With less than five minutes to play in the third period, the Washington Capitals took the dominating 4-2 lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins with the third goal of the night from Alex Ovechkin. As the hats came flying off at the Verizon Center in celebration of the hat trick from their beloved superstar, Penguins’ captain [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Stanley Cup Playoffs’
April 25, 2009
Collapse! Flyers blow three-goal lead to end season
At one point in the contest, the Flyers were booking their flight to Pittsburgh for game seven. But with four unanswered goals and more power play impotency from Philly, the Flyers dropped the game in front of a national audience, ending their season in devastating fashion, while the Penguins advance to face the winner of [...]
April 25, 2009
Bad JuJu: Lauren Hart to miss game
Due to the poorly timed trip to Ethiopia to adopt a child with her husband Todd Carmichael, Flyers’ anthem singer Lauren Hart will be absent for game six, as the Flyers take on Pittsburgh at the Wachovia Center.
It is the first time in eight seasons that Hart will be unable to perform live. The [...]
April 24, 2009
Flyers need more “G” to win
Anyone watching the Flyers – Penguins opening round playoff series, would be hard pressed to say that Philly rookie Claude Giroux, the kid the rest of the players simply call “G”, has not been the Flyers’ best player.
He is second on the team with two playoff goals and is tied for first on the team [...]
April 22, 2009
Optimistic Flyers not giving up on series
Down 3-1 in the opening round of the post season, the Flyers would need a miracle to not be eliminated. But don’t tell the players, who wrongly believe they’ve gotten jobbed out the series thus far and still have a shot.
“We could be up 3-1 instead of down 3-1,” said Flyers’ forward Danny Briere. “But, [...]
April 20, 2009
Pens can’t touch Timonen’s spirit
Since game one, the Penguins have had the strategy of trying to destroy Flyers’ defenseman Kimmo Timonen, every time the 5-foot-10, 175 lbs. Finn touches the puck. But however smart the strategy is, Timonen has not been phased.
The hardest hit came early in game three at the hands of Chris Kunitz. As Timonen skated toward [...]
April 20, 2009
Ovy gets the boot from Rangers’ practice
After losing the first two games at home in their series with the New York Rangers, the Capitals are desperate for answers. So much so, that captain Alex Ovechkin was caught attempting to watch the Rangers practice at Madison Square Garden.
After just a few moments of observing, Rangers’ coach John Tororella asked Ovechkin to leave. [...]
April 20, 2009
Ross puts Huntsville on the map in NHL playoffs
If someone saw Flyers’ forward Jared Ross in the supermarket, they may mistake him for a bagger or cashier. But the diminutive 26-year old with a boyish face and 5-foot-9, 170 lbs. frame has not only played in the NHL, but has done something no one else, big or small, has ever done: Be a [...]
April 19, 2009
Flyers show depth in first win vs Pens
For rookie Claude Giroux, it was a game of firsts.
In front of a national audience in a must-win postseason game, many youngsters may be timid. But not Giroux. The rookie out of Gatineau scored his first playoff NHL goal and assist and even had time to get in his first fight, which he won via [...]
April 17, 2009
Sbisa in for Carcillo at forward
The Flyers have announced that rookie Luca Sbisa will replace suspended Daniel Carcillo as forward for game two of the Flyers – Penguins first-round series. Naturally a defenseman, Sbisa has played forward on the fourth line sparingly for the Flyers during the regular season. It will be his first career NHL playoff game.
With Kimmo Timonen [...]
