the goal line. Alexander Semin’s wrist shot provided
enough of a cushion to last the rest of the way.
Jason Chimera added his fourth goal of the season in the third period to complete the
scoring.
Meanwhile, ex-Panthers goaltender Tomas Vokoun dealt with his worst situation yet
when it comes to facing sparse pressure and not a whole lot of shots. But he did his job,
stopping all 20 that did come his way and finishing with his first shutout with the Caps.
3. CSNWashington.com- Capitals make it five straight
Chuck Gormley
Jim Anderson couldn’t do it.
Neither could Red Sullivan, Tom McVie, Danny Belisle, Gary Green, Bryan Murray,
Terry Murray, Jim Schoenfeld, Ron Wilson, Bruce Cassidy or Glen Hanlon.
Until now, no head coach in the 37-year history of the Capitals had gotten his team off to
a 5-0-0 start.
So how does Bruce Boudreau feel about becoming the first?
“It means 10 points,” Boudreau said Tuesday night after his team’s most complete game
of the year, a 3-0 victory over the visiting Florida Panthers. “Quite frankly, when it
comes to April and May, I’m not going to be able to sit here and say we were 5-0. That’s
not going to hold a lot of weight. It’s a process to where we want to get.”
Playing against a Florida team that was coming off a win in Tampa the night before, the
Capitals received goals from Marcus Johansson, Alex Semin and Jason Chimera and
goaltender Tomas Vokoun stopped 20 shots for this 45th career shutout.
As a result, the Caps will carry the NHL’s best record (5-0-0) into Philadelphia Thursday
night when they face the 4-0-1 Flyers.
“We’ve just got to keep rolling,” said Chimera, whose backhander into an empty with
43.6 seconds remaining in regulation sealed the win. “It’s a good feeling. We haven’t
played the way we wanted to, but tonight was a little better than we’d been playing.”
For Semin, Tuesday night’s win was a small measure of vindication for the comments
Panthers forward Matt Bradley made two months ago in a radio interview, when he said
Semin “just doesn’t care.”
Semin scored 1:49 into the third period, taking a nice outlet pass from Mike Knuble and
beating rookie goaltender Jacob Markstrom inside the far left post with a wicked wrist
shot.
Asked if there was any extra incentive considering what Bradley said about him, Semin
replied, through media relations director Sergey Kocharov, “I’m tired of answering the
same question. I don’t want to talk about this. It’s a dead issue to me.”
With Markstrom making his first career start, the Caps wanted to fire plenty of rubber at
the 21-year-old rookie from Gavle, Sweden, the same hometown as Capitals center
Nicklas Backstrom.
They did just that, outshooting the Panthers 11-2 in the opening period and holding
Florida without a shot for the first 11:40 of play.
It was the Caps’ most dominant period of the season and Johansson continued his torrid
start with another unorthodox goal, this one on the power play at the 4:24 mark. Left
alone on the right side of the net, Johansson used Alex Ovechkin as a decoy and threaded
a shot between the pads of Markstrom for his third goal and fourth point in four games.
The Capitals had a slight lull early in the second period, but they continued pressuring the
Panthers defense, eventually wearing the down with 30 hits, led by Matt Hendricks’ six
and four each by Alex Ovechkin and Chimera.
Hendricks also drew a tripping penalty on Scottie Upshall that led to Johansson’s power-
play goal and was strong on the penalty kill, holding Florida scoreless on three attempts.
Boudreau said it was the kind of game he expected against a team that arrived in
Washington in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.
“We got a break (with the schedule) and if you don’t take advantage of breaks, shame on
us.”
4. TSN.ca- Vokoun blanks former team as Capitals beat Panthers
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- Tomas Vokoun wasn't seeking revenge or trying to prove anything
against his former team. His main motivation was simply to win another game for the
Washington Capitals.
And that is precisely what he did.
Vokoun stopped 20 shots in his 45th NHL shutout, and the Capitals beat the Florida
Panthers 3-0 on Tuesday night to improve to 5-0, the best start in franchise history.
