Friday Morning Fly By: Mikey Neuvy, shootout hero.

*Lol shootouts are dumb, but Claude Giroux is a gingery hero of a birthday boy. RECAP!

*So Dave Hakstol healthy scratched Radko Gudas last night. That's a uh....interesting choice. [BSH]

*Does Ron Hextall need to make a trade to fix what's ailing this team? [CSN Philly]

*No. Probably not. [Courier-Post]

*Andrew MacDonald is literally* killing Ivan Provorov. THIS MUST BE STOPPED. [Sons of Penn]

*Mark Streit should be back soon. We'll see how that changes things. [ProHockeyTalk]

*Let's take a look at how the kids up in Allentown did during the month of December. [Highland Park Hockey]

*Speaking of the Phantoms, Sam Morin is getting close the NHL read. [The Morning Call]

*Ahead of tomorrow's Alumni game, let's look back at the Flyers' playoff heroes of years past. [Sports Talk Philly]

*DGB on who is heading in the right direction at the season's halfway point. [Sportsnet]

*And finally, if you do nothing else, watch Ilya Bryzgalov answer fan questions. He's wonderful. [The Players' Tribune]

*not literally