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Meltzer's Musings: Sunday Quick Hits

February 23, 2014, 11:42 AM ET [107 Comments]
Bill Meltzer
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SUNDAY QUICK HITS

* With the exception of Kimmo Timonen, who won a bronze medal at the Olympics with Team Finland yesterday, the Flyers will have their full contingent of players at practice today in Voorhees. The season resumes on Thursday, when the Flyers play host to the San Jose Sharks at the Wells Fargo Center.

* The NHL trade freeze ends at midnight tonight. The NHL trade deadline is on March 5 at 3 p.m. eastern time. Philly will play three games before then.

* Timonen's bronze in Sochi is the fourth Olympic medal of the five-time Olympian and four-time NHL All-Star's career. In the bronze medal game against Team USA, Timonen played 18:14 of ice time over 22 shifts.He recovered nicely from his first period gaffe (knocking a broken stick on the ice toward the side boards and into the puck carrier) that led to the first of Patrick Kane's two unsuccessful penalty shot attempts. For the six games in the tournament, Timonen had two assists, was a plus-two and averaged a shade over 18 minutes of ice time. He has previously won bronze in the 1998 and 2010 Olympics and a silver in 2006.

* Today in Flyers history: Thirty years ago today, the Flyers traded Paul Holmgren to the Minnesota North Stars. They received the rights to Paul Guay & 1985 3rd Rounder (Darryl Gilmour).

* Coming tomorrow: A look at three key areas the Flyers need to improve down the stretch.

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CASINO ROYALE FUNDRAISER WITH FLYERS ALUMNI

On Sunday March 9 starting at 5 p.m. Abrams Hebrew Academy will hold its annual Fund Raising Dinner and Casino Royale Night at Congregation Beth El in Yardley, PA. Special guests for the night will include Bernie Parent, Brian Propp, Bill Clement, Joe Watson and Bob "the Hound" Kelly.

Apart from the dinner and casino event, there will also be a host of items available via auction, including a signed stick by all three members of the Flyers' legendary LCB line (Reggie Leach and Hall of Famers Bob Clarke and Bill Barber), boxes of Bernie Parent's signature cigar line, a handsome Clarke lithograph and many more goodies.

All proceeds go to benefit the school. My nephew, Sammy Sherman, attends Abrams and my sister, Liza, helped to organize the event and line up the Flyers alumni guests. The slogan for the event is "Help Abrams Make Its Goal."

For more information, click here.


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