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Captain Pronger: Leading the Ship

September 10, 2011

Philadelphia, PA (AP) - He may or may not be ready for Opening Night in Boston, but the Flyers will have a new captain. The team announced via Twitter that they have named Chris Pronger as the 18th captain in club history.
 
Pronger, 36, was the clear-cut favorite to wear the ‘C’ after Mike Richards was traded on June 23. Ever since he arrived to the organization, Pronger has been the vocal leader in the locker room and took on the leadership duties regardless of whether he was wearing a letter on his jersey.
 
He was captain of the St. Louis Blues from 1997 to 2003 and was named captain of the Anaheim Ducks for the 2007-08 season.
 
The team announced that Danny Briere and Kimmo Timonen would be the team’s alternate captains.
 
Timonen had been wearing the ‘A’ for the Flyers for a couple seasons and was the captain of the Nashville Predators before joining the Flyers. Briere, who also has experience as a captain, will wear the ‘A’ regularly for the first time.

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Atlantic Division Standings
TEAM GP
 W-L-OT
 PTS GF GA
  39
 25-13-1 51
 97
 87
38
 20-14-4 44
 117
 104
39
 18-14-7 43
 124
 120
40
 15-22-3 33
 122
 145
39
 9-23-7 25
 95
 142

January 2012 Schedule
SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT
1 2

W 3-0 		3 4 5

L 1-2 		6 7

L 1-2
8
L 2-5 		9 10

W 2-1 		11 12

7:00 		13 14

8:00
15 16 17

7:00 		18 19

7:00 		20 21

1:00
22

3:00 		23 24

7:30 		25 26 27 28
29 30 31

7:00 		       
HOME AWAY
Home Away Last 10
14-4-0 12-10-1 5-5-0

NHL RANKINGS - UPDATED: 1/7/12
gfpg gapg ppg shg
2.49
 2.23
 20
 0
27th 2nd 30th T-25th
ppga shga pp %
 		pk %
21
 1
 24.1%
 75.3%
1st T-5th
 3rd
 29th
Team Leaders 
SKATERS GP G A PTS +/-
Matthew Carle 36
 10
 13
 23
 11
Scott Hartnell 36 10
 13
 23
 8
J. van Riemsdyk 36
 15
 5
 20
 2
Daniel Briere
 36
 9
 11
 20
 7
Maxime Talbot
 36
 5
 13
 18
 1
K. Timonen
 35
 1
 15
 16
 11
Claude Giroux 36
 7
 8
 15
 3
Chris Pronger 35
 2
 12
 14
 -5
Jakub Voracek 36
 7
 4
 11
 1
Andrej Meszaros 36
 1
 9
 10
 1
GOALIES GP W-L GAA SO SV %
Sergei Bobrovsky 8
 4-2
 2.42 1
 .921
Ilya Bryzgalov
 30
 20-10 2.17 4 .933
NHL Leaders - Skaters

Stat Player Total
G I. Kovalchuk (NJ) 32
A E. Staal (CAR) 40
PTS E. Staal (CAR) 63
PIM Z. Konopka (OTT) 122
+/- O. Jokinen (CGY) 21
NHL Leaders - Goalies

Stat Player Total
GAA C. Ward (CAR) 1.78
W C. Ward (CAR) 24
SV % C. Ward (CAR) .940
SO J. Reimer (TOR) 6
MIN C. Ward (CAR) 1984:5