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| Preds put win streak on the line in Philly |
NHL Hockey |
03/07/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The sizzling Nashville Predators will try to extend their season-high winning streak to seven games when they visit the struggling Philadelphia Flyers for tonight's interconference battle at the Wachovia Center. The Predators beat Columbus on Thursday to post their first six-game winning streak since January 5-15, 2007. Nashville last won seven in a row during a franchise-record eight-game win streak to begin the 2005-06 campaign. Nashville's hot streak has allowed the club to break into the We |
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| Flyers F Briere day-to-day with groin injury |
NHL Hockey |
03/06/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia Flyers forward Danny Briere is considered day-to-day after suffering a groin injury in Thursday's 5-1 loss to the Calgary Flames. Briere is not likely to play Saturday against Nashville, but the injury is apparently not as serious as was thought Thursday night. Briere underwent an examination Friday morning, during which he was told adhesions from a previous groin surgery had broken and he had some internal bleeding -- but that those symptoms weren't uncommon. Brie |
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| Flyers F Briere suffers groin injury |
NHL Hockey |
03/05/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Philadelphia Flyers forward Danny Briere left Thursday's 5-1 loss to the Calgary Flames with a groin injury. "Right now all we know is that he tweaked his groin again and we'll see how it is tomorrow," said Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren. "For this to come at this point of our season is not good news." The club had announced last Saturday that Briere was activated from injured reserve after missing 36 games with the lingering effects of a groin strain, which included expl |
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| New-look Flames visit Flyers |
NHL Hockey |
03/05/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Calgary Flames hope to show off the most-prized acquisition to come out of this year's trade deadline when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers for an interconference clash at Wachovia Center. The Flames made the biggest splash at Wednesday's deadline, acquiring veteran centerman Olli Jokinen and a 2009 third-round draft pick from Phoenix for forwards Matthew Lombardi and Brandon Prust and a conditional first-round draft pick. Jokinen, who could play tonight for Calgary, has 21 goals and 21 a |
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| Phoenix Coyotes |
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03/04/2009 |
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| Acquired forward Scottie Upshall and a second-round draft choice in 2011 from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for forward Daniel Carcillo. |
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| Sharks deal McLaren to Flyers |
NHL Hockey |
03/04/2009 |
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| San Jose, CA (MySportsbook) - The San Jose Sharks shipped veteran defenseman Kyle McLaren to the Philadelphia Flyers for a sixth-round pick in 2009. McLaren, 31, racked up three goals and eight assists in 61 games for San Jose in 2007-08, but was waived prior to the start of this season. He posted just seven assists in 17 games for the Sharks' AHL affiliate in Worcester. The ninth overall pick of Boston in the 1995 draft, McLaren has registered 46 goals and 161 assists in 719 career games with the Bruins and th |
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| Flyers, Coyotes make a deal |
NHL Hockey |
03/04/2009 |
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| Glendale, AZ (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers and the Phoenix Coyotes made a deal on Wednesday. The Coyotes acquired forward Scottie Upshall and a second-round draft choice in 2011 in exchange for forward Daniel Carcillo. Carcillo posted three goals and 10 points with 174 penalty minutes in 54 games this season. In parts of three years, all with Phoenix, the 24-year-old has 20 goals, 41 points and 572 PIMs in 129 games. Upshall recorded seven goals and 21 points in 55 games in 2008-09. In 211 games over |
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| Gagne leads Flyers over Bruins in Boston |
NHL Hockey |
03/04/2009 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Simon Gagne scored twice and set up another tally, as the Philadelphia Flyers used a three-goal third period to upend the Boston Bruins, 4-2, at TD Banknorth Garden. Mike Knuble registered a goal and two assists in his 800th career game, while Scottie Upshall also found the net for the Flyers, who snapped a two-game losing streak and won for the sixth time in their last nine games. Antero Niittymaki was solid between the pipes for Philadelphia, making 22 saves to improve his record t |
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| Flyers try to avoid third straight loss in clash with Bruins |
NHL Hockey |
03/03/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Philadelphia Flyers will try to avoid their first three-game losing streak in nearly four months when they visit the Eastern Conference-leading Boston Bruins for tonight's clash at TD Banknorth Garden. The Flyers are coming off consecutive losses to Montreal and New Jersey and are in danger of dropping three in a row for the first time since a three-game slide from November 2-8. Philadelphia is fourth in the Eastern Conference with 76 points, but is just one point ahead of the Canadiens. Af |
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| Brodeur impenetrable as Devils top Flyers |
NHL Hockey |
03/01/2009 |
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| Newark, NJ (MySportsbook) - Martin Brodeur registered 27 saves for his 100th career shutout, and the New Jersey Devils blanked the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-0, at Prudential Center in a key Atlantic Division battle. Brodeur recorded his second shutout in three games since returning from a 50- game absence due to a triceps injury. He now stands three whitewashes behind Terry Sawchuk for the all-time record. The victory was also the 547th regular season win in his illustrious career, only four behind former Canadien |
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