NHL Tuesday: Flyers fall to Rangers

On Wednesday, they featured Mr. T.

We’re not kidding. Wearing a “Mr. T” Blackhawks jersey and a red, white and blue bandana, Mr. T stepped up to center ice to take three shots.

When you watch it, it’s amazing he wasn’t injured by the shot.

But the Flyers should be grateful they have such a gritty player in Voracek. One could even say he stuck his neck out for the team.

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Here’s another shot of it. You can tell that Simmonds really had no time to react at all.

Simmonds finally managed to get up on his skates and leave the ice for the dressing room. At this point he hasn’t returned and the Flyers haven’t updated the media on his status. Philadelphia can only hope that he isn’t out with injury for too long.

Well, it was a nice breakaway while it lasted.

Instead, Grabovski got a little too eager. He ended up tripping himself, losing the puck and sending him sliding feebly deep into the zone.

Stamkos received four minutes for his actions, and Kaleta earned a nice embellishment penalty and Oscar nomination for Best Actor from the Academy.

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If Nick Kypreos is correct, then the Leafs are out of luck. Kypreos reported on Twitter on Tuesday that his sources say Kiprusoff has informed Calgary management that if he is traded he will not report to his new team, citing “family reasons.”

This makes sense from Kipper’s side of things. Kiprusoff has lived in Calgary for most of his career and his wife gave birth to their new son Oskar just a few days ago. And telling Flames management this now instead of on deadline day is a classy move on his part.

There are nine games scheduled in the NHL on Tuesday night, with six games featuring Eastern Conference matchups and three games with Western opponents.

Here’s a full look at the schedule and Tuesday night’s starting goaltenders:

While the team has yet to officially announce his status for the contest, his activation from injured reserve improves the odds that he will be playing.

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2. Will Ray Emery remain undefeated this season?

It will be interesting to see if Semin skates any slower now that he is weighed down by all those money bags he received on Monday night. All kidding aside, will the $35 million man do anything special to commemorate his new five-year contract with Carolina?