Marcus Johansson, Alexander Semin and Jason Chimera scored for the Capitals, who led
1-0 heading into the third period.
Vokoun was rarely tested, but he couldn't afford a slip-up in a tightly played defensive
struggle. After playing the previous four seasons with Florida, the 35-year-old goalie left
for the Capitals after failing to reach a contract agreement with the Panthers over the
summer.
"It's my old team, so you want to win and you want to play good," Vokoun said. "It
wasn't like I was looking at the game and saying, 'I've got to win.' I'd be lying if I said I
wasn't happy, but when you win you're happy every time. I was as happy when we beat
Ottawa or Pittsburgh."
It was Vokoun's first shutout since April 9, 2011, when he blanked the Capitals for
Florida.
"He's pretty solid, and when we did have breakdowns he was there to help us out,"
Washington coach Bruce Boudreau said.
Pressed into extensive action while Michal Neuvirth works to return from a foot injury,
Vokoun improved to 4-0 this season.
He wasn't the only player matched up against his old team. Florida's Matt Bradley and
Tomas Fleischmann are former Capitals, along with goaltender Jose Theodore, who
watched from the bench for the first time this season.
"We worked hard, but the only thing we had were chances from the side," Fleischmann
said. "A good goalie like Vokoun can always stop those."
Washington and Detroit are the only NHL teams to win all their games thus far. The
Capitals' four-game winning streak at home to start the season is also a club record.
Boudreau wasn't exactly in the mood to celebrate Washington's unprecedented start.
"Quite frankly, when it comes to April and May, I'm not going to be able to sit here and
say, 'Hey, we were 5-0 and got that record. Isn't that great?' It's not going to really hold a
lot of weight," Boudreau said. "It's nice, but it's just a process of getting to where we
want to get."
Each of Washington's previous four games were decided by one goal, and three of those
went to overtime.
Florida's Jacob Markstrom stopped 29 shots in his first NHL start, but was victimized by
Johansson in the first period and by Semin at 1:49 of the third period. Chimera scored
into an empty net.
"He had a good solid game for us," Panthers coach Kevin Dineen said of Markstrom.
"Not the way you want your debut to go, but he didn't get a heck of a lot of support."
Washington outshot Florida 11-2 in the first period and took a 1-0 lead on a power-play
goal by Johansson, whose shot from the right side slipped through Markstrom's pads.
Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin earned assists.
The Capitals took the game's first nine shots before the Panthers finally tested Vokoun at
11:40 of the period on a blast from the blue line by Ed Jovanovski before a line change.
A few minutes later, Washington held the NHL's top-ranked, power-play unit without a
shot while killing an interference penalty against Roman Hamrlik.
Semin all but clinched it with a goal from the bottom of the right circle early in the final
period. He scored after taking a lead pass from Mike Knuble.
NOTES: The Capitals recalled G Dany Sabourin from the AHL Hershey Bears as the
backup to Vokoun. Neuvirth was scratched. ... Florida was playing its second game in
two nights, the first of 14 such back-to-back assignments. The Panthers won 7-4 at
Tampa Bay on Monday. ... Washington went 4-0 in 1991 and 1997 before losing.
Adirondack Phantoms Articles
1. Glenn Falls Post Star- Zolnierczyk recalled by Flyers; Eddy, Bombach assigned to
ECHL
Tim McManus
The Philadelphia Flyers recalled Adirondack Phantoms forward Harry Zolnierczyk on
Tuesday and the Phantoms assigned defenseman Cullen Eddy to Greenville and forward
Andy Bohmbach to the Trenton Titans of the ECHL.
Zolnierczyk, a rookie out of Brown, had one goal and three assists in four games.
Eddy's assignment clears up an overbooked defense as the Phantoms had eight
defensemen on the roster. Eddy is the only one of those on a straight AHL contract. Eddy
played 47 games with the Phantoms last season. He had one point in two games and was
plus-2 this season.
Bohmbach played one game with the Phantoms.
