Chris Pronger News

Fox Sports Midwest, KMOX Blues PREVIEW - As bad as the Blues have played this season at Scottrade Center, where they are 1-5-1, the team has been impressive on the road.

A few hours before last night's game against Buffalo, Matt Carle's voice was hoarse, he sounded ultra-congested and looked pale - the effects of the flu.

Daniel Carcillo scored twice and Ray Emery made 28 saves to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to their fifth straight victory over the Buffalo Sabres, 5-2 on Friday night.

Chris Pronger has not been around the Flyers long enough to accurately predict his team's chances in the Eastern Conference this season, let alone its prospects for a Stanley Cup.

Both Forsberg and the Gosselins need to go away for a long, long time. Forsberg's name now has run through the Hockey-rumor washing machine so many times that people are numb to it.

When Chris Pronger comes walking through the locker room half-jokingly wearing a doctor's mask, the annual Flyer flu season has officially begun.

If Wayne Gretzky's office was behind the net, the Flyers ' perpetual pest has built a home just inches in front of the opposing goalie's crease, and it's paying dividends.

The Flyers' excitement over their victory was offset by the news that star winger Simon Gagne will miss six to eight weeks.

Regular readers of this space know that I've long been an advocate for a meaningful crackdown by the National Hockey League on blows to the head, hits from behind, late hits and the assorted mayhem that's plagued the league in general -- and Director of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell in particular -- for more years than anyone cares to remember.

David Laliberte , playing in his first NHL game, and James Van Riemsdyk each had a goal and an assist for the Flyers , unbeaten in their last six regulation games at home against Carolina.

Luca Sbisa is back with the Lethbridge Hurricanes, but for how long? The 19-year-old defenceman was assigned to Lethbridge by the NHL's Anaheim Ducks on Monday but he didn't immediately report to the WHL club.

Caps goalie Jose Theodore defends against the Flyers' Jeff Carter , James van Riemsdyk and Danny Briere during first-period action.

Before the start of the regular season, newly acquired Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger was asked if there was a message he'd like to send to Eastern Conference opponents like Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.

The Anaheim Ducks have returned defenceman Luca Sbisa to the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the Western Hockey League.

Flyers captain Mike Richards didn't lose any sleep Saturday night wondering if he'd be suspended by the NHL for his shoulder-to-chin hit that forced Florida Panthers left wing David Booth to spend the night in a Philadelphia hospital.

Manny Malhotra scored two quick goals in the second period to help the San Jose Sharks close out a six-game road trip with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers.

When the NHL returned from its yearlong lockout in the fall of 2005 and introduced fans to the overtime shootout, I was all for it.

Florida left wing David Booth was taken off the ice on stretcher after a hard hit from Philadelphia captain Mike Richards, overshadowing the Flyers' easy victory over the Panthers on Saturday night.

The Flyers will have to go a long way to knock the Phillies off the front page, but the ball team's success has been a distraction from a battle between captain Mike Richards and the Philly media.

Claude Giroux scored on a backhand-to-forehand move in a shootout, then Michael Ryder's wrist shot hit the post on Boston's final attempt, giving the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the Bruins on Thursday night.