Andreas Lilja

The autopsy isn't official or with a definitive conclusion, but the preliminary results for the cause of playoff death for the 2012 Philadelphia Flyers is simple: they faced a better team with better coaching. As hard as it may be to admit for Flyers...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Scott Hartnell needed every last tick of the clock to score the timeliest of goals for the Flyers.   Hartnell scored his second goal of the game with less than 1 second left in overtime to lift the Philadelphia Flyers to a 3-...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On the western side of Pennsylvania sits The Steel City. On the other side, at least in hockey circles on Friday, sits The Steal City. The new-look Philadelphia Flyers were at it again on Friday, as they tore through the first...

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The Ducks made it official Monday, saying they had agreed to a one-year, one-way contract with free-agent defenseman Andreas Lilja. But the deal, which will pay Lilja $600,000, is not totally complete just yet, and there’s no timetable for when......

The Ducks said all the right things as they prepared for their home opener Wednesday against the Vancouver Canucks. They've got to stay out of the penalty box. They've got to show discipline and teamwork. They’ve got to avoid giving......

The Ducks on Saturday put defenseman Andreas Lilja on the active roster after he received his work visa and assigned defenseman Luca Sbisa to the Syracuse Crunch, Anaheim's primary development affiliate in the AHL. Sbisa, 20, played two games for......

Hello LA Times readers! Well here we go again! Welcome back to the best hockey blog on the West Coast or anywhere else for that matter (haha!), I thank you all for joining me once more. The season is well......

The Kings and Ducks usually seem to be going in opposite directions. When one is playing well, the other is lagging — and they have yet to make the playoffs in the same season. But Monday’s first meeting of the......

In a playoff scramble so tight that the slightest stumble can turn into a major setback, the Ducks on Sunday made too many missteps on defense and in goal to expect to win. Goaltender Dan Ellis’ sub-par performance led Coach......

The Kings held an optional skate Saturday in preparation for their season finale against the Ducks tonight at Staples Center. Most players opted for treatment instead of taking to the ice. Afterward, Coach Terry Murray said team captain Dustin Brown......

Pavel Datsyuk scored with 12 seconds left in the game to give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday night. Detroit pressured the Ducks for much of the last few minutes, finally breaking through when Datsyuk gathered a loose...