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8 months after being diagnosed with cancer, 6 weeks after finishing cancer treatments and 1 day after turning 24, Oskar Lindblom leads Flyers post-practice stretches. What a remarkable story

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Drysdale thanked Flyers GM Danny Briere for helping his parents get to Philadelphia for tonight's game. "When I got down here, pretty much one of the first things that that Danny said to me was do you want your parents to come out? And I said, I think they'd love that. (1/2)

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Sidney Crosby has now scored against the Flyers at Civic Arena, PPG Paints Arena, Heinz Field, Wells Fargo Center and Lincoln Financial Field

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Update on Bauer, which has shifted from making hockey gear to making protective medical face shields. They've posted their full manufacturing package online, hoping other companies can start filling orders

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Tortorella this morning apologized for his non-response when asked about goalie Felix Sandstrom's play Sunday: "I made a terrible mistake with you guys the other night. You might have asked me about Sanny. My body language was wrong. What I should have said to you was ... (1/2)

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John Tortorella doesn’t appear to be pleased with Felix Sandstrom’s performance tonight 👀 #Flyers

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"I think it's a big change for all of us, not just me, my entire family. So real cool that the organization itself took the initiative to get my folks out. I know that means a lot to me and to them, so it was nice having them here." (2/2)

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he tried. Sanny tried. Things happened this year that put our goaltending situation into a state of flux. Sanny did not deserve that from me. You had the perfect right to ask that question. He did not deserve that from me. It was wrong."

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Signs on every seat at Wells Fargo Center tonight for Oskar Lindblom

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Flyers coach Alain Vigneault: "Couldn't defend and couldn't make a play. I'm truly embarrassed."

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Keith Yandle skated on what appears to be Flyers' fourth defense pair at practice today, meaning it's possible his NHL record ironman streak could end at 989 consecutive games.

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Sharks select Ozzy Wiesblatt at No. 31. Doug Wilson Jr. signed Ozzy's name because Ozzy's mom, Kim, is deaf.

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Tim Stuetzle says he has a flight to Ottawa booked for tonight: "I hope I'm going to play in the NHL this season, that's 100% my goal and I will work very hard for that."

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Carl Hagelin and Nicklas Backstrom wearing #OskarStrong shirts tonight to support their fellow Swede Oskar Lindblom

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Adam Fantilli playing freeze tag with the kids. Just yelled over to Connor Bedard to ask him to play.

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Cutter Gauthier on Ducks podcast regarding trade: "It's tough to talk about. I'd like to announce that it's a personal matter between myself, my family, my agent Kurt (Overhart). (1/3)

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Robert Hagg was in the room with Oskar Lindblom when Oskar learned he had cancer, and Oskar credited Hagg and his wife for helping him get through the worst of his treatments.

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Oskar Lindblom’s jersey hanging in Flyers locker room. Flyers to wear their Hockey Fights Cancer jerseys during warmups

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Among the NHL players working out this morning at USA Hockey Arena are Quinn and Luke Hughes, Dylan Larkin, Zach Werenski and Cole Caufield and Alex DeBrincat.

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Wayne Simmonds said his daughter Kori was born the same day as Claude Giroux’s son. No playdates yet but there likely will be some in the future.

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Long loud ovation for Oskar Lindblom at the game tonight.

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Gauthier on skipping Flyers dev camp: "Was a little bit too much hockey after Worlds. Just too much for me. I wanted time with the family. So I figured it was best to stay home. After talking to Danny (Briere, GM), obviously it wasn't his favorite thing, but it was best for me."

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Have to say, in 20 years of covering hockey I’ve never seen a goalie do this kind of drill before. But all three Capitals goalies have taken turns doing it.

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Jake Oettinger went super American with his pads today at World Juniors camp

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Steve Coates with a very young Mattias Samuelsson from a long-ago Coatsey’s Corner. Stay to the end to see the Sabres defenseman now

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Really cool moment as Flyers celebrate Hockey Fights Cancer night with 9 year old Owen Micciche taking rookie lap before warmups with Owen Tippett. Owen has been fighting cancer since he was 6 months old. Doctors found tumors in his back and spine in July.

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Zeev Buium showing off the tatoo on his left forearm. It's the dates in Hebrew that he won gold at the World Under-18s, the World Juniors and the NCAA championship.

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Flyers GM Danny Briere on Cutter Gauthier declining invite to development camp: "Cutter was invited, declined to come. We're assuming that is because he's played a lot of hockey with the World Championship, lots of travel. We're not too worried about that."

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One more Claude Giroux note: In 18 games when the Flyers are facing elimination from the playoffs, he has 18 points (five goals, 13 assists).

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Tuukka Rask said decision to skip NHL All-Star Game was a "selfish decision" to spent more time with his family and get rested for the second half of the season. Will serve suspension in Bruins' first game after All-Star break

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Keith Yandle jumps on Zoom call with Chris kreider, Kevin Hayes and Chris Wagner. Yandle: "kreids you look like you're auditioning for a prison break movie

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Penguins fans turn anniversary of Mario Lemieux’s return from cancer into nice ovation for the Flyers’ Oskar Lindblom in his first game back in Pittsburgh since his cancer diagnosis (courtesy Flyers PR guru Zack Hill)

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Flyers eliminated from playoff contention with 5-3 loss to Devils.

