Lasse Kukkonen has cleared waivers and will remain with the Flyers, at least for the time being. With the re-injury suffered by Ossi Väänänen (broken finger) last night, Kukkonen is likely in the starting lineup tomorrow in Montreal.
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Update: 4:35 PM
Last Saturday night, after Tampa beat the Flyers, several Tampa players said it was then-assistant Rick Tocchet that woke the club up after getting dominated in the first period. Barry Melrose had his say, too, but it was clear which guy the players took seriously.
So while I wasn't exactly expecting today's announcement hat Melrose is out and former Flyer Tocchet is in as head coach of the Bolts, I'm not shocked.
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Prospect notes:
* The Phantoms are back in action tonight at the Spectrum, in the front end of a home-and-home with Hershey.
* Several Flyers junior prospects, including Marc-Andre Bourdon and Kevin Marshall are in action tonight in games available via
free webcast.
* A live webcast of James vanRiemsdyk and the rest of his UNH squad in action tonight against UMass-Lowell is available
here. The game starts at 7 PM EST.
* Joacim "Sunshine" Erilsson turned back 24 of 26 today as Brynäs IF's J20 team routed Skellefteå AIK, 9-2.
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