Zac Rinaldo News

The Flyers have fired Adirondack Phantoms head coach Joe Paterson after about a year and a half on the job, news announced by Paul Holmgren Tuesday afternoon.

Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov lies on the ice after a hit from Zac Rinaldo of the Flyers in Game 5. Devils defensemen Anton Volchenkov and Marek Zidlicky, both sidelined in recent days with unspecified injuries, returned to the ice for practice today at the AmeriHealth Pavilion.

The Phantoms, the American Hockey League's top development team of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers, announced today that it will launch its G.O.A.L. Healthy Kids Campaign in Lehigh Valley schools this spring in partnership with the Allentown Health Bureau.

The Philadelphia Flyers were a team so riddled with injuries this season that they were forced to dress over a dozen rookies.

With the loss becoming inevitable for the Philadelphia Flyers during Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, one thing was certain: The Flyers were trying to channel the Broad Street Bullies and their 2010 Stanley Cup Finals team.

AND SO, THIS is how it ends, one of those only-in-Philadelphia nights. It is a story that we pass down through the hockey generations, like baldness.

Sean Couturier and Zac Rinaldo of the Flyers level Anton Volchenkov of the Devils in the first period of Game 5 in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, Tuesday May 8, 2012, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Anton Volchenkov of the New Jersey Devils lies in the corner following a hit by Zac Rinaldo, not pictured, of the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 on Tuesday in Philadelphia.

So far are the teams that finished ninth , 11th and 13th overall in the regular season standings in the conference finals.

For the last three games, the Flyers have had no sustained forecheck, no emotion, no answers in their Eastern Conference semifinals against the surging New Jersey Devils.

If there's one guy the Flyers might look to lead the team after Claude Giroux 's one-game suspension, it's Daniel Briere .

Tom wrote a preview of the game tonight ; please go check it out if you haven't yet.

After leaving Game 3, Flyers rookie wunderkind Sean Couturier was in doubt as to whether he'd play in Game 4. The rookie defensive specialist has been a star of sorts in the playoffs and the Flyers moving ahead without him would've hurt.

By the looks of Saturday's practice, Flyers defenseman Andrej Meszaros will return to the lineup for Game 4 on Sunday night in Newark.

Philadelphia Flyers' Danny Briere, left, scores a goal against New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur and Devils' Anton Volchenkov , of Russia, during the third period of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series, Thursday, May 3, 2012 in Newark, N.J. NEWARK, N.J. - On the eve of his 40th birthday, New Jersey Devils goaltender ... (more)

As per the team's Twitter account , Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren announced rookie forward Sean Couturier has been listed as day-to-day with a lower body injury.