NHL Articles
1. NHL.com- Reports: Brodeur unlikely to play Friday
NHL.com Staff
Comment Print Martin Brodeur's status for the New Jersey Devils' game against San Jose
on Friday reportedly is up in the air. Brodeur missed practice Tuesday to have his injured
right shoulder examined by a doctor.
Devils coach Pete DeBoer said he did not want to speculate about the nature of the injury
Tuesday without more information.
"It would just be an uneducated guess right now, so I'm not even going to go there," he
said, according to ESPNNewYork.com.
DeBoer said it was "possible" Brodeur could dress Friday against the Sharks, but that
appears unlikely unless he can resume skating Wednesday. DeBoer and GM Lou
Lamoriello both said they want Brodeur to have a few days of practice first before
returning to play.
"He didn't practice today, and if he doesn't (practice) tomorrow, he certainly won't,"
Lamoriello said of Brodeur playing Friday, according to the Bergen Record. "So there's a
good chance of him not (playing Friday)."
Since the Devils also play Saturday night in Pittsburgh, it would appear likely that
Brodeur might not dress for that game as well.
Brodeur suffered the injury making a diving stop in the first period of the Devils' 2-1
shootout win against the Kings last Thursday. He was replaced by Johan Hedberg after
the opening period, then did not dress Saturday against the Predators in Nashville.
The Devils recalled AHL goaltender Keith Kinkaid from Albany on Tuesday -- Kinkaid
backed up Hedberg in the Devils' 3-2 shootout win in Nashville.
Hedberg is 3-0-0 with a 1.41 goals against average and a .945 save percentage so far this
season.
2. NHL.com- Penguins' Letang suspended for two games
NHL.com Staff
NEW YORK – Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang has been suspended,
without pay, for two games for boarding Wiinnipeg forward Alex Burmistrov during
NHL Game No. 66 Monday night in Winnipeg, the National Hockey League's
Department of Player Safety announced today.
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and based on his average
annual salary, Letang will forfeit $37,837.84. The money goes to the Players' Emergency
Assistance Fund.
At 13:08 of the third period, Letang hit Burmistrov from behind, driving him into the
boards. Letang was assessed a minor penalty for boarding.
Letang will miss games tonight at Minnesota and Thursday, Oct. 20, vs. Montreal. He
will be eligible to return Saturday, Oct. 22, vs. New Jersey.
3. TSN.ca- Canucks honour Rypien with pre-game video and donation
The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER -- Rick Rypien still weighs on the hearts of the Vancouver Canucks
months after his death.
Vancouver paid tribute to Rypien before Tuesday night's game against the New York
Rangers with a video that honoured the former Canuck, who suffered from depression
and committed suicide in the off-season.
"He wouldn't like it," said defenceman Kevin Bieksa, a close friend who assisted Rypien
while he was on leave from the Canucks in recent seasons, after Vancouver's morning
skate. "He didn't like the spotlight. He didn't like people worrying about him and making
a big deal about things."
During the pre-game ceremony, Bieksa presented Rypien's game-worn jersey from their
40th anniversary celebration to Rypien's brother Wes Rypien Jr. Bieksa received a long
hut from Rypien's mother Shelley Crawford and also hugged Rypien's father Wes Sr.,
stepmother, stepfather and Wes Jr.
The four-minute video included opened with a dark-eyed Rypien and showed scenes
from his minor hockey days in Blairmore, Alta., as well as times with the Regina Pats of
the Western Hockey League, the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League and
the Canucks. It also showed Rypien scoring the game-winning goal the last time the
Canucks played the Rangers in November 2009.
The video concluded with scenes of Rypien urging fans to cheer. The crowd on hand
responded with a standing ovation.
The Canucks announced a $50,000 donation in Rypien's name to BC Children's Hospital
Foundation to help curb mental illness among youth.
To get through the emotional ordeal of the ceremony, Canuck players received a sneak
preview of the video Monday.
Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault said the video preview was necessary to help the
Canucks focus on their game against the previously winless Rangers, who are making a
rare visit to Vancouver. The clubs have seldom played each other in recent seasons.
