Official Hockey Discussion Thread

[M2nFarisFan]

Pens/Flyers today....the best in the NHL go at it.

[Melyssa56]

This day in Flyers' history:

Birthday: Rob DiMaio (1968)

Games:
1971: Flyers beat Canucks 3-2 for first-ever win in Vancouver.

1984: Flyers beat Rangers 3-2 in overtime in MSG, the Flyers' first-ever road overtime win in the regular season.

[racingchick1020]

I guess this is a good time to post this...

Hockey Night in Canada / NHLPA Player Poll

[Melyssa56]

About the NHLPA poll, most of their choices are valid, but:

1. They think there are 2 arenas in New York -- Madison Square "Gardens" -- and it's the only one not in a warm climate that gets bad grades for the ice surface.
2. I wonder if referee Kyle Rehman knows about Kyle "Hehman" making the best-referee list.
3. I would like to know who the players think is the worst referee -- Geese-Brain Hebert seems to be in the lead this year, with McCreary, Koharski, Myers, van Hellemond, and Newell all retired.
4. As for the instigator rule, obviously not one of the Flyers was asked.
5. As for another Canadian city to add to the NHL, I would choose one from the Maritimes, because their time zone is ahead of the eastern time zone, and no way Quebec City should ever get a team until and unless they make the scoring and penalty announcements in English as well as French, as Montreal and Ottawa do.
6. Should fighting be banished completely? Obviously Crosby, Cooke, Avery, Volchenkov, Kaleta, and the Red Wings were in the 2% voting for the ban.

[Melyssa56]

This day in Flyers' history:

Birthday: None

Games:
1976: Flyers beat Seals 5-4 in their last visit to Oakland, before a (record?) crowd of 12,021.

1993: Flyers lose to the North Stars 5-2 in their last visit to Minnesota against that team at what is now the Mall of America.

2011: Flyers beat Rangers 4-2 at MSG, their last victory against New York as of this moment.

[racingchick1020]

About the NHLPA poll, most of their choices are valid, but

Yeah, I think someone could have done some major proofreading or something before this went out.

[Melyssa56]

This day in Flyers' history:

Birthday: None

Games:
1994: Flyers beat Montreal 8-7, knocking Patrick Roy out after 6 goals in 30:05 when he received a triple minor for 3 different infractions.

2004: Flyers beat Atlanta 5-4 on Simon Gagne's penalty shot goal with 1:01 left.

2012: Flyers beat Jets 5-4 on Jaromir Jagr's overtime goal with 43.6 seconds left, after Wayne Simmonds tied the game with 9.7 seconds to go in regulation, the first time the Flyers had won a game after tying it in the last minute since 11/8/2005 vs. Boston. It was also the Flyers' first win in Winnipeg since 4/6/1993 (1-1-1 in the interim).

[Melyssa56]

This day in Flyers' history:

Birthday: Dominic Roussel (1970)

Games:
1980: Flyers beat Vancouver 7-3, with the highlight being a 7-on-7 fight with 5:30 remaining, and with Dave "Pussycat" Williams not being involved, as one more fight would have resulted in his ejection -- and with him on the bench at the time. This game was overshadowed by some hockey game in Lake Placid several hours earlier -- two fantastic results in one day.

1989: Flyers beat Rangers 6-4, with Tim Kerr recording a hat trick against former Flyer goalie Bob Froese.

1993: Flyers tie Detroit 5-5 on Brent Fedyk's goal with 0.8 seconds remaining, in a Flyers "home" neutral-site game in Cleveland before a crowd of mostly Red Wing fans of 13,382 -- either that or the 5,000 Baron fans remembered the Flyers clinching the Atlantic Division there in 1977.

[Melyssa56]

This day in Flyers' history:

Birthday: John Druce (1966)

Games:
1988: Flyers beat Detroit 11-6, overcoming a 5-1 deficit and outscoring the Red Wings 7-0 in the third period, the most goals ever scored by the Flyers in a third period.

