From: seth@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (peter.r.clark..jr)
Subject: FLYERS notes 12/20
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Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 15:30:12 GMT



The Crazy Eights return to lead the FLYERS to a 3-1 victory over the Chicago
Blackhawks, ending a 6 game FLYERS losing skid, a 5 game 'Hawks winning streak,
and a string of 4 consecutive ties between these two clubs.

Trade:

Mark Pederson was traded prior to the game to the San Jose Sharks for Dave
Snuggerud. Pederson didn't appear to be in the FLYERS plans, being a healthy
scratch when everybody was healthy and getting mostly 3rd and 4th line duties
when he did get to play.

UPI:
	Snuggerud had four goals and five assists in 25 games for San Jose
this season. He was the first overall selection of the Buffalo Sabres in
the 1987 supplemental draft, and played three years with Buffalo before
he was traded to San Jose late in the 1991-92 season for Wayne Presley.
	The 26-year-old Snuggerud also was a member of the 1988 United States
Olympic team.
	The 24-year-old Pederson had three goals and four assists in 14 games
for Philadelphia. He had 15 goals in 58 games last year for the Flyers.

Injuries:

Eric Lindros and Brent Fedyk return to the lineup, leaving Dominic Roussel as
the only injured FLYER. He's listed as day-to-day with that slight groin pull.

Lines:

Fedyk-Lindros-Recchi (Oh, it's soooo nice to be typing in THAT line again...)
Boivin-Acton-Dineen 
Paslawski-Brind'Amour-Evans
Lomakin-Eklund-Brown
Nattress, Hynes, Galley, Yushkevich, Carkner, McGill
Soderstrom

The Boivin-Acton combination was the FLYERS most productive during Lindros'
absence, and were rewarded with a real right wing and 2nd line status. Brown
and Eklund each saw maybe 3 shift to rest other people, and Lomakin rode the
pine all game. I don't understand why Lomakin doesn't play. Things seem to
happen offensively whenever he's out there. He must be giving away a lot at
the other end that I don't see.

Game Summary:

Doug Evans opened the scoring for the FLYERS midway through the first period.
Chris Chelios (BOOOOOO) was attempting a backhand pass from deep in his own
zone as Evans was charging at him. The pass went right onto the stick of Evans
for an early Xmas present, and Evans beat goaltender Jim Waite for the 1-0
lead at 9:13.

The rest of the period was quiet scoring wise, but loaded with action and
great goaltending at both ends. But near the end, referee Ron Hoggarth got
silly. Play stopped at 17:40 when Claude Boivin checked a 'Hawk from behind
at the left defensive faceoff dot (not a particularly hard check, especially
by Boivin standards). The Hawk fell to the ice and slid into the boards, and
for some bizarre reason Hoggarth decided that it was boarding. Mike Hudson
(the likely recipient of the check, but I'm not sure) got into a little
shoving match with Gary Galley to draw the whistle, and the three of them
went off with 2 minutes apiece. Then, as they were setting up at the faceoff
dot outside the FLYERS blue line on the bench side, Hoggarth tagged Chris
Chelios with a 10 minute unsportsmanlike I assume for jawing at him too
much. But that wasn't enough! He then hauled off Brent Sutter and Doug Evans
at 17:50 for a little shoving match, and he called Dirk Graham and Kevin
Dineen off at 18:34 for high sticking and roughing respectively.

The FLYERS would be outshot 14-5 in the first, but carried the 1-0 lead
into the second.

Then it was Crazy Eights time. Brent Fedyk carried into the left side of
the offensive zone, but gave up the puck. A 'Hawks defenseman tried to
clear, but Gord Hynes made a great keep at the blue line. He sent it back
dow the boards to Fedyk, who found Lindros right in front of the left side
of the crease. But Lindros didn't have enough room to operate, and he sent
the puck blindly behind him to Mark Recchi who was in the middle of the
right faceoff dot. The puck was a little off, but Recchi got his stick on
it, gained control and fired it past Waite for the 2-0 lead at 3:15 of the
second period.

Stu Grimson and Dave Brown had an even fight at 11:33.

The 'Hawks got on the board with the only power play in the league worse
than the FLYERS. Kucera to Ruuttu at the point across to Kravchuk who
rocketed it past Soderstrom to end the shutout bid at 13:58 of the second.

More action at both ends in the rest of the period, but the best scoring
chance came with Eric Lindros coming out of the penalty box and getting
fed the puck with nobody between him and Waite. But Waite stoned him to
keep the FLYESR lead at 2-1. The FLYERS outshot the 'Hawks 10-8.

The third period was characterized by the FLYERS just perserving the lead.
Each team managed only 6 shots in the period, the 'Hawks getting two more
power play chances on Lindros penalties, but the FLYERS did a very good job
of killing. Mark Recchi got the empty netter at 19:52. Remember that the
last time the FLYERS won a game, at was Recchi who blew an empty netter
because he waited too long to shoot, and that ended up in a breakaway the
other way for Mats Sundin to tie the game at 2 and send it into OT. Not
this time, though, Recchi shot from the blue line for the capper.

Next up tonight the FLYERS are in Tampa Bay. I won't have TV coverage, so
my next report will be bare bones again. Then it's a rematch with those
Pittsburgh Penguins coming to Philly. Only this time the Crazy Eights will
be coming out to play...:-)

pete clark jr - rsh FLYERS contact
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