"Our players were able to look at it (Monday) because we didn't want to surprise them
right before the game, to see the video," said Vigneault. "It's real powerful, but it's a real
tribute to a nice young man."
Bieksa said dealing with the video was less painful than his other experiences related to
Rypien's passing.
"I've watched pretty much every tribute video made out there for him online and
YouTube and all that," said Bieksa. "So I'm kind of getting used to the tear jerkers and all
that."
But Bieksa admitted the tribute to Rypien, who died in his own home in the Crowsnest
Pass area of southern Alberta, still raised plenty of emotions.
"He was a good friend, he was a teammate, he was like a brother to me, too," said Bieksa.
"We were close. We had a lot of years together and shared a lot together. He was a part of
my life at big times and vice versa. It's tough."
The $50,000 donation will allow the BC Children's Hospital Foundation to develop a
website designed to help the province's youth and young adults, as well as family
members and friends, recognize symptoms and better understand the challenges of mental
illness.
The contribution includes support from the NHL Players Association's Goals & Dreams
fund and supports a youth and young adult mental health promotion strategy led by B.C.
health agencies.
"We are committed to this partnership because we realize that by encouraging the
community to have open conversations about mental illness we can start to break down
the stigma that silences us," said TC Carling, executive director of the Canucks for Kids
Fund, in a release.
"Rick Rypien was dedicated to helping young people and those in need. Through this
partnership with BCCHF, BCMHAS and the support of the Vancouver Canucks we can
work together to ensure Rick's passion to help those in need is well served."
Noting that Rypien strived to help people in need, Carling said the program will ensure
Rypien's passion for helping others is well served. It will also help break down the stigma
of staying silent about mental illness and get people to talk about it instead.
Canuck players, many of whom were teammates with Rypien in the minors as well as the
NHL, praised the financial outlay and program setup.
"It's a classy move by the organization," said centre Ryan Kesler. "We all knew him. He
was a great friend. He was a great teammate."
The tribute to Rypien evoked memories of the tribute to late Canucks defenceman Luc
Bourdon, who died at the age of 21 in a motorcycle accident. But Vigneault said the
ceremony for Rypien was more challenging emotionally.
"Both (are) tough to deal with," said Vigneault. "In Ryp's case, certainly, a lot of our
players had known him for a lot longer than they did Luc."
Canucks captain Henrik Sedin said that, even without watching the video in front of fans,
the Rypien video sparked a lot of emotions.
"It really sinks in to how close he was to all of us and how good a teammate he was," said
Sedin. "It was an emotional time, for sure. A lot of players played with him for a lot of
years, even back in Manitoba. We were all close to him and it was emotional."
4. TSN.ca- Raiders get Palmer from Bengals for two high draft picks
The Associated Press
ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Carson Palmer went to bed a retired football player resigned to the
fact that the Cincinnati Bengals would never grant his wish to be traded.
He woke up to a text message early Tuesday morning telling him to fly to Oakland to
complete a trade with the Raiders, who are counting on Palmer to replace the injured
Jason Campbell and lead the team back to the playoffs for the first time since 2002.
"It's been a whirlwind," Palmer said. "I understand what's expected of me. I know what
playing quarterback is about, and it's about winning. I want to come in a contribute and
do whatever I can to help this team."
The Raiders are hoping he can do a lot, having traded a 2012 first-round pick and a
conditional second-rounder in 2013 that can become another first if Oakland makes it to
the AFC title game in either of the next two years.
Coach Hue Jackson believes Palmer is the ideal fit, having recruited and coached him at
Southern California and been an assistant in Cincinnati with Palmer.
Jackson said Palmer has the strong arm and athleticism that late Raiders owner Al Davis
always wanted in a quarterback.
"This guy can play and he knows how to play the game and he knows how to elevate the
players around him," Jackson said.
"There's no question you go on offence as good as your quarterback is. I think he's one of
the best and that's why he's on this football team now. I didn't bring him here because he
was just a guy sitting out there. I brought him here because I think he can help this team
win a championship."
