TODAY'S GAMES (ALL TIMES EASTERN U.S./CANADA)
There are 12 Flyers-related games on the slate today, including the Phantoms, Titans and three games in Europe. Here is the full rundown.
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Czech Extraliga at 12:30 PM: The floundering Bili Tygri Liberec (Liberec White Tigers) club is in desperate need of some wins. In their first home game and second match overall with their new team,
Wayne Simmonds and Chris Stewart will try to help spark the 13th-place team when they take on 12th-place HC Mountfield Ceske Budejovice. I will be doing
live game commentary for Euro Live Scores. There may be a
webcast available.
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DEL at 1:30 PM: After playing a European Trophy game in Luleå, Sweden earlier this week,
Claude Giroux,
Danny Briere and the rest of Eisbären Berlin are back in Germany for a road game against the Strabing Tigers. Briere, who was under the weather and a late scratch in Luleå should be back in the lineup for this game. There is no webcast for today's game but
live updates will be available.
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EIHL at 2:30 PM:
Tom Sestito will not miss any games after the EIHL rescinded a match penalty he received in a game against the Hull Stingrays last Sunday. The Steelers are in Northern Ireland today to take on the Belfast Giants. There will
webcast can be purchased for $12.90 ( £8.00).
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PHANTOMS at 7:00 PM: The Adirondack Phantoms return to AHL game action for the first time since splitting a pair of games in St. John's last weekend. Tonight, they are on the road to take on the Albany Devils. The game broadcast is available for free via the
streaming Phantoms radio broadcast or you can purchase a streaming video webcast via
AHL Live. A single-game webcast costs $6.99, with a variety of multi-game purchase options.
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TITANS at 7:05 PM: The Trenton Titans return to ECHL action with home games the next two nights against the Toledo Walleye. The team is running a special promotion tonight in which Flyers season ticket holders (or STHs for other NHL teams) can get free admission by bringing a ticket to an 2012-13 NHL game. The team is also holding a free postgame meet-and-greet autograph session. Tonight's game is available via a
free radio stream. Alternatively, a webcast can be
purchased here for $8.
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OHL at 7:05 PM: Coming off a loss last night to the Niagara IceDogs, the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds remain on the road. Tonight,
Nick Cousins and his teammates take on the Erie Otters. A free
radio stream of the Soo broadcast is available or you can
purchase a live webcast for $6.99.
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NCAA at 7:05 PM: It has been nearly two weeks since Union College's game. Sophomore defenseman
Shayne Gostisbehere is coming off a two-goal game in his last outing. Tonight, his team is in Springfield, MA, to play against American International College. There will be a
free audio stream available and a webcast is available for $7.50 purchase from the same site.
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NCAA at 7:05 PM:Freshman defenseman
Reece Willcox and his Cornell University team host Colorado College on back-to-back nights. There will be a
free audio stream available.
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NCAA at 7:30 PM: Sophomore defenseman
Nick Luukko at the University of Vermont host Merrimack each of the next two nights.A
free live audio stream is available.
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OHL at 7:30 PM: The Oshawa Generals may be without the services of Flyers' 2012 first-round pick
Scott Laughton for awhile, pending the league's disciplinary verdict on a checking-to-the-head major and game misconduct Laughton received in the team's last game. Defenseman
Colin Suellentrop will be in the Generals lineup per usual as they take on the Saginaw Spirit. A free
audio stream of the Saginaw broadcast is available or you can
purchase a live webcast for $6.99.
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NCAA at 8:35 PM:Freshman goalie
Anthony Stolarz could start one of the two home games his University of Nebraska -Omaha team will play against Bemidji State on back-to-back nights. There will be a
free audio stream available plus an
webcast available for $8 purchase.
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NCAA at 8:35 PM: Forward
Michael Parks and his University of North Dakota teammates host Alaska-Anchorage each of the next two nights.The game will be broadcast on television on some networks that carry Fox College Sports (DirecTV 608/623/626)
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FEDOTENKO DAY-TO-DAY AFTER EARLY EXIT
One day after scoring a hat trick in an overtime win over Evgeni Malkin's team,
Ruslan Fedotenko was forced to leave HC Donbass's game yesterday with a lower-body injury sustained during the first period. He did not return. Donbass ultimately won its game against Traktor Chelyabinsk via shootout, 3-2.
Fedotenko's agent, Allan Walsh, posted on Twitter that the player left the game for precautionary reasons and had "tweaked" something. The team, which does not play again until next Wednesday, also declared it to be a day-to-day injury.
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READ HELD OFF THE SCOREBOARD
Matt Read and Södertälje SK had been red hot entering yesterday's away game in Oskarshamn. The club had won six games in a row, sparked by the arrivals of Read and New York Rangers winger Carl Hagelin.
Yesterday, IK Oskarshamn became the first team to solve the line of Read, Hagelin and French national team winger Damein Fleury. SSK spent much of the day chasing the game. Although Hagelin ultimately set up what proved to SSK's lone goal in a 3-1 loss, the line really did not going until the third period. There were several scoring chances but no goals on this day. Read and Fleury finished without a point, while Hagelin had the one assist.
SSK has been very good at home, sporting a league-best 6-2-0 record on home ice. However, it has been the opposite situation on the road. Södertälje's 1-5-1 record on road ice is the biggest reason why the club currently sits in eighth place in the Allsvenskan standings.
The team has an important early-season game tomorrow against fallen Djurgårdens IF Stockholm. Sweden's most successful all-time team was shockingly relegated from Elitserien last season and is currently in ninth place in Allsvenskan. To put it in NHL terms, imagine if the Montreal Canadiens were relegated from the NHL to the AHL and were struggling this season even at the minor league level.
Tomorrow's game will air live on Viasat, and a stream may be available. Highlights of yesterday's match in Oskarshamn are
available here. Despite not recording a point in the game, there were several nice plays made by Read, especially in the third period.
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BRYZGALOV REMAINS HEALTHY SCRATCH
Former Washington Capitals goaltender Rastislav Stana got both starts for CSKA Moscow during its two-game road trip through the former Czechoslovakia. Yesterday, CKSA was in Prague, Czech Republic, where it downed HC Lev, 3-2.
Stana took a shutout into the third period before yielding a pair of power play goals; the latter of which was scored late in regulation with Lev goaltender Tomas Pöpperle pulled for a 6-on-4 attack. Overall, Stana stopped 25 of 27 shots.
Ilya Bryzgalov has not dressed for any of the CSKA games in which he has not been the starting goaltender, and yesterday was no exception. Ilya Proskuryakov backed up Stana in Prague. It remains to be seen when Bryzgalov will get his next start. CSKA plays on Sunday and Wednesday.
For the season, Bryzgalov has started four games, with a 1-3-0 record, 3.23 goals against average and .887 save percentage. Stana has appeared in 14 games (11 starts), with a 9-2-0 record, 1.55 goals against average, .947 save percentage and three shutouts. Proskuryakov has made five starts (all prior to Bryzgalov's arrival), with a 2-1-2 record, 2.13 goals against average and .931 save percentage.
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ROUGH NIGHT FOR COUSINS, GREYHOUNDS
Flyers forward prospect Nick Cousins was held off the scoreboard in the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds' 5-1 loss to the Niagara IceDogs last night.
Cousins had two shots on goal, a minor penalty for slashing and was minus two.
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