From: seth@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (peter.r.clark..jr)
Subject: FLYERS notes 11/9
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:13:08 GMT



Things are settling down for me now, so I should be able to keep things more
up to date.

A quick look at the games since my last report:

FLYERS 5, Chicago 5. The FLYERS blew 4-3 and 5-4 third period leads and ended
up with a tie. Recchi and Lindros each had a pair. With 7 seconds left in the
game, Lindros passed from just inside the 'Hawks blue line to Paslawski who
was crashing the net from the other side. He one-timed it point blank, but
Belfour made the save of the night by just sticking out his glove and
preserving the tie. Despite the FLYERS blowing the win, it was one of the
most exciting games I've seen this year. Brian Benning was out with a
back injury, Lomakin returned to the lineup and got 2 or 3 points and
may have been the star of the game had the FLYERS won. He had been a
healthy scratch in the previous game or three. I think the FLYERS may
have scored the first goal for a change, giving them an 0-0-2 record
when they score first.

Blues 6, FLYERS 4. My memory is real hazy on this one. I know Lindros was
ejected for checking into the boards from behind about 3 minutes into the
game. The FLYERS had dumped the puck out of their zone deep onto the other
end. Goalie Joseph came out to play it, and Nelson Emerson was charging back
with Lindros close behind. About 15 feet from the back boards Lindros gave
Emerson a little shove, probably trying to knock him into the goalie, but
it had too much of the desired effect and caught Emerson by surprise and
knocked him on his belly. Luckily for him, Joseph was still there and his
pads slowed Emerson down a lot before he hit the boards. The Blues scored
two on the ensuing 5 minute major, Hull had a goal and an assist I think.
That's all I remember except that I think the FLYERS tied it at 3 in the
second only to see the Blues score 3 fast ones in the third. Benning still
out, Lomakin scratched.

Rangers 3, FLYERS1. Didn't get to see much of this one. Rangers got a
2-0 lead before Lindros picked a puck out of the air and one timed it
past the Ranger goalie to make it 2-1. Still 2-1 at the end of the second
when one of the Rangers cross checked Gary Galley in the face to give
the FLYERS a 5 minute power play to start the third. But the FLYERS
just couldn't get the puck past Richter, who was a brick wall for the
whole game. In fact, he won that game almost all by himself. The FLYERS
spent most of the game in the Rangers end, but the Rangers capitalized
on the chances they got and the FLYERS didn't. FLYERS go 0-3-1 on the
4 game road trip, extend their winless streak to 0-5-2. Benning still
out, Lomakin also scratched.

FLYERS 4, Blues 2. Finally a game still fresh in my memory banks.

Lineup/Injuries: Benning back in the lineup after a 3 game absence.
Lomakin and Butseyev also return. Lines (with numbers):

18Fedyk-88Lindros-8Recchi (The crazy 8's line finally back together!!!)
14Pederson-17Brind'Amour-12Paslawski (no, not a typo)
23Lomakin-22Butseyev-20Dineen (the 20's line after the teens line)
10Boivin-25Acton-15Evans (only line without a theme, although 10+15=25)
19Benning,2Yushkevich,3Galley,44Cronin,26Hynes,29Carkner
35Beauregard

Scoring Summary:

Brett Hull opened the scoring when he and I think Emerson went in on a
2-on-1. Hull passed to Emerson who gave it right back and Hull beat Beauregard
to give the Blues a 1-0 lead after 1.

Brian Benning tied the game early in the second with his 7th goal of the
season, all scored on Spectrum ice, and his 5th on the power play. Then
Craig Janney stuffed home a rebound with Lomakin serving a too many men
on the ice penalty (FLYERS lead the league in bench minors, and it usually
costs them) to give St. Louis the lead back.

But with just over 5 minutes left, it became the Brent Fedyk show. First
a rebound of (I think) a Lomakin shot came right to Fedyk who was crashing
the goal from the right, and he had nothing but net to shoot at to tie the
score at 14:38 of the second. 1:02 later he took a feed from (again, I think)
Lindros as he was crossing the blue line, and he one timed it past Joseph
for the game winner in the second.

Eric Lindros got into his first regular season NHL fight, and he pounded
some poor Blues winger. Each got 5 minutes for fighting, but Eric got the
best of the scuffle.

He then scored the capper into the empty net when Fedyk fed Recchi who
laid a nice cross-ice pass onto Lindros stick, and Eric shot a bullseye
into the center of the net from 40 feet.

So the winless streak ends at 7, 0-5-2. Next up it's the Islanders on
Thursday night. The FLYERS have two weeks of 3-4 days off followed by
3 games in 4 days over the weekends.

pete clark - rsh FLYERS contact
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