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| Flyers' Richards to have shoulder surgery |
NHL Hockey |
04/29/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Philadelphia Flyers captain Mike Richards will have surgery on Friday to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder. General manager Paul Holmgren made the announcement on Wednesday. The Selke Trophy finalist tallied 30 goals and 50 assists this season. His 80 points were second on the team behind Jeff Carter and he led the NHL with seven shorthanded goals. Richards added a goal and four assists in the first round of the playoffs as the Flyers fell to the Pittsburgh Penguins in |
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| Quest for Cup continues in Round 2 |
NHL Hockey |
04/29/2009 |
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| Capitals defeated the New York Rangers, 2-1, while the Hurricanes shocked the Devils with a pair of late goals to sneak out of New Jersey with a 4-3 victory. For their efforts, the Capitals will play host to the Pittsburgh Penguins, who defeated the Philadelphia Flyers in six games. Game 1 of the Caps-Pens series is set for Saturday. These two teams are certainly not strangers when it comes to postseason hockey, as the clubs have previously met an amazing seven times. Pittsburgh has won six of the series, includin |
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| Bylsma will remain Penguins coach; agrees to multi-year deal |
NHL Hockey |
04/28/2009 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbooks) - Dan Bylsma was named the full-time head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins Tuesday, as the team removed the interim tag only days after a first-round victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL playoffs. The team and Bylsma agreed to a multi-year contract Monday night. Financial details were not disclosed. "I want to thank (general manager) Ray Shero and our ownership for giving me this tremendous opportunity to be the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins," Bylsma said. "I'm h |
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| AHL approves three new clubs for 2009-10 season |
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04/28/2009 |
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| the group completing the purchase of an AHL franchise within one year. The group will operate the team in Austin for the 2009-10 season. In addition, the Calgary Flames top affiliate, the Quad City Flames, have been relocated to Abbotsford, and the Philadelphia Flyers top affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, have been relocated to Glens Falls following the transfer of ownership to a newly formed entity known as Phantoms Hockey LLC, owned by the Brooks Group. "On behalf of our Board, it's my privilege to welcome |
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| National Hockey League Playoff Game Capsules |
NHL Hockey |
04/26/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Sidney Crosby picked up a pair of goals and Sergei Gonchar netted the deciding score early in the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from a three-goal deficit to down the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-3, in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at Wachovia Center. Ruslan Fedotenko and Mark Eaton provided the other tallies for the Penguins, who won the best-of-seven series four games to two and dismissed their cross-state rivals from the playoffs for the s |
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| Penguins rally from three goals down to eliminate Flyers |
NHL Hockey |
04/25/2009 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Sidney Crosby picked up a pair of goals and Sergei Gonchar netted the deciding score early in the third period as the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from a three-goal deficit to down the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-3, in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series at Wachovia Center. Ruslan Fedotenko and Mark Eaton provided the other tallies for the Penguins, who won the best-of-seven series four games to two and dismissed their cross- state rivals from the playoffs for the |
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| Pens try to end series in Game 6 at Philly |
NHL Hockey |
04/25/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will get another chance to close out their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series when they visit the Philadelphia Flyers at Wachovia Center for today's Game 6 matchup. The Penguins held a three games to one lead in the best-of-seven set after taking Game 4 in Philadelphia, but the Flyers responded with Thursday's win in Pittsburgh to cut the series deficit to 3-2. The fourth-seeded Penguins are trying to eliminate Philadelphia from the postseason for the second straight |
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| Biron keeps Flyers alive with shutout of Penguins |
NHL Hockey |
04/23/2009 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (Sportsbooks) - Martin Biron stopped all 28 shots he faced as the Philadelphia Flyers staved off elimination with a 3-0 decision over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinal from Mellon Arena. Biron posted his second career postseason shutout for the effort, the first time the Flyers have blanked the Penguins in a playoff game in their five- series history. "That was the message before the game that we needed Marty to be great," Flyers head coach John Stevens a |
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| Pens try to close out series against Flyers |
NHL Hockey |
04/23/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to close out their best- of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal series on home ice tonight, when they host the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 5 at Mellon Arena. The fourth-seeded Penguins grabbed a 3-1 series lead with Tuesday's win in Philadelphia -- the first victory by a road club in this set. Pittsburgh is trying to eliminate the Flyers from the postseason for the second straight year, as the Pens beat Philly in five games during the 2008 conference finals. T |
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| Lundqvist the difference as Rangers grab 3-1 series lead |
NHL Hockey |
04/23/2009 |
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| ashington on Friday. Alex Ovechkin notched the lone goal for the Capitals, who find themselves facing a three-games-to-one deficit for the second consecutive season. Washington was able to extend that series, also an Eastern quarterfinal against the Philadelphia Flyers, to a seventh game before falling in overtime. "It's a different team, different year, different circumstances," said Caps head coach Bruce Boudreau of his players. "We're certainly going to try. They aren't going to wait until Game 6 to get it done |
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