One by one, shots were turned away, pucks fired wide or smacked into a glove. With a shootout dragging on toward near-record length, all Marcel Hossa wanted was to get out early. "I didn't want to do any fake moves," Hossa said. "I just wanted to shoot it right away." Hossa took quick aim on Antero Niittymaki and slipped the puck between the pads in the 13th round of a shootout to give the New York...

Flyers defenseman Mike Rathje is out indefinitely because of a herniated disc in his back and will find out next week if he needs surgery. "I had symptoms all last season and basically I can't skate as well as I can," Rathje said before the Flyers' game Saturday night against the Rangers. "I can't shoot as well as I can, and it really drops my play down." Rathje will have more tests Monday to...

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - It did not take long for the Philadelphia Flyers to have a player land on the sidelines.

The No. 1 draft pick was all he was supposed to be for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a dominating performance that gave promise this season won't be like all those bad ones gone by. Only this time it wasn't Sidney Crosby, but goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Fleury, the top pick in 2003 who didn't win the starting job until the final preseason game, turned aside 40 shots and the Penguins played one of their...

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - SportsTicker recently obstructed Philadelphia Flyers left wing Kyle Calder and held him long enough to ask the following questions:

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - SportsTicker recently obstructed Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Denis Gauthier and held him long enough to ask the following questions:

Kris Beech scored with 3:41 remaining in the third period to give the Washington Capitals a 1-0 preseason victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night. Beech circled behind the net and stuffed a wraparound shot past Flyers goalie Robert Esche, who finished with 32 saves. Brent Johnson had 26 saves for the Capitals (3-1-1), who had two victories in four days over Philadelphia (1-5).

Sergei Brylin doesn't want to leave New Jersey and he gave Devils president Lou Lamoriello another reason to keep him on Thursday night. Brylin scored the only goal in a shootout and Martin Brodeur stopped all three Philadelphia attempts to give the Devils a 5-4 victory over the Flyers in a preseason game on Thursday night.

Jamie Heward and Mike Green had a goal and assist each, and Olie Kolzig made 43 saves in the Washington Capitals' 6-1 preseason victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night. Heward, who had abdominal surgery in the offseason, scored on a power play 36 seconds into his first exhibition game this year.

Flyers goalie Antero Niittymaki could miss up to two months because of a hip injury sustained during practice Tuesday. An MRI revealed the torn labrum in his left hip, and Philadelphia general manager Bob Clarke said a decision on whether to operate would be made Wednesday. "If surgery is necessary, it will be six-to-eight weeks before he is back playing," Clarke said.

John LeClair scored a power-play goal with 4:30 to play and Jocelyn Thibault made 18 saves to help the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 in exhibition play Sunday night at John Labatt Centre. Pittsburgh's Ryan Stone opened the scoring at 5:24 of the second period, and Philadelphia's Geoff Sanderson tied it on a power play with 3:19 left in the period.

Mike Fisher scored the second of his two goals on a short-handed breakaway with 1:57 left in the third period to give the Ottawa Senators a 4-3 exhibition victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night. Philadelphia's Simon Gagne had tied it with 3:54 to go with a shot from in close on a power play after Ottawa's Denis Hamel and Chris Neil scored power-play goals in a 1:53 span to give the...

Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne scored power-play goals to lead Philadelphia to a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils in the Flyers' preseason home opener Thursday night. Carter, who also had an assist, put the Flyers (1-1) ahead 1-0 at 4:05 of the first period with a one-timer from the crease after taking a pass from Mike Richards.

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - Ken Hitchcock will be staying behind the Philadelphia Flyers' bench for a while.

Philadelphia coach Ken Hitchcock signed a new three-year contract with the Flyers through 2008-09. Hitchcock, entering his fourth season, is 130-77-39 in the regular season with Philadelphia. He led the Flyers to the conference finals in 2004, where they lost to the Tampa Bay Lightning, who later won the Stanley Cup.

Now the Flyers can call him "Captain Peter the Great." After only one season in Philadelphia, Peter Forsberg was named the 15th captain in team history Thursday, taking over the coveted "C" hours after Keith Primeau retired. The selection was really no surprise. He only hopes he can play with the letter on his sweater opening night.

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - Peter Forsberg is undoubtedly the Philadelphia Flyers' best player on the ice. Now he's also the most important one.

VOORHEES, New Jersey (Ticker) - Keith Primeau left no stone unturned in his desire to play again for the Philadelphia Flyers. But it will not happen.

PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - The Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday signed center Ryan Kesler to a one-year offer sheet.

Free-agent center Ryan Kesler signed a one-year offer sheet with the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday. The Canucks can either match the Flyers' offer or take a second-round pick from the Flyers next year. Kesler, 22, had 10 goals and 13 assists in 82 games with Vancouver last season. In two seasons with the Canucks, the 6-foot-2, 195-pound Kesler had 12 goals and 16 assists in 110 games.