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Tomorrow begins the the crown jewel of Junior Hockey, the Memorial Cup. It pits the three Canadian Hockey League Champions: Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, and the Western Hockey League. The fourth team is pre-determined a year before the tournament as the host team. This year is the OHL turn to host the tournament. The Kitchener Rangers won the right to host the...
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May 17, 2008
The future looks bright for the Philadelphia Flyers. Not only do they have several young stars on their final four NHL team but they have a bunch of young prospects who will be joining the big club in the next few years.
One of their top forward prospects, Claude Giroux, who you might remember from a brief stint with the Flyers earlier in the year, absolutely tore up the QMJHL...
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May 16, 2008
All of the sudden, things are looking a whole lot better for the Flyers. Fresh off their Game Four win last night the Flyers announced that they might have their top two defensemen back in the line-up on Sunday for Game Five.
Braydon Coburn, who missed the last two games after he took a puck to the face, was already likely to return once the swelling around his left eye subsided...
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May 14, 2008
Braydon Coburn returned to practice today for the Flyers in hopes of taking the ice for Game 4 tomorrow night. Coburn missed Game 3 because his eye was swollen shut following the puck to the face he took in Game 2. Coburn will wear a visor to protect his eye, which, as you can see above, looks better but still has a ways to go to fully open back up.
While it would be a great story...
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May 16, 2008
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers could soon be facing off in an outdoor game - held at Penn State's 180,000-seat Beaver Stadium.
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May 15, 2008
The Flyers may be playing their last game of the season tonight. In an effort to shake things up and get a spark, Coach John Stevens has rearranged the Flyers forward lines to look like this:
Richards - Briere - Hartnell
Umberger - Prospal - Lupul
Upshall - Carter - Knuble
Thoresen - Dowd - Kapanen
Braydon Coburn also will not play tonight.
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May 15, 2008
Philly.com and 610 WIP are both reporting that Braydon Coburn is not going to play in tonight's game 4 against the Pittsburgh Penguins. According to Flyers Coach John Stevens,
"We really hoped he could play," Stevens said. "He practiced yesterday, but we made the decision that he is just not ready."
Coburn has been out of action since he was injured...
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May 15, 2008
After taking a three game break, the Flyers decided to show up for a home game Thursday, when they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 to force a game five. The first three contests were really no contest, as the Flyers let the Penguins do pretty much whatever they wished. But in game four the Flyers had a change of heart; in that they decided to play with heart.
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May 14, 2008
Congratulations to Danny Briere for getting a point last night. Well done, sir.
I see the chances of a sweep in this series are a little better than in the Rangers' series. It really appeared like last night's loss took the wind right out of the Flyers. But the Flyers are professionals, they're not going to mail it in, they'll give it everything they got. Having...
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May 16, 2008
Dallas and Philadelphia both fought off elimination, leaving Detroit and Pittsburgh each up 3-1, and heading back home. Can either the Stars or Flyers do the unthinkable and come back from a 3-0 deficit? Find out the chances in the latest AccuScore projections.
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May 16, 2008
The Flyers got some good news last night. Following the Flyers 4-2 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Kimmo Timonen updated his injury with the media. Timonen met with his doctor earlier in the day and was cleared to skate today. According to Timonen,
"I'm going to skate tomorrow. I met [Dr. Ronald Fairman] today and we took another ultrasound. Based on that, the doctor...
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May 15, 2008
The Flyers of the first two rounds showed up tonight when they absolutely had to. Down 3-0 in the series and facing elimination at the hands of their cross-state rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Flyers played inspired hockey and pulled out a 4-2 win to keep their slim Stanley Cup hopes alive.
The Flyers jumped out in the first period and absolutely dominated the Penguins. Feeding...
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May 15, 2008
The Philadelphia Flyers were due for a first period like the one they got tonight.
For once, the Flyers were the ones that got the good bounces.
For once, the Flyers were the ones that didn't get the extra penalty calls.
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