Ilya Bryzgalov

Condensed NHL season results in a reshuffling of the playoff deck

2013-04-29 00:00:00

The Stanley Cup playoffs will have a different look this season and not only because the Kings, for the first time in franchise history, are the defending champions. This condensed season produced a lot of injuries and a lot of dramatic playoff races....

Helene Elliott's NHL plus/minus ratings

2013-04-14 18:05:00

Pluses Dallas Coach Glen Gulutzan is keeping the Stars in playoff contention in the West — and might have saved his job — with wins over the Ducks, Kings, San Jose Sharks (twice) and Nashville Predators. They're younger and grittier since...

Ducks make moves as deals materialize close to the trading deadline

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Like the NHL season, the annual deadline-day trading frenzy was late in starting. But a flurry of deals in the hour before Wednesday's noon Pacific time cutoff changed the complexion of several teams and added depth to others hoping for long playoff runs....

No ringing endorsement, yet, for NHL players in Sochi Olympics

2013-02-11 00:00:00

The countdown to the Sochi Olympics slipped beneath the one-year mark last week with a huge question looming: Will NHL players participate in Russia's first-ever Winter Games? The answer should be clearer after executives of the NHL, NHL Players' Assn....

Hawks' Stalberg on outside looking in

2013-05-17 17:24:00

Viktor Stalberg took the ice wearing his now-familiar white No. 25 sweater for practice Friday at the United Center. The Blackhawks winger then skated on the so-called fifth line, meaning the veteran remains on the outside of the starting lineup looking...

The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, Bob Hunter column

2013-05-17 05:04:02

The Ohio Rugby Sevens Invitational in Mechanicsburg on May 25 will have an attraction beyond the four men's and four college teams competing: Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett will be playing. Clarett will play for the Columbus affiliate...

The Philadelphia Inquirer Inside the Flyers column

2013-05-12 08:24:03

The Flyers need help. They missed the playoffs for just the second time in the last 18 years, and their offseason wish list figures to include a productive winger and a top defenseman. In other words, they will try to add players similar to those they...

Chubak feels time is right to turn pro

2013-05-11 03:54:03

Carsen Chubak admits during his youth he pretended he was Felix Potvin, Wendel Clark or Doug Gilmour whenever he played ball hockey in the basement or on the street with his friends back home in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It's a normal sequence almost...

Flyers come up short again

2013-04-29 20:47:31

The Philadelphia Flyers started their summer vacations much earlier than expected. For just the ninth time in franchise history, the Flyers aren't going to the playoffs. They finished 23-22-3 in the lockout-shortened NHL season, and are facing an...

Injuries aside, Flyers were too inconsistent this season

2013-04-29 03:14:02

Second in a five-part series The Flyers had their share of key injuries this season, but they did not have the depth to overcome them. Other teams did. Playoff-bound Ottawa, for instance, played without top forwards Jason Spezza and Milan Michalek for...

Philadelphia Daily News Rich Hofmann column

2013-04-29 05:04:02

ILYA BRYZGALOV performed his final stand-up routine of the season yesterday; please, tip your servers and try the caviar. It really was a Tour de Bryz. His target this day was the media. At one point, he said that perusing stories written about him --...

Flyers Notes: Laviolette will be back as Flyers coach, Holmgren says

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Peter Laviolette will return as the Flyers' coach next season, general manager Paul Holmgren said on Sunday after the players cleaned out their lockers at their Voorhees practice facility. Laviolette has two years left on his contract, but Holmgren...

Ilya Bryzgalov #30 of the Philadelphia Flyers reaches back to make the first period save against the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania.

2011-09-21 00:00:00