[Melyssa56]

This day in Flyers' history:

Birthday: None

Games:
1993: Flyers beat Whalers 5-2, for their first win in Hartford in 6 years.

2001: Flyers tie Tampa Bay 0-0, the Flyers' last scoreless home game.

2011: Flyers beat Islanders 4-3 on Andrej Meszaros' goal with 18 seconds left in overtime, after the Islanders tied it with 28 seconds left in regulation.

[Melyssa56]

This day in Flyers' history:

Birthday: None

Games:
1973: Flyers beat the California Golden Seals 7-0, setting a record for most lopsided road shutout that would last nearly 25 years.

1995: Flyers beat Canadiens 7-0, helped by John LeClair's hat trick in his and Eric Desjardins' first game back in Montreal since the Flyers acquired them for Mark Recchi. Desjardins got his first goal of the season in that game.

2008: Flyers beat Buffalo 4-3 in the shootout, overcoming a 3-0 deficit in ending a 10-game winless streak.

[Melyssa56]

This day in Flyers' history:

Birthday: None

Games:
1997: Flyers beat Ottawa 8-5, as John LeClair recorded a hat trick while Eric Lindros had a goal and 6 assists for 7 points.

[racingchick1020]

List of Trades on Deadline Day 2012

Montreal gets: 2nd round pick in '13, conditional 5th round draft pick (from Gill trade on 2/18)
Nashville gets: Andrei Kostitsyn

Waiver Claims: Montreal claims Brad Staubitz. Winnipeg claims Grant Clitsome.

Detroit gets: conditional 7th round draft pick
Tampa Bay gets: Mike Commodore

Edmonton gets: Nick Schultz
Minnesota gets: Tom Gilbert

Tampa Bay gets: Keith Aulie
Toronto gets: Carter Ashton

Colorado gets: Jamie McGinn, Mike Connolly, Michael Sgarbossa
San Jose gets: Daniel Winnik, TJ Galiardi, 7th round pick in '12

Columbus gets: 4th round pick in '12, 4th round pick in '12
Vancouver gets: Sami Pahlsson

Ottawa gets: Matt Gilroy
Tampa Bay gets: Brian Lee

Chicago gets: Johnny Oduya
Winnipeg gets: 2nd round pick in '13, 3rd round pick in '13

Boston gets: Brian Rolston, Mike Mottau
NY Islanders get: Marc Cantin, Yannick Riendeau

Buffalo gets: 1st round pick in '12
Nashville gets: Paul Gaustad, 4th round pick (TBA)

Boston gets: Greg Zanon
Minnesota gets: Steve Kampfer

Chicago gets: 5th round pick (TBA)
NY Rangers get: John Scott

Anaheim gets: Dale Mitchell
Toronto gets: Mark Fraser

Buffalo gets: Cody Hodgson, Alexander Sulzer
Vancouver gets: Zack Kassian, Marc-Andre Gragnani

Anaheim gets: Sebastian Erixon
Vancouver gets: Andrew Gordon

[Melyssa56]

So the brothers Kostitsyn are reunited after being part of the "Killer K's" in Montreal when Les Canadiens were last relevant.

Also, Nashville picked up Paul Gaustad from Buffalo for a first-round pick, while Boston acquired Brian Rolston and Mike Mottau from the Islanders for that well-known duo, Yannick Riendeau and Marc Cantin.

[Melyssa56]

This day in Flyers' history:

Birthday: Braydon Coburn (1985)

Games:
1982: Flyers beat Calgary 9-8 as Brad Marsh scores the winning goal (his first of the season) against his former team.

1992: Flyers beat Flames 3-0 for their first-ever shutout in Calgary, and Dominic Roussel's first shutout.

1988: Flyers beat Kings 8-6 as Scott Mellanby scores the game-winner with 15 seconds left, and Rick Tocchet records 4 goals.

2002: Flyers beat Devils 1-0, for their first-ever shutout in New Jersey.