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Tuesday, 25 October 2011 03:21

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Penguins

-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins forward Eric Tangradi (above) survived another hit to the head Saturday.

-Dan Bylsma speaks:

-Ben Lovejoy speaks:

-Paul Martin speaks:

-The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins released forward Devin DiDiomete from his professional tryout contract.

-Forward prospect Beau Bennett has had a big jump in production from his freshman to his sophomore year at Denver University.

-Happy 77 th birthday to former Penguins forward Earl Ingarfield, Sr., the second captain in franchise history. Claimed from the Rangers in the 1967 expansion draft, Ingarfield spent parts of two seasons in Pittsburgh. With the inagural Penguins team in 1967-68, Ingarfield, the first player to wear No. 10 in franchise history, appeared in 50 games and score 34 points. After 40 games and 23 points in 1968-69, Ingarfield was traded along with Gene Ubriaco and Dick Mattiussi to the Oakland Seals in exchange for Bryan Watson, George Swarbrick and Tracy Pratt. In 90 games with the Penguins, Ingarfield scored 60 points.

-Happy 42nd birthday to former Penguins forward Josef Beranek (right). Beranek originally came to the Penguins at the 1997 trade deadline from Vancouver in exchange for future considerations. He finished 1996-97 by appearing in eight games and scoring four points. He appeared in all five of the team's postseason games that season and failed to record a point. After spending the entire 1997-98 season with HC Petra Vsetin in the Czech Republic, Beranek was traded to the Oilers in the 1998 offseason in exchange for Bobby Dollas and Tony Hrkac. He returned to the Penguins at the 2000 trade deadline when the Penguins acquired him from Edmonton in exchange for German Titov. Beranek finished 1999-2000 by playing in 13 games for the Penguins and recording eight points. He appeared in 11 postseason games that season and netted three points. His final NHL season was 2000-01.  He saw action in 70 games for the Penguins and scored 23 points. In the 2001 postseason, Beranek played in 13 games and recorded two points. In the 2001 offseason, he joined HC Slavia Praha in the Czech Republic. In 91 regular season games for the Penguins, Beranek scored 35 points. In 29 postseason games, he recorded five assists.

Atlantic Division

-Former Penguins captain Jaromir Jagr and Scott Hartnell each recorded two goals and an assist for the Flyers in a 4-2 win against the Maple Leafs. Fire Craig Patrick. Claude Giroux and Kimmo Timonen each netted two assists for Philadelphia while Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 save sin the victory.

-Jagr's first goal:

-Jagr's second goal:

-Jagr actually had a third breakaway but was turned away by Toronto's Jonas Gustavsson:

-"It had been 15 years and nobody did it. I thought it'd be kind of nice to do it again after 15 years." - Jagr on his patented "salute" celebration. Jagr scored his first goals of the season.

-Jagr and his salute:

-Flyers captain Chris Pronger left the game after taking a stick to the eye:

-Scary times for Pronger:

-Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said Pronger will wear a visor when he returns to the lineup.

-Bobrovsky kept his eyes on this puck:

-Happy times for Jagr:

-Former Penguins forward Ruslan Fedotenko had a goal and an assist for the Rangers in a 2-1 win at Winnipeg. Dan Girardi recorded two assists for New York while Martin Biron made 27 saves in the victory.

-If you can imagine such a thing, ticket sales for the Winter Classic aren't being handled smoothly.

Northeast Division

-Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson (right) is dealing with an ailing hip flexor.

-Ottawa recalled forward Kaspars Daugavins from Binghamton of the AHL.

-Sabres forward Tyler Ennis is dealing with an ankle injury.

-The Bruins recalled forward Jordan Caron from Providence of the AHL.

-The Maple Leafs recalled goaltender goaltender Ben Scrivens from Toronto of the AHL.

Southeat Division

-Jacob Markstrom made 40 saves for the Panthers in a 2-1 defeat of the Canadiens. Montreal has lost its first five home games for the first time in franchise history.

-Saves of the Night: Markstrom:

-Montreal's Peter Budaj had issues with this puck:

-Panthers forward Mikael Samuelsson has not joined the team following this weekend's trade from the Canucks in order to rehab an injury in Vancouver.

-The Panthers demoted forward Brackens Kearns to San Antonio of the AHL.

-Capitals defenseman Mike Green is dealing with an ankle injury.

-Because the real one is such a treat to look at, Madame Tussauds wax museum decided to make a sculpture of Alex Ovechkin:

-The Hurricanes recalled defenseman Justin Faulk from Charlotte of the AHL.

Central Division

-The Red Wings recalled goaltender Joey MacDonald from Grand Rapids of the AHL.

Northwest Division

-Color us shocked that the terms "Yeo" and "ineffective power play" would ever appear in the same headline.

-The Flames have re-united their OMG Line of Olli Jokinen (right), David Moss and Curtis Glencross.

-New Canucks forward David Booth is in for a "slight" change in terms of hockey markets going from Florida to Vancouver.

Pacific Division

-The Ducks recalled forward Patrick Maroon from Syracuse of the AHL.

Norris Division

-The University of Alabama-Huntsville will end its Division I hockey program after this season.

(Photos: Tangradi-Jim McIsaac/Getty Images; Beranek-Penguins Hockey Cards; Maple Leafs/Flyers-Bruce Bennett/Getty Images and Tom Mihalek/Associated Press; Alfredsson-Photobucket; Panthers/Canadiens-Richard Wolowicz/Getty Images; Jokinen-Dave Sandford/Getty Images)

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