From: seth@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (peter.r.clark..jr)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: FLYERS notes 10/14
Date: 14 Oct 92 19:34:01 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsh.1992Oct14.193401.29112
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Isn't it odd that after the FLYERS have three games in which they get
off to a very slow start yet come away 2-0-1, they finally put together
a solid first and second period but come away on the losing end.

Injury report: Dan Kordic has been moved up to healthy scratch status.
No other news to report.

Scoring Summary:

The scoring started 59 seconds into the first when Owen Nolan had the
puck along the right boards, and he centered to Ricci who deflected it
past Roussel.

The FLYERS evened the score on a goal that I only hope I can accurately
describe. Acton took a pass from Galley (I think) in center ice. He drove
towards the net coming in from the right. The replays didn't show this
far back, but I think he shot when he got close. He then took his own
rebound, went behind the net, with Hextall chasing him, came out to the left,
circled out so that when he was perpendicular to the net he was about parallel
with the faceoff dots. At this point Hextall was finally diving back into
the goal mouth, but Acton kept circling until he was back in on the right
side of the net where he finally shot. The rebound again went behind the
goal line to the right of the net where he picked it up again and passed
it through the slot to Kasper who was on the left of the net, and Kasper beat
Hextall high to the glove side for a shorthanded goal to even the score at 1.

In the second period, Hough made it 2-1 Quebec. The FLYERS were retreating
into their own zone with the puck when Cronin had a little trouble handling
the puck and Hough took it right away from him. Cronin tried to grab onto
Hough, but he just spun away and beat Roussel high to the glove side. That
was only 1 minute into the period, but despite a lot of pressure by both
teams it was the only goal of the period.

The FLYERS entered the third period with a carryover powerplay, and based
on the season so far had seemingly Quebec right where they wanted them :-).
Lindros opened the scoring on a bang-bang power play goal. Recchi from
the right boards about 1/2 way into the zone passed to Brind'Amour behind
the net, who flicked the puck to Lindros out in front and Eric made no
mistake to even the score at 2. Right on schedule...

Until the FLYERS turned over the puck in the neutral zone with a man
advantage. Sundin grabbed the puck, broke in 2 on 1 with Gusarov, made
a nice pass and Gusarov scored the first 3rd period goal against the FLYERS
this season. 3-2 Quebec.

But Eric wasn't done. This time the FLYERS are shorthanded for the 7th time
of the evening when Mark Recchi stole the puck in center ice. He passed to
a straeking Lindros who had nobody between him and Hextall. He went in to
the right, and when he finally shot it was like Hextall wasn't even there,
another goal high to the glove side (it was a favorite spot all around last
night). Tied at 3.

Quebec, though, wanted to show that maybe they really did get the best of
The Trade, and 4:18 left in the game they took their second too many men
on the ice penalty of the night. Going into the night the 'Diques had been
a force on the power play, and even a team that's cold on the power play
is bound to put one in if you give them 8 chances. And sure enough, 0-7
to that point and two shorthanded goals given up, Quebec took advantage
of their 8th opportunity when Mike Ricci scored the game winner at 17:43.

Steve Duschesne added the insurance and Mats Sundin added the empty netter
to make the score 6-3, and (although I hate to use tired cliches) make
the game not look nearly as close as it really was.

The FLYERS power play, 1-17 coming into the game went 1-6. The good news
is that they continue to look good once they get into the offensive zone,
and they are starting to do a much better job of doing just that. But at
one point the FLYERS were 0-4 with 4 shots and Quebec was 0-7 with 7 shots,
at least according to Mike and Bill. Plus the 3 total SH goals. So it was
definitely a night for penalty killers. The bad news, though, is that although
they are getting better, they still are not doing a good enough job getting
into the offensive zone.

Still on the power play, Dineen was shaking things up a bit to get things
going on the man advantage. He was using a setup of:

Lindros-Brind'Amour-Dineen
Benning-Recchi

as the first PP unit, and the third line plus two random defensemen as
the second PP unit. The first unit was very effective, but the second
unit (when he used two defensemen) was when they couldn't get out of
the zone. Maybe my street hockey team should try that! (hi spike! :-) )

pete clark jr - rsh FLYERS contact