Philadelphia - - The Flyers beat the Oilers 4-1 in a game that had a lot of interesting things going on with both franchises. The last place Oilers were outshot 17-1 in the first period and yet they walked away with a few positives and the Flyers at times were sleep walking through their 4-1 win and some of them felt the win wasn’t very satisfying.

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that defenseman Chris Pronger will undergo surgery this afternoon to repair a broken bone in his right foot, according to general manager Paul Holmgren. In addition, Holmgren also announced that defenseman Matt Walker underwent successful hip surgery on Thursday.

Flames foil Flyers in 3-2 shootout win

The annual post-Thanksgiving matinee down in Philadelphia between the Atlantic Division leading Flyers and the visiting 8-11-2 Calgary Flames turned into a back-and-forth battle that saw the home team unable to put away an opponent who escaped with a much needed win following a gruling overtime and shootout session.

Most hockey fans have heard the name Bernie Nicholls before. He scored 475 goals in the NHL and he averaged more than a point-per-game for his career so if he was talking, I was listening.

Philadelphia - - With time ticking down in a tie game, Chris Pronger took a pass right to the open part of the net and he buried it to give his team the 3-2 lead with 2.1 seconds left! Claude Giroux found him and the veteran did the rest. The Flyers had scored two goals 2:01 apart for the big comeback win against the Central leading Chicago Blackhawks.