Oodles of Nodl's

The flyers won their 6th straight game Saturday night, knocking off the New York Islanders for the second time in the past week. While Sergei Bobrovsky did record his 6th straight win and the Flyers did improve to an Eastern Conference best 19 points, with a record of 9-4-1, Andreas Nodl made his return.

The Austrian native was out of the past 2 games due to injury. His return saw him scoring his the game winner in a 2-1 win in the Island. His 3rd of the season and his 3rd in the past 4 games. The Saint Cloud State University graduate has only taken 8 shots this season, 3 of them have found their way behind the keeper.

Playing as the Flyers 13th man, and logging on average around 10 minutes a game, Nodl is making his presence felt. While playing D1 college hockey with SCSU Nodl was part of what was the best line in college hockey, where he showcased his vision and hands on a nightly basis.

The future is bright for a player who plays under Laviolette and has full comprehension of how to play both ends of the rink. Andreas Nodl may have solidified himself in this line-up and will be looking to advance.

The Irony

Just re-watched this old Coatsey's corner. Gagne and giroux play on a line with Coats, in Coatesy's dream. Thought this screenshot was a little ironic. Gagne says this to Giroux. Unknowing that he would be sent away after 10 years of service, due to the salary cap.

Flyers at Isles Notes

Mid-game Edition.

-Backstory-
Last time these two met, last Saturday, the Flyers took a 6-1 win in a blowout. the Flyers are on a 5 game winning streak, the Isles are on a 4 game losing streak. Flyers lead the season series 1 to 0.

After 1, 1-0 Flyers. Goal Richards.

-Depth Chart (rough)-
Giroux Richards Wellwood
Carcillo Leino Hartnell
Nodl Carter Zherdev
Powe Betts Shelley

Pronger Carle
Timonen Coburn
O'donnell Meszaros

Bobrovsky Boucher

-Notes-
Nodl and Meszaros are playing their 1st games back off injury.
Briere is serving his 3rd game of his 3 game suspension.
Bobrovsky will try for his 6th straight win, and his 8th of the season.

diPietro is not getting the start after giving up 6 goals last meeting.
Dwayne Roloson is starting.

Do the Roux

Through 13 games, Cladue Giroux leads the Flyers with 14 points. It not just the numbers that are impressive, it's the way he's getting them. 3 of his 7 goals have come shorthanded, 3 on the powerplay. Against the instate rival Pittsburgh Penguins the 22 year old has tallied 3 goals in 3 games. On October 22nd versus the Pens Giroux logged his league leading 3rd game winning goal.

The Flyers are on a 5-game winning streak right now, Giroux is on a 5-game point streak. In this streak Claude has had 4 goals and a total of 9 points.

here's his latest beauty against the Rangers on Thursday:


here's Giroux making Pittsburgh do a collective facepalm:

Bobrovsky rising in the Ranks

Spotlighted on NHL.com today is an article about young Sergei Bobrovsky. The 22 year old is 7-2-0 this season with a GAA of 2.23. Bobrovsky may have put in his bid for the starting job even when Michael Leighton is healthy.

Here's a piece from that article:

"I didn't know who he was in camp, but he spent the last two years in KHL (with Metallurg Novokuznetsk), so it wasn't like he was coming into the League as a kid only seeing junior hockey players shoot," Flyers defenseman Sean O'Donnell said. "He's played against men in the KHL. He's played against (Alexei) Yashin and (Jaromir) Jagr. He's a hard worker and willing to do whatever it takes to succeed. I'm always a little surprised when someone comes in out of nowhere, but look at the time he's put in the last couple of years and where he's come from … it's not like he's an unknown coming from junior and standing on his head. He's a 22-year-old young man who put his time in and has seen good results."
-Sean O'Donnell on Bobs

The full article can be found on NHL.com entitled Hard work has Bobrovsky no longer an unknown by Mike G. Morreale.

Bobrovsky is currently tied for 2nd in the league with wins, with 7. His 2.23 GAA lands him at tenth, but he is 7th among starting goalies. The .921 save percentage he's posted through 9 games ranks him 12th in the league, 7th among starters.

In his short career the youngster has already out-dueled Hendrick Lundqvist, Marc-Andre Fleury, Craig Anderson, and Ryan Miller. Not a bad line at all for a 22 year old playing in his 1st year of North American Hockey.

Briere Suspended 3 Games

Danny Briere has been suspended for cross checking Frans Nielsen of the NY Islanders in the head on Saturday. Briere is currently tied for the Flyers leading scorer with Giroux, both have 6 goals. Briere's suspension will mean the line of him, Hartnell, and Leino will be seperated for the first time since the Eastern Conference Semi- Finals last season.

Briere talks about the suspension today:


Here what meritted the suspension:

Weekend Recap: Winning Ways Return

Right now the Flyers are up 2-1 versus the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2nd, currently on CSN Philly. The Flyers won their last 3 games including back to back game against the Islanders and Penguins.

Sergei Bobrovsky stole the W in both games and his record sits at 5-2-0. The Flyers won a tight on on Friday 3-2, mostly due to the strong play of Bobrovsky and the 2 goal performace by Claude Giroux.

Saturday's game was loaded with everything you could want. Lots of Flyers goals, 2 each by Pronger and Carter. Timonen and Nodl each picked up a goal as well. Dipietro even dropped the gloves with Briere, who didnt drop his and skated away.