The Bengals had been adamant about not trading Palmer, who wanted to be dealt from a
team that has had only two winning records in the past 20 years.
Owner Mike Brown repeatedly insisted he wouldn't consider Palmer's request for a trade
because he didn't want to reward him for holding out. He changed his mind after getting
the big offer from the Raiders.
Brown said the play of rookie quarterback Andy Dalton made it easier to trade Palmer.
"We also find ourselves rather suddenly in position of being able to receive real value for
Carson that can measurably improve our team, which is performing well and is showing
real promise for this year and years to come," he said in a statement.
"When this opportunity arose, we felt we could not let it pass and needed to take a step
forward with the football team if we could."
The Raiders (4-2) became desperate for a quarterback after Campbell broke his
collarbone during a win over the Browns on Sunday.
Campbell had surgery Monday and was expected to miss at least six weeks, leaving the
Raiders with only Kyle Boller and Terrelle Pryor on the roster.
Jackson's mantra all season has been "the time is now," and he backed that up by dealing
for Palmer.
The Raiders also renegotiated Palmer's contract, giving him a US$2.5-million guaranteed
deal for the rest of this season, $12.5 million with $5 million guaranteed in 2012, $13
million in 2013 and $15 million in 2014.
Palmer had been working out in Southern California, trying to stay in shape and throwing
to former teammate T.J. Houshmandzadeh and high school players.
He hoped the work would pay off with another chance in the NFL, but he did not know.
"There was a number of times that there were teams approaching the Bengals and it didn't
work out, so it was a very difficult time," Palmer said.
"I didn't know what was going to happen. I didn't know what was around the next turn,
the next week, the next month. So there was a lot of confusion and I really didn't know
what was next."
Palmer said it will take some time to learn the offence, build chemistry with his receivers
and get back into football shape. Oakland hosts Kansas City on Sunday but Jackson
would not say whether Palmer would start.
While Palmer has not played or practised since last season, he has a history with Jackson,
who was his offensive co-ordinator for two years at USC and the wide receivers coach
for three seasons in Cincinnati.
Jackson was with the Bengals when Palmer had his best season in 2005 when he threw
for 3,836 yards with 32 touchdown passes and a 101.1 rating while leading the team to an
AFC North title. Palmer tore up his left knee during a playoff loss to Pittsburgh that
season.
He came back and had two solid seasons before partially tearing a ligament and tendon in
his passing elbow during the 2008 season.
He has not been an elite quarterback since, despite getting back to the playoffs in 2009.
Palmer said he is completely healthy now.
Over the past two years, Palmer completed 61.2 per cent of his passes for 7,064 yards, 47
touchdowns, 33 interceptions and a passer rating of 82.9 while posting a 14-18 record.
Those numbers are comparable to what Campbell has done since the start of the 2009
season.
But the Raiders were not willing to trust their playoff chances with Boller, who had not
started a game since 2009 and had lost his previous 10 starts since October 2007, or
Pryor, a project who will need time before he can be an NFL quarterback.
This is the second trade the Raiders have made since Davis' death. They dealt last week
for former No. 4 overall pick in 2009, linebacker Aaron Curry from Seattle.
The trade leaves the Raiders with picks only in the fifth and sixth rounds in next year's
draft. They traded their second-rounder during April's draft to New England for the picks
to draft offensive lineman Joe Barksdale and running back Taiwan Jones.
They used their third-rounder to take Pryor in the supplemental draft in August. They
traded their fourth-rounder in 2010 to get Campbell and the seventh-rounder for Curry.
"I know a lot of people think we've mortgaged the future of the organization," Jackson
said. "I don't see it that way. I mean, I don't think you ever mortgage the future of an
organization when you're putting a real big-time franchise quarterback on your team."
Oakland is expecting to get compensatory picks after losing Nnamdi Asomugha, Zach
Miller, Robert Gallery, Thomas Howard and Bruce Gradkowski in free agency.
