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NHL Power Rankings: Canucks Ride Streak to Top Spot

A good way to get to the top of our NHL Power Rankings is to lose exactly one game in regulation over a stretch of 18. A 14-0-3 run propelled Vancouver to the No. 1 position in the Western Conference, and they move to the top of our latest Power Rankings. The teams are ranked below, complete with a quick synopsis from...

The NHL Column: Flyers Ready to Strike Before Trade Deadline

Already one of the best teams in the NHL, the Philadelphia Flyers are poised to become deeper and better between now and the trade deadline. A league source tells FanHouse that Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren will exhaust all means necessary to put last year's Stanley Cup finalist in the best position possible for...

Chris Pronger Out After Foot Surgery

It's been a great start for the Philadelphia Flyers as they currently own the top spot in the NHL with 47 points and are riding a four-game winning streak. It wasn't all good news for them on Friday, however, as general manager Paul Holmgren confirmed that their No. 1 defenseman, Chris Pronger, will undergo surgery to...

2010-11 Philadelphia Flyers Preview: No Question Marks at Two of Three Positions

The Philadelphia Flyers are going to hear about their goaltending problems probably until they win the Stanley Cup again, and maybe again after the parade. This is what the Flyers have been about since Ron Hextall won the Conn Smythe Trophy (in a losing cause) in 1987. On the bright side, it sure beats having to deal with...

Flyers' Ian Laperriere All Smiles as Cup Finals Begin

CHICAGO -- Beneath the playoff beard, the face of the man they call Lappy parodies the old Gerry Cheevers goalie mask decorated in stitches. Above it, there's a fresh scar that sliced his eyebrow in half and spiders around his right eye, a pirate's patch scar, stemming from a slapshot that could have left Lappy a...

Paul Holmgren News From the Web

05/20/12 Flyers Notes: Flyers' Giroux, Simmonds, van Riemsdyk... Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia PA The Flyers released their postseason injury report Saturday, and it included three players who recently had surgery, and two players who will have operations this week, according to general manager Paul Holmgren.
05/11/12 Sam Donnellon: Do the Flyers have the right pieces? Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA And yet the way it has ended for him over the last two springs - his offensive-minded men bottled up haplessly in their own end by healthy, defensive-minded teams in Boston and New Jersey - has created not merely seeds of doubt, but weeds of it.
05/11/12 What is Carle's Flyers' future? Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA He is set to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
05/11/12 Holmgren accepts Flyers had âno answer' for Devils Source: Delaware County Daily Times - Primos PA Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren won't spend as much time as his head coach poring over video of what happened in a losing series with the New Jersey Devils.
05/10/12 The Future is Bright Source: NHL - Philadelphia Flyers The Flyers had six rookies in their final-game lineup, and no team got more production from its first-year players than Philadelphia.

Background on Paul Holmgren

Paul Howard Holmgren (born December 2, 1955) is an American former professional ice hockey right winger who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers and Minnesota North Stars.

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