From the Rangers:
RANGERS ROSTER SET FOR 2012 WINTER CLASSIC ALUMNI GAME AGAINST PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
New York, November 25, 2011 – The New York Rangers announced today their roster for the Rangers-Flyers alumni game on Saturday, December 31 at 1:00 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as part of the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic.
The game will feature the return to the ice of Rangers greats Brian Leetch and Adam Graves. Joining Leetch and Graves are Hockey Hall of Famers Glenn Anderson and Mike Gartner, in addition to goaltenders John Vanbiesbrouck and Dan Blackburn, defensemen Dave Maloney, Ron Greschner, Tom Laidlaw, Dale Purinton, Darius Kasparaitis and Mathieu Schneider, and forwards Darren Langdon, Stephane Matteau, Nick Kypreos, Darren Turcotte, Kris King, Brian Mullen, Paul Broten, Ron Duguay, Nick Fotiu and Pat Hickey. Coaches will be Mike Keenan, Emile Francis and Colin Campbell. The Rangers Off-Ice Ambassadors will include Rod Gilbert, Ed Giacomin and Harry Howell.
Beginning at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 28, following the unveiling of the Rangers jersey for the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® on blueshirtsunited.com, fans will have the chance to vote for the starting lineup for the Rangers Alumni team who will be playing in the 2012 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic® Alumni Game. By casting a vote for their favorite former Rangers, fans will automatically be entered to win a host of prizes including Winter Classic jerseys and tickets to the Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic and the Outdoor Alumni Game.
Fans will be able to participate in a live in-game chat during the alumni game on blueshirtsunited.com, as well as follow real-time game coverage via @thenyrangers on Twitter.
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Here is the Flyers’ alumni roster, from Comcast’s Flyers blog (lot of tough guys on both sides; is it possible there would be a fight during the alumni game? Seriously):
Coach: Pat Quinn
Assistant coaches: Keith Primeau, Mike Nykoluk Goalies
Neil Little
Mark LaForest
Defense
Chris Therien
Derian Hatcher
Kjell Samuelsson
Larry Goodenough
Eric Desjardins
Terry Carkner
Joe Watson
Brad Marsh
Mark Howe
Forwards
John LeClair
Jeremy Roenick
Eric Lindros
Mark Recchi
Bobby Clarke
Shjon Podein
Jim Dowd
Orest Kindrachuk
Bob Kelly
Reggie Leach
Bill Barber
Ken Linseman
Brian Propp
Al Hill
71 Comments
First Time, Long Time
Dale Purinton?
I’m going to the game tomm. Will they be wearing home bluesvor the heritage third jersey?
Liam McHugh on NBC announced that the game will be airing on Versus.
not gonna lie, very excited to see glenn andersons name up there.
no Mess?
That’s alot of toughguys!must be worried philthy is gonna goon it up!
No Messier. That’s kind of pathetic, actually. I guess since Gretz bowed out, that was the cool thing to do.
Lots of goons, though.
ilb
shoulder surgery in early december. he hopes to play through it.
asked this question above … seriously, do you think it’s possible there will be a fight during the alumni game? Purinton would do something like that.
Shoulder surgery according to Zipay
Wow, yeah, what ARE the chances there’s a fight at that game? Give the fans what they want?
Oops maybe if I read the whole post i would have seen that Carp already pointed that out..
Carp-would they Really fight during alumni game?
Is Fotiu, Langdon, Kypreos, Purinton and King really enough muscle against the Flyers?
Where are Brashear and Oliwa?
Lot of cheap-shot artists on Flyers (above), too. Hope they don’t officiate with today’s pansification rules, or the game will take 72 hours. No way Bobby Clarke could play 10 seconds with today’s hooking, holding, interference, slashing, cross-checking, high-sticking rules.
Just saw it TR, thanks…
my apologies to the Captain for assuming he wouldn’t play if healthy.
Could Richter’s absence have anything to do with possible fear of another concussion?
Decent chance that Lindros ends up with a concussion even if there’s no fighting. Bob Clarke will give him one if the Rangers don’t anyway.
And Mark Recchi is playing for the Flyers alumni? He should have to be a bit more retired first.
What I wouldn’t do to see a rule 48 doled out on that “rat” Ken linsman. Haha. Lmfao
Is Blackburn gonna play with two blockers? That should be fun. I’m guessing Richter is busy/too broken down?
