Flyers' Primeau Retires After Concussion
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VOORHEES, N.J. -- Philadelphia Flyers center Keith Primeau retired Thursday, ending a 15-year NHL career after failing to receive clearance to play because of lingering effects from a concussion.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Flyers Thursday agreed to a two-year contract extension with veteran forward Sami Kapanen. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Hockey The Philadelphia Flyers signed scoring leader Mike Richards to a 12-year contract extension yesterday, locking him up through the 2019-20 season. While the team didn't disclose financial terms, the Canadian Press reported the deal was for $69 million. The 22-year-old forward has a career-high 14 goals this season and 21 assists. The Flyers' first-round draft pick in 2003, Richards ...
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Ryan Smyth took a deep breath just before he was hit with the biggest reality check of his 12-year NHL career. The jersey he held was orange and blue, and it even had No. 94 stitched onto it. Nothing new there. But the front said Islanders, and nothing could've been stranger to the lifelong Edmonton Oilers forward.
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NHL goaltender Sean Burke officially retired Tuesday after nearly 20 years in the league.
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The Philadelphia Flyers traded their captain Peter Forsberg before losing 4-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.
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Mike Matheny's decision to retire was made for him. His doctor refused to clear the longtime catcher to play in 2007 after a concussion sidelined him for the final four months of last season.
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Sweden's former French Open finalist  Magnus Norman announced his retirement Friday, citing a string  of injuries for his decision.
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Peter Forsberg doesn&#039;t need surgery on his left ankle and could be ready for the start of the NHL season, more than four months earlier than the Philadelphia Flyers forward was expected to return.
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PHILADELPHIA -- When the biggest man in the NHL falls in an arena, does it make a sound?
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Pierre Turgeon is expected to end his 19-season NHL career by announcing his retirement Wednesday.
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In the third period last night at the Air Canada Centre, with the score tied at 1-1, Wayne Primeau was sent to the penalty box for hooking.
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Bob Clarke returned to the Philadelphia Flyers as a senior vice president Monday, more than six weeks after he quit as the team's general manager because of burnout.
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(CP) - Veteran NHL player Sergei Zholtok died Wednesday of an apparent heart ailment. He was 31. Zholtok was playing hockey fsor the club team in his home city of Riga, the Latvian capital, when he became ill near the end of a game.
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Joe Nieuwendyk officially ended a 20-year National Hockey League career on Thursday after winning three Stanley Cups with three different teams, saying he was ready to be a fan.
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The Philadelphia Flyers are finally healthy and surging straight to the top of their division. The Ottawa Senators, meanwhile, are banged up and slumping.
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Sidney Crosby was placed on injured reserve Monday, a move that allowed the Pittsburgh Penguins to add an extra forward for their final two games before the All-Star break.