Bobby Ryan News: Pro Sports Daily

U.S. rides Ryan express past Switzerland

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February 17

Orange County Register

"This Olympic hockey tournament ends in 11 days. By then Ron Wilson hopes he's learned all the names. "Too many damn Ryans," the U.S. coach said. "I yell Ryan and five guys turn around. I'm going to have to find out what their nicknames are. If someone doesn't have one, make one up." He can start with this reminder: There's only one Bobby. The Americans were struggling with the Swiss today - they're great in the neutral zone, you know - in Game 1 of the competition. But then Bobby Ryan and linemate David Backes went to the sideboards to free up pucks. After Ryan did it, he skated immediately to center, to see if he could scavange anything that came loose."

Full disclosure lets Ryan keep focus on hockey

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February 16

Orange County Register

"Bobby Ryan never has run from his yesterdays. They insist on chasing him anyway. The official Olympic biographies are normally terse: Sven Svensen, 28, Norway, ski jumper, Oslo. That type of thing. But Ryan's official Olympic biography recites chapter and verse on his childhood ordeal. It's the story that followed him through junior hockey and into the NHL. It did so primarily because he told it himself. "There's certainly no skeletons in my closet," Ryan said Monday, when the U.S. team convened at the arena for its first practice. The Cliff's Notes version: Bob Stevenson beat up his wife, Melody, one night in Cherry Hill, N.J. and fled to California before his trial date. Melody and ..."

Bobby Ryan will more than likely stay in Anaheim

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February 1

Los Angeles Times

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"Murray also deflated persistent rumors that speculate he will trade winger Bobby Ryan, who is eligible for restricted free agency after this season. "Unequivocally I have not talked to anybody about trading him," Murray said. "Anybody I talk to I gave a list of people I'm not going to trade, and he's one of them.""

Ducks' Ryan could face discipline

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January 15

Orange County Register

"The NHL may take a further look at a hit Ducks winger Bobby Ryan made on Kings forward Oscar Moller in the late stages of the Kings' 4-0 win Thursday and determine whether Ryan be disciplined. Ryan could face a suspension for taking a run at Moller and ramming him into the glass behind the Ducks' net with 7.1 seconds left in the game. He was given a minor penalty for roughing, a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct. After the game, Ryan said he expects the league will look at the hit but doesn't believe he will be disciplined. "I'd be very surprised," Ryan said. "I coasted for 10 feet before I hit him. I did definitely take some strides in that direction. But I came in and ..."

Ducks' Ryan 'thrilled' to make Team USA

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January 2

Orange County Register

"Brian Burke has made a few important telephone calls to Bobby Ryan over the years, and the news he delivered in those conversations has cut both ways. Before the Ducks practiced Friday morning, Burke gave Ryan more life-changing news that the young winger has hoped he would get since he was growing up in southern New Jersey. Ryan, 22, was selected to the 23-man U.S. Olympic men's hockey team that will compete in the Winter Games next month in Vancouver. It's his first such selection and his first international competition since the 2006 World Junior Championships. "I'm thrilled," he said. "It's an unbelievable feeling. It's the dream of any American player to be able to represent his team ..."

Anaheim's Bobby Ryan comes home

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October 11

Philadelphia Inquirer

"For Bobby Ryan, last night was a homecoming.Ryan grew up in Cherry Hill and was a Flyers season-ticket holder before moving to California when he was 11. He has dreamed of playing at the Wachovia Center.Last night, he got his wish.Now an emerging winger with the Anaheim Ducks, Ryan played in Philadelphia for the first time in a career that began last season, when he scored 31 goals and was second in rookie-of-the-year voting."It's been a long time to come home and play here before a lot of my friends and my family," said Ryan, 22, who estimated he had close to 150 friends and relatives at the game.Also returning last night: Anaheim right winger Joffrey Lupul and defenseman Luca Sbisa, two ..."

Ryan's Hope

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October 10

Camden Courier-Post

"Since he can remember, Bobby Ryan has always wanted to play in the Wachovia Center. "I remember running around my basement in Cherry Hill pretending I was Pelle Eklund," Ryan said Friday, while riding the Anaheim Ducks' team bus to the South Philadelphia sports complex, where he first saw Eklund, Rick Tocchet and Eric Lindros play for the Flyers. "And I loved that old Legion of Doom line," he said. Tonight, the greatest hockey player ever to come out of South Jersey will suit up for the Ducks and skate onto the Wachovia Center ice in front of more than 100 friends and family members. "I'm excited," Ryan said, while riding the bus alongside new Ducks teammate and former Flyers defenseman ..."