Would have liked to see Beukeboom instead of Purinton. They should have Kovalev make a trip over from the KHL.
Shanagan may have to talk to both teams before game.
Dan Blackburn? Seriously???
Dan Blackburn is still only 28.
And in checking his age on Wikipedia, there’s a quote from him saying: “Never, I doubt I will ever put goalie pads on again. I don’t have an interest playing net.”
The lure of playing behind Dale Purinton must be enough to change anyone’s mind.
Bure? Gretzky? LaFontaine? Larmer?
Who wouldn’t love to see Ambassador Clarke get his clock cleaned?
No Eddie O??
Edzo will be in the booth!
Think fotiu will launch some pucks into ball park stands. Ahhh the good ole days. FYI. Born in ‘73. Been going to games since can remember. Used to drive fotiu’s mom into city for games. Got me a Barry beck stick but gresh was all time fav ranger. #4 was my first sweater and is my rec league number now. Not for MDZ.
Shame no Muckler, eh Carp?
Too bad Messier is going to play after shoulder surgery. He isn’t going to be able to stick his elbow high enough to where it belongs in this game :-)
“Tom Laidlaw, Dale Purinton, Darius Kasparaitis”
Finesse, skill, and grace…
And surprising to see that even the Flyers alumni team has no goaltending.
I don’t think that they will have a Fight dring an alumni Game. They should showcase the Game in Order to generate more Fans especially when the NBA still locks out their Players….
Beezer to switch after two periods? Where is Sjell Sameulsson? I hope these guys go without the helmets. Maybe the flyers will break out the aweful hockey pants of the mid 80’s
No Vladamir Vorobiev?
Daniel Goneau?
Stephan Quintal?
Christian Dube?
Eddie Mio?
Larry Melnyk?
Bergeron ties it up! 2-2!
11 in a row? Aha, Aha!
No Prucha?
NO CABER??
What are the chances that the our alumni team would be the current Rangers???
Howie Rose just said he was surprised to see nino niederreiter scratched second game in a row. I think Jack Capuano just has problems spelling his name in the scorecard. They need the famous penmanship of Trottier.
No Ron Hextall for the Flyers!!!
Is Joby Messier playing?
LOL! Caber may be on the real Rangers by then!
Kjell Samuelsson was a 6-foot-6 defenseman the Rangers traded to the Flyers (Espo deal) for Bob Froese. Of course, Samuelsson became a very good NHL player for a long time after the trade.
The Flyers’ roster includes one particularly adysmal player.
I was hoping that the Flyers would have played Soderstrom and Salo in net.
At the same time that is.
Maybe Esche will be between the pipes for the Flowers, if he’s not in jail!
Is it Go Time yet?
Barry Richter maybe? He did win a cup with them for crying out loud!!!
No Mike Ricchi?
No McSorley, Kurri, Churla, Flatley, Eakins?
Carp – Yeah and one guy that was Goodenough
Or that true Ranger.. Pavel Bure
Bet you Leetch can still run circles around those clowns
LOL! Shane Churla!
Ilb – I think Leetch would still be a better QB for our PP than any current player in the Org.
No doubt, ilb…Leetch is probably going to be the best player on the ice…
Alexandre Daigle….the best way to throw up yesterday’s turkey.
no doubt, HWirth and ilb.
Mike Richter is apparently waiting for clearance to play … I doubt he’d go in goal, though. Maybe up front.
You Guys mentioning so many Players who are missing… They should have a Second alumni Game :)
Petr Nedved? Pavel Bure? Anson Carter? Roman NDur?
Lisin, Kotalik, Higgins, Jokinen, Gomez?
Remember when we had Doig and Daigle on the same team? LOL!
or my favorite name maybe ever Pear Juice (Per Djoos)
speaking of missing players, how about Dubi, Boyle, AA, they’ve all seemed to be retried recently
Spider – Careful with Nedved – they might try to trade for him again
Dreary?
new post.
Ulanov, Malik, Mironov…geez, our alumni can easily qualify for the NHL Hall of Shame.
Roman Ndur.
Thats classic!!!!!
If Kaspar was picked to play then I’m a little upset that Pilon, Flatley, Bill Berg, Cairns, LaFontaine and Ferraro weren’t.