Daniel Carcillo News

A bit of a surprise as the teams take the ice for the pregame skate. It has nothing to do with players and everything to do with uniforms.

Written By: Mark "The Hard Hitter" Ritter On most nights, knowing you have to play in Buffalo is enough to make NHL players sick.

Sometimes they call it getting a monkey off your back. After putting a puck in the net for the first time in the NHL - a game-winning shootout marker no less - Mika Pyorala amended that old saying to "gorilla." The 28-year-old Finn had just one lonely assist for the season coming into Saturday night's game against St.

Daniel Carcillo and the rest of Philadelphia's third- and fourth-line players put up some big numbers against stingy Buffalo.

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.

Tuesday 03 Nov 2009 Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:32PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -PRINCETON, N.J. Former Wheeling Nailers right wing David Laliberte became the 413 th player to play in the National Hockey League after the ECHL when he made his debut with the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.

Wild Things roamed the streets of Philadelphia last night in search of treats. So did Transformers and gypsies.

It only took the Flyers about three minutes Saturday to achieve the team bonding they were trying to get from a recent three-day retreat in Florida.

There's a controversy raging in Canada these days over whether French-Canadian hockey players get a fair shake in the NHL.

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.

Two years. That's how long it's been since oft-injured Philadelphia defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen felt like this after a game.

While the Flyers really haven't hit an iceberg yet, they are doing some rearranging of their deck chairs.

Devils winger Andrew Peters hits Daniel Carcillo of the Flyers Saturday night. Andrew Peters is in the Devils' lineup to throw his weight around... and occasionally his fists.

Maybe now the Flyers and goaltender Ray Emery have everyone's attention. Granted, it's only two games and two wins.

The Stanley Cup champion Penguins rolled into Montreal last night for a very entertaining game against the Canadiens , and on the TSN telecast during the second intermission, host James Duthie cued video of a preseason fight on Saturday between the Predators' Jordin Tootoo and the Blue Jackets prospect Tommy Sestito.

The Phoenix Coyotes have re-signed left wing Scottie Upshall and goalie Josh Tordjman to one-year contracts.

GLENDALE, Ariz. - The Blackhawks' lack of success in shootouts has cost them some important points this season.

The Vancouver Canucks added depth in the nets by signing free agent goalie Andrew Raycroft to a one-year deal on Monday worth $500,000. Raycroft went 12-16-0 with a 3.14 goals-against average and an .892 save percentage in 31 games last season.

A judge denied Jim Balsillie's bid for the Coyotes last night. They have had a few conversations, and every single one has been positive in tone, though not one has been particularly productive in nature.

C Steven Reinprecht played one of his best games of the year in the season-ending 5-4 shootout win over the Anaheim Ducks, getting two power-play goals and also one in the shootout.