Category Archives: Stanley Cup Playoffs
Playoff hockey?? Carcillo suspended for game two for gloved punch
In the NHL rulebook, it states that any player engaging in entertaining naughty activity in the final moments of a game can be suspended and the coach of the team be fined. For the Flyers, it was Daniel Carcillo with … Continue reading
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Philabright first round predicitions
Unlike my Aunt, who is a professional prognosticator for Yahoo Sports’ Puck Daddy, I received no such family ESP skill. However, after following the 2008-09 NHL season from day one, I shall provide some predictions to how round one of … Continue reading
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Isles nab first overall selection in 2009 draft
Unlike the bad luck Flyers in 2007, the New York Islanders were the worst team in the NHL and justifiably received the first overall selection in the 2009 NHL entry draft. The lottery selection went into action Tuesday at Scotiabank … Continue reading
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Flyers – Penguins preview
In the past 22 games of the season, the Flyers and Penguins were headed in different directions. The Flyers finished the season going 11-10-1 and Pittsburgh went 16-3-3. But when the rivals take the ice Wednesday in Pittsburgh for the … Continue reading
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Post season schedule set
The bad part about facing the Penguins without home ice advantage is playing in hostile Pittsburgh to start the series. The good side is that the Flyers get to play possibly two afternoon game at home on NBC. The series … Continue reading
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Flyers blow home ice, lose to Rangers 4-3
With the Flyers holding the 3-2 lead going into the final period, the visiting Rangers, with nothing to play for, scored two unanswered third-period goals, to beat the Flyers, 4-3, and drop them to the fifth spot in the Eastern … Continue reading
Filed under 2008-09 season, Stanley Cup Playoffs
Flyers facing rival Pittsburgh in opening round
For most of March and all of April, it seemed as if the Flyers would be facing the Carolina Hurricanes in the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The only variable being who would have home ice. Well on … Continue reading
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Disappearing act: Flyers No Show in game five, Pens Headed to Cup Finals.
To win the uphill battle that would be game five, the Flyers needed big games from their big players and to come out like the season was on the line. What they got however, was a collection of listless play … Continue reading
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Timonen in, Coburn out for game five
The Flyers’ mission to be the first team in 33 years in the NHL to come back from a 3-0 series deficit got a boost Sunday afternoon, when it was oficially declared that defensive captain Kimmo Timonen will be back … Continue reading
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Blood Clot No More? Timonen to Skate? Gagne Return?
Days after being diagnosed with what was expected to be a season ending blood clot in his ankle, Flyers’ number-one defenseman Kimmo Timonen, has made a quicker than expected recovery and will test the severity of his foot numbness Friday. … Continue reading
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