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Derian Hatcher Retires

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:13:00 -0500

Derian Hatcher announced his retirement today.The post-NHL lockout world was not made for Derian Hatcher, and it showed. But in the years of the ultra-physical, tight checking NHL leading up to that time, Hatcher was one of the biggest, baddest and most feared men in hockey.And one of the most effective. He was a tower of power with Dallas when he captained the Stars to the 1999 Stanley Cup. He

Flyers' Hatcher retires as player, becomes coach

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:01:31 -0500

Flyers' Hatcher retires, joins coaching staff

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:31:36 -0500

Flyers defenseman Derian Hatcher retired Monday, two weeks after knee replacement surgery in effect ended his 16-year career. The 37-year-old former Flyers captain joined the coaching staff as player development coach. "It sounded like the perfect way to stay in the game and see if I like it," Hatcher said. "I will be watching the younger players and making sure everything runs smoothly for them. I will be involved with running the rookie camp this summer.

Philadelphia Flyers' Derian Hatcher retires, joins coaching staff

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:32:40 -0500

Flyers' Hatcher retires, joins coaching staff

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:11:12 -0500

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Flyers defenseman Derian Hatcher retired Monday, two weeks after knee replacement surgery in effect ended his 16-year career. The 37-year-old former Flyers captain joined the coaching staff as player development coach."It sounded like the perfect way to stay in the game and see if I like it," Hatcher said. "I will be watching the younger players and making sure everything runs smoothly for them. I will be involved with running the rookie camp this summer.&...

Flyers' Hatcher retires, joins coaching staff

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:11:07 -0500

Flyers Third Jerseys Hurt My Eyes

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:42:00 -0500

On Tuesday the Philadelphia Flyers unveiled their new third jerseys during an exclusive Season Ticket Holder Meeting, and all I have to say is I hope there were garbage cans or barf bags around because those things are terrible. Sure I understand that the orange jerseys are part of the history of ...

Braydon Coburn out for Game Three

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:21:32 -0500

The Flyers playoff hopes continue to dim today. After losing to the Penguins yesterday to fall into a 2-0 hole in the series, the Flyers learned today that they will play Game 3 without defenseman Braydon Coburn. Coburn took a puck to the face in the first period of Game 2 and had to leave the game. He got 50 stitches on his face around his left eye and lost a lot of blood, making him feel lightheaded. The Flyers have already ruled him out for Game 3, although there is a chance he could retur...

TSN: Caps-Flyers = Good vs. Evil

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:28:19 -0500

Since when has rooting for the Russians been a good thing? - especially since the Russian is in your nation's capital. It didn't work in Rocky IV, Rambo III, The Hunt for Red October, or Miracle. It maybe the Cold War-kid in me, but this talk of the Capitals as a 'Cinderella' team is making me ill. Last night on TSN's playoff preview (shown on the NHL Network in The States), the show's host, James Duthie called the Captials/Flyers first round match-up "old fashioned good versus evil." Here's the clip in which his comments take place at the 4:00 mark. The rest of the panel (Darren Pang, Mike Milbury, and Bob McKenzie) unamiously picked the Caps to win the series. For the "league's hatred of the Flyers," he cited the Flyer suspensions of early in the season. Really? That's all you got? Nothing like living in the past. How about being the league's worst team last season to a 6th seed in the playoffs? Or is that too far in the past to look? The Caps are on a roll and many have compared them to the Colorado Rockies of last season's MLB playoffs. I beg to differ, the long layoff from the Caps last game (Saturday) until the Friday opener is a long time to believe your own hype and lose any momentum you've established. The layoff has help a banged-up Flyer team looking to get back Danny Briere, Jason Smith and Derian Hatcher. Ovechkin is the best player in the league, better than The Wimp from steel-less town, and the Washington Capitals had to pull themselves out of the basement from Thanksgiving. That was a tremendous feat and they deserve credit for that - they beat who was on their schedule. But to compare the schedules of the Flyers and Caps as equals is doing a disservice to the Orange&Black. In March and April, the Washington Capitals played playoff caliber teams only 5 times and faced non-playoff teams, 13 times. The Flyers are even at 9-games with playoff and non-playoff caliber teams (2 of was a home-and-home with a red hot Toronto Leafs team). The Caps play in a terrible Southwest Division (with only one team in the Second Season) while the Flyers play in the tough Atlantic Division which has 4 playoff teams. The national media is picking their darlings to win the series - citing Huet's performance will trump Marty Biron's. Both guys have never played this late in the season before, but Canada is anointing Huet the next Broduer. There is hope Flyer fans. Thanks to FanHouse, "EA Sports predicts who will win each round of the upcoming NHL playoffs, using NHL 08 to simulate the action." The Flyers beat the Caps in 7 games but lose to the Habs in 6. Notes: Per philly.com, Danny Briere will be ready for Game 1 on Friday.

Latest Flyers Injured: Umberger, Hatcher, Jones

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:28:47 -0500

The bad news just keeps coming for the Flyers. In the last three games, not only have the Flyers lost, but they have also had three players injured. Derian Hatcher, Randy Jones and R.J. Umberger are the latest three Flyers to be banged up, and all three are expected to miss some time. Hatcher's injury is the worst of the three. He fractured his right leg while blocking a shot in the Boston game on Saturday. He is expected to miss at least a month, so unless the Flyers go deep into the pl...

Did Derian Hatcher Bite Travis Zajac?

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:33:02 -0500

I can't even believe that I'm going to write this next sentence. But according to New Jersey Devils Travis Zajac, Derian Hatcher of the Philadelphia Flyers bite Zajac's finger during a scrum in front of the net last night.

Upshall In ~ Hatcher Out

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:16:50 -0500

While Upshall is returning, Derian Hatcher will not be. Hatcher will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery tomorrow and will be out a month. No one really knows when Hatcher hurt his knee, but he thinks it was during post-game workouts.