Flyers sign defensive prospect Gustafsson

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have signed 5’11”, 195-pound defenseman Erik Gustafsson from Northern Michigan University to a future contract which will begin at the start of the 2010-11 season, according to club General Manager Paul Holmgren. Gustafsson, 22, recently completed his third season of play for the Northern Michigan University Wildcats of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), where he registered 32 points (3G,29A) and 26 penalty minutes in 39 games. He also served as team captain for the Wildcats, while also leading all CCHA defensemen in scoring with 32 points, while his 29 assists led all CCHA defensemen and tied for third overall among all CCHA players. For the second consecutive season, Gustafsson was named the CCHA’s Best Offensive Defenseman. In his three seasons with Northern Michigan (2007-08 to 2009-10), the native of Kvissleby, Sweden recorded 93 points (7G,86A) in 123 games for the Wildcats. In 2008-09, he led the team in assists (30) and was named to the CCHA All-Conference First Team and won his first CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman award. He was also named to the CCHA All-Rookie Team in 2007-08.

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Do Nothing. Win Nintendo/Sega Giroux Shirt

Alright ya'll, here's the points set up for the last week of T-shirt Thursday!!! Aughughughuh!!!! o Goals worth 2 points and assists worth 1. Here are the bonuses: Gagne, Briere, Richards (x1) Leino, Hartnell, Giroux (x2) Powe, JVR, Asham (x3) Betts, Lappy (x5) Cote, Call Up (SUPERBONUS x10) Pronger, Timonen (x1) Coburn, Carle (x2) Krajicek (x3) Bartulis (x4) Parent, Call Up (x5) You choose someone who ends up not playing you have to live with that for the REST OF YOUR LIFE. Pick any 3 forwards at all and any 2 defensemen and send them into [email protected] . Also don't forget to guess how many PIMs the Flyers will have for a tie breaker - closest without going over Price is Right kind of thing. I know this has changed since previous contests but this is probably the easiest way to do it. Any questions hit us up on our Facebook Group, in the comments, or on the Twitter.

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Who Was That Masked Man?

Not to beat a dead goalie to death but ... I find it amusing, if not downright sick, that the Flyers are so t-h-i-n in goal, they conducted practice today at Skate Zone with a guy they picked up off the street. He was wearing bright-yellow pads, which looked very familiar to me since I have a 4-year-old grandson - SpongeBob Squarepants pads! Who was that goalie, I asked Lavvy? "I don

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Faced With A Barren 2010 NHL Draft, Flyers Continue With Plan B

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It’s nice to see the Flyers being so aggressive in their pursuit of college UFAs in advance of the 2010 NHL draft where, thanks to several trades, Philadelphia will choose no higher than the third round (unless the Flyers win the Stanley Cup this season, in which the team’s third round pick will become a

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The Final Stretch

So we are coming down to the final stretch of the season. We have six games left and only two of those games are against teams currently in a playoff position. The first of which is on Friday against the Habs and then the game of the week on Sunday against the Wings. We are only two points up on the ninth place Thrashers but sit in sixth spot. So things are more than tight. Tomorrow nights game is very important for the Flyers. They need to play like they did against the Devils not the one against the hated Pens. Lavy will have to juggle the lines again with Carcillo out of the lineup for the next two games.

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The Final Stretch