Matt Read RW FA Tue 4/3/12 8:11 AM
Matt Read
RW FA
Matt Read has collected a mere 12 penalty minutes in 76 games during his rookie season.
"Personally, I hate to watch the game," he said. "When you take a penalty, that's two minutes you're not able to get on the ice. I try to limit taking penalties as much as I can. And you want the help the team out, it's hard playing a lot of penalty-kill games. I try to limit as many opportunities as I can, by not getting lazy and putting my stick up in the waist or slashing, little things like that." Read has displayed a solid two-way game this campaign with the Flyers that has seen him score 23 goals and 23 assists, while figuring prominently in the team's penalty kill group and posting a plus-11 rating. He could be a future Lady Byng Trophy candidate if his career continues down that path.