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Canucks forward Brock Boeser leaving practice early. Appeared to get hit in left hand/wrist area by a shot during a power play drill

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When it was Travis Konecny’s turn almost the entire team went to non-believer side. When he scored he made sure to chirp at as many of them as he could

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Flyers doing a gambling shootout competition. This time it’s Joel Farabee. Guys who think he’ll score on one side, non-believers on the other. Losing guessers skates

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A year ago today, the Flyers arrived in Colorado for the start of a 3-game road trip. That night, Oskar Lindblom learned he had been diagnosed with cancer. Fast-forward 7 months, this magical moment happened:

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Fight. Inspire. Overcome. Celebrate. Ring that bell, @oskarlindblom ! @PennMedicine #OskarStrong

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1 year

Already on sale at NHL Store

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Washington Mystics game-ops crew understanding their crowd: putting a Golden Knights logo on the jumbotron when Minnesota Lynx players are shooting free throws.

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Again, this is PHILADELPHIA. Not St. Louis. @thejacksnyb

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Comedy legend Wanda Sykes manning the T-shirt gun tonight at the Flyers game

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Flyers announce in press release that Gritty will be hosting a puppy hockey game online between periods. And it included this: When asked about the referee guidelines for Gritty’s Pups on Ice, the mascot simply replied, "five for fighting, 15 for pooping." Yup.

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Great news from Oskar Lindblom's girlfriend - Oskar's recent scans show he's cancer free

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Andrei Vasilevskiy played every minute of the postseason for the Lightning. He’s the first goalie to do that and win the Stanley Cup since Corey Crawford with the Blackhawks in 2013.

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Carter Hart said he’ll be moving in with Jake Voracek next week. He had been living in a hotel in NJ since getting called up from the AHL

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Predators coach Barry Trotz on today's trade of Ryan McDonagh, how it came about and what his feelings about McDonagh are now. Wanted to run in full because when Barry Trotz digs in on something he can be fantastic. And it's pretty clear how much respect he has for McDonagh

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Alain Vigneault said Ivan Provorov is sick and will be game-time decision. He also mentioned Matt Niskanen's wife is sick, then dropped this line: "I guess Nisky's partners are having a tough time right now."

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Who did it better?

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Travis Konecny off the COVID list for the Flyers. He was their final player on the protocol list.

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The final few seconds inside @thejacksnyb #PlayGloria

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Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas in Philly for tonight's Flyers-Avalanche game. Politely declines comment, other than to say he just enjoys getting out to watch games. Leafs don't play again until Wednesday

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Former Flyer Jake Voracek in town for tonight’s game. And of course they play Springsteen for Jake.

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"Seeing all that stuff is pretty ruthless. Kevin Hayes had nothing to do with the situation at hand. Can't really talk too much about it, going to keep it to myself and my family and my agent."

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Keith Jones is such a gem. Says he played against Wes McCauley in their NCAA days, Jones a forward at Western Michigan, McCauley a defenseman at Michigan St. Play by play guy Jim Jackson asks what kind of defenseman McCauley was. Jones: “There’s a reason he’s a referee.”

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Sam Ersson with the touque/helmet combo

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OK, so I have zero connections in baseball. However I have a friend who has a source with the Phillies, and he says Bryce Harper deal is 10 years/$335 million, to be announced Tuesday. Is his source right? No idea. But as a Phillies fan I sure hope so.

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"I did see one thing going around the Internet that I'd like to specifically address about the rumors about Kevin Hayes and I'd like to officially say that he had zero conflict with anything that had to do with the trade. (2/3)

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Flyers announced a series of events Thursday to commemorate Claude Giroux's 1,000th NHL game. Grilled cheese throughout the building is a clutch decision

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Claude Giroux taking what could be his final lap around WElls Fargo Center as a member of the Flyers

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Alex Ovechkin first player to play his entire career in the 21st century with 1,000 points

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Flyers goalie Carter Hart in his past 7 games has a .941 save percentage while facing 33.8 shots per game. But he's 3-2-2 and Flyers have averaged 1.55 goals per game for him.

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Flyers coach John Tortorella on scratching Kevin Hayes, the leading scorer on a team averaging 2.39 goals per game: "I can't keep looking by things because we're worried about scoring."

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Brayden Schenn has then cranking Gloria again

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Rangers president John Davidson says Pavel Buchnevich and Igor Shesterkin were injured in car accident. Buchnevich day to day, Shesterkin has non-displaced rib injury, will be reevaluated in a few weeks. Then Davidson announces 7-year contract for Chris Kreider

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2022 No. 1 draft pick Juraj Slafkovsky doing some on-ice work at NHLPA Rookie Showcase this morning.

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Hughes family holiday card

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Peter Forsberg’s son wearing a No. 12 Flyers jersey. Peter wore 21 with the Flyers, but said his son has 12 because he was born in 2012. Simon Gagne wore 12 and played on Peter’s line. Said of Simon, “He kept me alive those seasons.”