5. TSN.ca- Martin says Markov rehabbing but will not play in October
TSN.ca Staff
Montreal Canadiens head coach Jacques Martin says that the chance of Andrei Markov
playing in October is "out of the question" while the defenceman continues to rehab from
knee surgery.
Martin told reporters on Tuesday that Markov's rehab is, "on schedule" and will continue
under the supervision of Dr. James Andrews, who Markov saw on Monday in Florida.
Markov will be seen by Dr. Andrews again by the end of the week.
Markov was unable to start the regular season while he continued to recover from ACL
surgery on his right knee.
The 32-year-old blueliner missed all but seven games last season while recovering from
two knee surgeries. He originally hurt his knee during the 2010 playoffs against the
Pittsburgh Penguins, and then was injured again after getting mixed up with Eric Staal in
a game against the Carolina Hurricanes last November.
The Canadiens re-signed him to a three-year, $17.25 million contract in June.
6. TSN.ca- Blue Jackets place Carter on IR with foot fracture
TSN.ca Staff
Things have just gotten tougher for the winless Columbus Blue Jackets.
Blue Jackets General Manager Scott Howson told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun
that first line centre Jeff Carter was placed on injured reserve and will be shut down for a
week to 10 days with a fracture in his foot.
Howson, who told TSN that the injury was on the same foot that was bruised in training
camp, cited the location of the fracture as a reason for shutting Carter down.
"It is close to the fracture that he had a couple of years ago in Philadelphia," Howson
said. "He has a plate in there with some screws in there, it's right along the same bone.
"So obviously we're concerned that that bone has broken again."
The injury couldn't come at a worse time for the club, who at 0-4-1, are off to their worst
start in franchise history.
Carter, who was acquired in an off-season blockbuster deal from the Philadelphia Flyers,
has three assists in five games this season.
7. ESPN.com- David Krejci out for Bruins-Hurricanes
James Murphy
BOSTON -- Injured forward David Krejci was out of the lineup again Tuesday night
when the Bruins lost 4-1 in a rematch with the Hurricanes, who beat them 3-2 last
Wednesday at Carolina.
Krejci, who suffered a midsection injury Oct. 11 during practice and has missed two
games, skated with the team Tuesday morning but is still day to day.
Defenseman Adam McQuaid, who suffered a neck injury last Wednesday against the
Hurricanes, also was a scratch. Matt Bartkowski again took his place in the lineup.
"Krejci's not ready to go yet. He's obviously starting to skate with us so he's inching
closer to returning but not tonight," coach Claude Julien said before the game.
Defenseman Steve Kampfer, who sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee
during a preseason game Sept. 29, also skated with the team Tuesday morning and could
be cleared for contact Wednesday.
He suffered a similar injury on his right knee toward the end of last season while playing
with the Providence Bruins of the AHL.
Tuukka Rask will get his second start of the season Tuesday. He is 0-1-0 with a 1.02
GAA and .972 save performance after suffering a 1-0 loss to Colorado on Oct. 10 despite
a brilliant 35-save performance.
8. ESPN.com- Jackets' Jeff Carter out at least 1 week
Pierre LeBrun
The Columbus Blue Jackets will be without top center Jeff Carter for at least a week, if
not longer, after putting him on injured reserve with a fractured foot.
Just when Carter, the team's big offseason acquisition, suffered the injury has led to
conflicting reports.
"There's some confusion around his injury,'' Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson
told ESPN.com Tuesday. "He had a bruised foot in training camp, which is still sore. And
he's now got a fracture on the same foot, but it's not the same injury.
"It is close to the fracture that he had a couple of years ago in Philadelphia. He has a plate
in there with some screws in there. It's right along the same bone there." Carter has three
assists in five games this season and last played Saturday in Dallas.
"We're going to let him rest for the next week to 10 days and then re-evaluable probably
the middle of next week," Howson said.
The Blue Jackets added goaltender Mathieu Corbeil to the roster on emergency recall
from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Saint John Sea Dogs.
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