NHL News and Notes from Thursday, May 11th, 2023

News

• The Philadelphia Flyers announced their new front office hires.
  • The Flyers removed the “interim” tag and named Daniel Briere the General Manager.
  • The also named Keith Jones as President of Hockey Operations.

OFFICIAL: The Flyers have named Keith Jones to the position of President of Hockey Operations and named Daniel Briere to the position of General Manager. https://t.co/LqajwplUfC

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) May 11, 2023

• • The Flyers also released this word salad of a statement before announcing the hiring of Jones and Briere.

Welcome to A New Era of Orange. pic.twitter.com/Oplfwf7u7v

— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) May 11, 2023

• The Connecticut Whale announced that they have reached new terms with defender Allie Munroe.
  • Monroe’s second year of her deal will now see her paid $105,000 for the 2023-24 season.

More things we love to see. 🤩

Munroe and the Whale have reached new terms for the second year of her deal. 🤝
📰 https://t.co/S3GzYgOqHy pic.twitter.com/2fWMC5FV4q

— Connecticut Whale (@CTWhaleHockey) May 11, 2023

• The Boston Pride announced that they have signed forward Alina Muller to a one year deal.

🚨SIGNING NEWS 🚨
Fresh out of @gonuwhockey, Swiss forward Alina Müller joins the Pride! The college sensation finished her career at Northeastern as the all-time leading scorer.

Full Story: https://t.co/s0a3oobmex#PridePHF l @PHF pic.twitter.com/q7l3SXq6j3

— Boston Pride (@TheBostonPride) May 11, 2023

• The Metropolitan Riveters announced that they have re-signed forward Amanda Pelkey and defender Minttu Tuominen.
  • Both players signed one year deals.

The Metropolitan Riveters re-sign team leaders Amanda Pelkey & Minttu Tuominen to a pair of one-year contracts with the club through the 2023-24 Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) season. 🏒👏💪 #womensports #hockey

Details: https://t.co/KGUxwOSlum pic.twitter.com/BBax1UtBzJ

— Metropolitan Riveters (@Riveters) May 11, 2023

• The Minnesota Whitecaps announced that the have signed forward Brooke Bryant to a two year deal.

After a stellar career at @MinnStWHockey and a strong showing at the Battle of the Rig II, the Caps have signed Brooke Bryant to a two-year contract.@bbryant_17 | #RollCaps | 📸: Minnesota State-Mankato

✍️: https://t.co/63furFr1dj pic.twitter.com/EWrOkOPyQL

— Minnesota Whitecaps (@WhitecapsHockey) May 11, 2023

• The NHL Department of Player Safety announced sanctions against the Edmonton Oilers.
  • Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse has been suspended for one game for instigating in the final five minutes of regulation on Wednesday night.
    • The suspension for Nurse is an automatic one game per rule 46.21.
    • Nurse will miss Game 5 on Friday night in Vegas.
  • Oilers head coach Jay Woodcroft was also fined $10,000 under rule 46.21.

Edmonton’s Darnell Nurse has been automatically suspended for one game and Coach Jay Woodcroft has been fined $10,000 under rule 46.21, Instigating in Final Five Minutes of Regulation.

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) May 11, 2023

• DoPS would also announce that Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo would be suspended.
  • Pietrangelo would be suspended for one game for slashing Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl on Wednesday night.
  • Pietrangelo will miss Game 5 on Friday night in Vegas.

Vegas’ Alex Pietrangelo has been suspended for one playoff game for Slashing against Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl.https://t.co/fK1Lswfwz6

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) May 12, 2023

• The NHL announced the finalists for the Vezina Trophy.

Connor Hellebuyck (@NHLJets), Ilya Sorokin (@NYIslanders) and Linus Ullmark (@NHLBruins) are the three finalists for the 2022-23 Vezina Trophy, awarded “to the goaltender adjudged to be the best at his position.” #NHLAwards
#NHLStats: https://t.co/C5DhpYm1yV pic.twitter.com/K6skt01w1I

— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) May 11, 2023

Game Recaps

• New Jersey Devils v. Carolina Hurricanes – 7p ET – Game 5
  • In Raleigh, the Hurricanes look to advance to the East Final and in the first Dawson Mercer’s third gives New Jersey the 1-0 lead. In the second, Jaccob Slavin’s second ties the contest for Carolina but then Timo Meier’s second gives the Devils the 2-1 lead. Brent Burns then scores his second to tie the game for Carolina once more. Then, in overtime, Jesper Fast nets his fifth as the Hurricanes get the 3-2 win over the Devils and advance to the Eastern Conference Final.
• Scott’s TXHT Recap – Canes Drop Devils in OT to Advance

• Seattle Kraken v. Dallas Stars – 930p ET – Game 5
  • In Dallas, the Stars and Kraken each look to take the 3-2 series lead and in the first Dallas gets a pair of goals when Wyatt Johnston scores his third and then Roope Hintz nets his seventh. In the second, Joe Pavelski scores his seventh to give Dallas the 3-2 lead but then Seattle gets a pair when Adam Larsson nets his second and Jared McCann gets his first. Then, in the third Roope Hintz gets his second of the night and Radek Faksa gets his first as the Stars get the 5-2 win and take the 3-2 series lead over the Kraken.

Today’s Games

• FLA v. TOR – 7p ET – Game 5
• EDM v. VGK – 10p ET – Game 5

Noteworthy in Hockey

• With Keith Jones and Daniel Briere, Flyers’ front-office hires look a lot like business as usual (The Athletic – $)
• Hockey Agent Fedotov Shares Tough Truth About Kuznetsov, Says He Needs To Move On From Capitals: ‘He’s Not Interested In Anything’ (The Hockey News)
• Growing The Game: Great Britain’s Div. I-A Victory, AAPI Heritage Month and More (The Hockey News)
• Sources: Ryan Reynolds’ bid for Senators won’t move forward (ESPN)
• Ryan Reynolds and the Remington Group won’t bid on Senators (Ottawa Sun)

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