Stanley Cup 2012 — Philadelphia Flyers
Stanley Cup 2012 — Philadelphia Flyers
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Stanley Cup 2012
Jagr, defence among Flyers' offseason question marks
The consensus among the Philadelphia Flyers was that they were beaten by a quicker team that had more resolve than they did, for whatever reason. Meanwhile, Jaromir Jagr hasn't made a decision on his playing future.
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Opportunistic Devils take advantage of Flyers' mistakes
In the end, the Devils took advantage of every mistake, however trivial, that the Flyers committed and what should have been a routine dump into the corner for a
breakout became the game-winning and series clinching goal for the New
Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
- Justin Piercy Did You See That: Anton Volchenkov left crumpled by Flyers New Jersey Devils defenceman Anton Volchenkov dished it out, but then he took it back two-fold from the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 on Tuesday.
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Disciplined Devils look to put away Flyers
The Devils' disciplined play - it begins with general manager Lou Lamoriello and trickles down to every aspect of New Jersey's organization - has frustrated the Flyers, who would prefer several minutes every game of street fight to get their collective juices going.
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Flyers' Giroux wants to 'move on' from suspension
Flyers forward Giroux, who has never been suspended, will miss Game 5 - an elimination game for the Flyers -- against the Devils on Tuesday. Later, Giroux released a brief statement saying he "respected" the league's decision and wanted to 'move on.'
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Hungry Devils leave Flyers flummoxed
After four games of the Eastern Conference semifinal series, the New Jersey Devils will to compete has driven the Philadelphia Flyers into the ice.
- Justin Piercy Did You See That: Giroux's check to the head of Zubrus The dying seconds of the second period in Newark, N.J. on Sunday night featured a nasty hit by Claude Giroux on the Devils' Dainus Zubrus.
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Spry Brodeur wants win for birthday celebration
Although New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur turns 40 on today, he'll still be one of the team's leaders when the Devils host the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 4 Sunday night (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7:30 p .m. ET)
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Devils getting into Flyers' heads
Game 4 on Sunday night (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7:30 p.m. ET) will say volumes whether the Philadelphia Flyers are ready to get back into this series against the New Jersey Devils or just waiting to fade into the spring night.
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Flyers need to regain playoff form
It's hard to figure out what has become of the Flyers in this series because the team that has shown up on the ice for Games 2 and 3 doesn't even resemble the team that overcome Pittsburgh in the first round.
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Kovalchuk's return a driving force in Devils' win
The Flyers attempted a five-man change with Devils forward Ilya Kovachuk
on the ice in the final three minutes of OT and that led to Alexei
Ponikarovsky's game winner. Kovalchuk had a goal and two assists in the game, playing with a bad disk in his back.
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Devils' Ilya Kovalchuk 'ready to go' for Game 3
New Jersey Devils right-winger Ilya Kovalchuk says his injured back has responded to treatment and he wants to play in Game 3 against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7:30 p.m. ET).
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Devils look to build off strong all-around game
The New Jersey Devils' handling of Philadelphia in Game 2 without sniper Ilya Kovalchuk was eye-opening, to say the least. Now, can they take advantage of having regained home ice in the NHL Eastern Conference semifinal?
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Devils dominant in stifling Flyers
The New Jersey Devils won 4-1 on Tuesday,
pasting the Philadelphia Flyers into their own end with Gorilla glue and not
allowing them to see the neutral zone, much less within 50 feet of
Devils goalie Marty Brodeur for most of three periods.
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Flyers can't let up vs. Kovalchuk-less Devils: Briere
The absence of New Jersey Devils' sniper Ilya Kovalchuk for Tuesday's Game 2 in their NHL Eastern Conference semifinal is obviously good news for Philadelphia, no? "They're still a dangerous team," says Flyers forward Danny Briere.
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Flyers' Grossmann, Coburn shut-down pairing
Nicklas Grossmann returned to the Flyers lineup for Game 1 and was back
with usual defence partner Braydon Coburn as the shut down pair against
New Jersey Devils sniper Ilya Kovalchuk.
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Flyers' Briere continues playoff prowess
Flyers forward Briere now has 49 career playoff goals and pocketed his third overtime game-winner in the 4-3 final in which the Flyers outplayed the Devils from the second period to the finish on Sunday.
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Devils switch up lines ahead of Game 1 in Philly
While it's not unusual to see coaches make a minor adjustment of a player or two on lines before the start of a Stanley Cup playoff series, the New Jersey Devils changed three of their four lines during Saturday's late afternoon practice ahead of Game 1 Sunday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 3 p.m. ET).
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- Daniel Paille snapped a tie with 3:31 left in the third period, and the Boston Bruins put the New York Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night.
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- Luke Glendening's goal at 15:57 of the third period spelled the end of Toronto's season as the Grand Rapids Griffins rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the third period to beat the Marlies 4-3 on Tuesday, and win the AHL Western Conference semifinal 4-2.
- Jimmy Howard in a groove for Red Wings
- Jimmy Howard has held top-seeded Chicago to only one goal in two straight games, lifting seventh-seeded Detroit to a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-seven NHL Western Conference semifinal.
- blog Rangers' Tortorella expects better from Girardi on home ice
- Rangers coach John Tortorella expects stalwart defenceman Dan Girardi is "going to play his best game" on Tuesday night after Girardi was on the ice for all five Bruins goals in Game 2.
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