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Peter Laviolette | Center

Team: Philadelphia Flyers
Age / DOB:  (48) / 12/7/1964
Ht / Wt:  6'2' / 190
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Flyers owner Ed Snider has escaped much of the criticism despite not winning a Stanley Cup championship for the last 38 years.
Philadelphia Daily News columnist Sam Donnellon wrote a piece exploring just that. "And at some point you have to ask: Has Ed Snider become our version of Al Davis, his heart in the right place, his head not so much?" Donnellon writes. "Is there something structurally wrong with how the Flyers do things? A philosophy? A lack of one? And if so, does it all trace to its founder and the guy who still calls all the shots?" Philadelphia missed the playoffs with a 23-22-3 record this season. May 7 - 10:15 AM

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Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren emphatically stated that Peter Laviolette will coach the team next season.

You never know with the Flyers, but they're at least saying all the right things about a coach whose stay has been pretty successful except for this rough season.
Apr 28 - 6:36 PM

Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren is tired of answering questions about coach Peter Laviolette's fate.

"I'm not saying a bleeping thing....How many times do I have to tell you I haven't even thought about firing the coach?" Holmgren said. It's no surprise when a general manager defends a struggling coach, but given Holmgren's passionate statement, it seems fair to assume that Laviolette will be back next season.
Apr 27 - 6:27 PM

Flyers GM Paul Holmgren denied that coach Peter Laviolette's job is in jeopardy.

"I haven’t even thought along those lines," Holmgren said. "I think it’s been a difficult year because of the (injury) situation. We haven’t had our whole team all year. I don’t blame the coaches." It looks like Laviolette won't take the fall for the Flyers' disappointing 2012-13 campaign, unless Holmgren gets fired to. Holmgren has been one of the most aggressive general managers in the league and that might have worked against the Philadelphia Flyers in recent years. His pursuit of Ilya Bryzgalov and his trades of Jeff Carter, Mike Richards, and Sergei Bobrovsky in particular have produced controversial results. At the same time, this is just one bad season and a shortened one at that. It wouldn't be surprising to see Holmgren get a chance to turn things around.
Apr 15 - 11:25 AM

The Flyers are undefeated since they unvieled statutes of Philly greats Bobby Clarke and Bernie Parent just over a week ago.

Until 2010, the Flyers' good luck charm was Kate Smith's recording of God Bless America. In games in which the recording was played the Flyers had an amazing 92-28-4 record. However in 2010 and 2011 the team was only 5-5 in games when the song was played. The Flyers have not played the recording this season and may not have to if the statutes remain good luck.
Apr 6 - 11:37 AM

Philadelphia Flyers GM Paul Holmgren is reportedly not in danger of losing his job.

"Look at his body of work. He's done a very good job," said a Philadelphia Inquirer source. "He's not going anywhere." Whether or not he's done a good job is debatable. He's certainly been bold, as evidence by his decision to trade away Jeff Carter and Mike Richards and bet big on goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov. The Philadelphia Flyers are a long shot to make the playoffs at this point, but they were able to eke out a 2-1 shootout win against the New Jersey Devils on Friday. Perhaps they can turn that into the start of a prolonged winning streak.
Mar 18 - 10:49 AM

Philadelphia GM Paul Holmgren is not pleased with his team's compete level right now.

The Flyers own a 12-15-1 record and they currently find themselves five points back of Winnipeg for the final playoff spot in the East. However, Holmgren said he is not considering making a coaching change. He critiqued the club by saying they are "making a lot of mistakes. Some of them are from a lack of competitiveness, and I think our team needs to compete better. I don't think we can let the players off the hook here." Some veteran players, including Kimmo Timonen and Claude Giroux, also said that head coach Peter Laviolette doesn't deserve the blame for their struggles on the ice.
Mar 15 - 8:54 AM

The Flyers entered Tuesday night's match against the Rangers averaging a league-high 17.2 penalty minutes per game.

Philadelphia has been shorthanded 100 times this campaign, which is the most in the NHL, but they are also second in the league at drawing penalties with a total of 99. "I think we've just got to come to the realization that the penalty killing needs to be real good," coach Peter Laviolette said. "I think we should spend more time working on the penalty kill and less time evaluating the penalties." For the record, the Flyers presently own the NHL's eighth-ranked penalty kill unit.
Mar 6 - 12:35 PM

The Philadelphia Flyers have a chance to get to .500 with a win on Monday.

That's of course, not counting their one shootout loss. Either way, Flyers coach Peter Laviolette made it clear that getting back to even can't be the goal. "You have to be so many games over .500 in order to make the playoffs and get a chance to compete for the Cup," Laviolette said. "So we need to get there at some point, and it's good to be home here with some games and get some rest."
Feb 25 - 11:04 AM

Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren and Peter Laviolette were given a vote of confidence Sunday by team president Peter Luuko.

There was some believe that the two were on the hot seat. "Absolutely not," said Luukko, president of the Flyers' parent company, Comcast-Spectacor. "We just need to be patient, and to even think the general manager or coach are in trouble [is false]. It's not an issue." The Flyers are disappointing with a 6-9-1 record, 2-8 on the road.
Feb 18 - 10:54 AM

After starting the year off slowly, the Flyers have a great chance to make up ground in the standings in the final four games of their road trip.

Three of those games involve teams ahead of them in the standings, starting with New Jersey on Friday. "All the games are important -- the two points are important," coach Peter Laviolette said. "We have to continue to climb back into this from the hole we dug early. "We seem to be going down a road that is putting us back on track, but we continue to work regardless of who comes into our building or which building we go into. The most important thing is to keep winning hockey games. Don’t necessarily pick ones which are important or not important."
Source: CSN Philly
Feb 15 - 11:16 AM

Philadelphia's 0-3 start to the 2013 season marks the third time since the franchise began in 1967-68 that the team has dropped their first three games.

The Flyers offense has sputtered out of the game with a mere three goals so far. Their power play has also failed to click, scoring just one time on 15 opportunities. "It has to be better, that's for sure," said newly minted captain Claude Giroux. "I like our group. I like our attitude. We didn't stop playing. We just have to stay with it and bounces will start going our way."
Jan 23 - 11:15 AM

John Paddock has been added as an assistant coach by the Philadelphia Flyers.

He had been working as the team's assistant general manager prior to his latest move as a coach. Paddock is expected to work with the team's defense from the press box.
Jan 14 - 3:26 PM

Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider and President Peter Luukko were named 43rd on the Sports Business Journal's list of the 50 most influential people in sports.

"[Snider and Luukko] led the successful transformation of the old Spectrum site into Xfinity Live!, a retail and entertainment complex," the Sports Business Journal stated. Luukko called it a tremendous honor. Snider and Luukko are also the chairman and president of the Philadelphia Flyers, respectively.
Mon, Dec 17, 2012 10:57:00 AM

Flyers GM Paul Holmgren didn't take advantage of the recent - and now closed - 48 hour window to talk to his players.

He would have only been able to discuss the NHL's recent offer anyways. Flyers president Peter Luukko and/or chairman Ed Snider did speak to some of their players instead. The NHLPA might file a motion seeking an unfair labor charge. Meanwhile, no CBA meetings are scheduled.
Source: cs
Wed, Oct 24, 2012 11:23:00 AM

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