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First look at the newest Flyers defenseman, No. 9 Jamie Drysdale

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Kevin Hayes on the legacy he's leaving in Philadelphia:

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Tony DeAngelo said he’ll have about 200 friends and family on-hand in Philly for the opener tonight.

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Wayne Simmonds back in Philadelphia. Asked him who the biggest chirper is among his ex-teammates: "TK likes to yap but he's not usually yapping at me. I've told him to shut up a couple times this year." Last year too? "Definitely more so when we were teammates than opponents."

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James van Riemsdyk on the return of Travis Konecny: "I think he brings that energy to our team for sure. He's a guy going 100 an hour, his mouth maybe going faster than he is sometimes."

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Ville Leino in 2010 playoffs for Flyers, tied NHL rookie record with 21 points in 19 games after he had 11 points in 55 regular-season games always stood out.

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Besides Jeremy Lin, name another athlete from any sport who went on a Linsanity run.

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Sergei Bobrovsky now has helped end the season of the 62-win Lightning and the 65-win Bruins in the first round of the playoffs. Remarkable

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Cam York (PHI) named U.S. captain for World Juniors. Alex Turcotte (LAK) and Cole Caufield (MTL) will be the alternates for the tournament opener tomorrow vs. Russia

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Flyers team photo, with Captain Couturier right up front

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Avalanche defenseman Jack Johnson long ago promised his kids they could eat ice cream out of the Stanley Cup. He delivered on that promise Saturday. via @NHLdotcom

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Defenseman who won with Avalanche joined by former Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk, his brother-in-law

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NHL teams with most prospects playing at World Juniors: @LAKings - 9 @DetroitRedWings - 7 @AnaheimDucks - 6 @NJDevils - 6 @MapleLeafs - 6 Full list here- via @NHLdotcom

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Kings top NHL again with nine prospects; country, NHL affiliation for all participants

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7 years

Flyers player of the game now gets a @RicFlairNatrBoy model robe. #WHOOO !

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4 years

Special delivery from the Flyers today. The AV Dirty Martini recipe is a nice touch

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Mite of the Nite just said her favorite thing about playing hockey was getting to slash people. Pretty much the most Philly thing you'll hear tonight.

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"For 17 years I've been standing up for my teammates without ever thinking twice about it, without ever asking them to repay it, and they did it times 10 for me & my family yesterday.” Chris Stewart on what it meant to hear from Flyers teammates

Stewart inspires Flyers' decision to join protest against racism | NHL.com

Black forward spoke with van Riemsdyk, Laughton about whether to play game

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4 years

Best news of the day. Week. Month.

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Fight. Inspire. Overcome. Celebrate. Ring that bell, @oskarlindblom ! @PennMedicine #OskarStrong

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Carter Hart is two wins from moving into the top 10 in Flyers playoff history -- after eight playoff games.

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Positive news around the Flyers: PA announcer Lou Nolan is feeling healthy and back at the game tonight.

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Flyers goalie Carter Hart on how he spent his quarantine: "Perfected my 4-ball juggling. I was able to kind of do like 1 or 2 in a row and now I'm up to doing 4 balls pretty solid now. ... A lot of my time was spent perfecting my 4-ball juggling this week."

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10 years ago today, Flyers emergency call-up @28CGiroux made his NHL debut, wearing No. 56 and playing 9:27 vs. the Ottawa Senators

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Flyers GM Chuck Fletcher says defenseman Ryan Ellis is unlikely to play this season, if he does “it will be a bonus”

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Juraj Slafkovsky and Canadiens will be playing in Prospects Challenge, along with Devils and fellow Slovak Simon Nemec: Slafkovsky (with huge smile): "Yeah, actually me and Filip Mesar are hoping to destroy Simon Nemec somewhere. So yeah, looking forward to that."

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Claude Giroux on his way to Gatineau where his junior team, the Gatineau Olympiques, will retire his jersey

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Connor Bedard taking flight in his Blackhawks jersey

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Little history for Flyers. James van Riemsdyk scored his 100th goal with the Flyers, and Scott Laughton with his first NHL hat trick (photos courtesy Flyers PR guru extraordinaire Zack Hill)

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Carter Hart scratched today & Wednesday. Focus the next few days will be practice & working on his game. AV: "He needs to work harder, he needs to work better. I've had a good conversation with him & Kim about my expectations about his practice habits and him stopping the puck."

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Gritty has gone international. Swiss fans are thrilled

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Oskar Lindblom on being Flyers nominee for Masterton Trophy:

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Shayne Gostisbehere's assist on Scott Laughton's OT goal was his 200th NHL point

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Jon Cooper on Brayden Point: "We got a couple team rules and he missed a meeting. It happened. Not the first and he certainly won't be the last to do it. We have a standard and no one's above it. Pretty sure he won't be missing any more." Said Point will play Thursday vs. BUF

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Travis Konecny instigating more than his opponents: Q: Nolan said he’s going to work on his shot this summer to get that better— Konecny: Yeah he needs that.

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