From: seth@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (peter.r.clark..jr)
Subject: Re: More Thoughts about Flyers-Penguins
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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:58:11 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.125833.16028@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, kevin@sherman.pas.rochester.edu (kevin mcfadden) writes:
> 1)  Just to appease all you Lindros haters:  He looked like he was
>     dragging his butt all night.  He never looked like he was
>     trying real hard (ie he never skated very quickly unless he
>     did it when I was on the phone w/ my Mom)

He always looks that way. The first thing you have to remember is that
big people always look slower than they really are. And he's a BIG boy.
But Lindros is sorta like a hawk. He just circles around, waiting for
his opportunity and BAM!!!!!

> 2)  LINDROS SCORES!!!!!!!

yes, he does.

> 3)  Does Pit (or Pitt) have a fan replay referee business instead of
>     a fan announcer business?  That was an improper callback of
>     a goal.  Hoggarth saw the whole damn thing and he said it was
>     good.

Can't agree with you here. Fedyk didn't touch it with his stick, and it
was not clear whether or not the Penguin knocked him over or he was
diving at it intentionally. On the other hand, it looked to me from the
angle we got that a small piece of the puck may have crossed the line
before Fedyk touched it, but the angle we had was not a good one to
make that call on.

> 4)  Lemieux is still the biggest baby I have ever seen (still a great
>     hockey player though).  What I mean by this is all his 
>     bitching about people holding his stick, etc... and then he
>     holds Benning's jersey and then falls down faking when Benning
>     gives him a love tap.  Sure the hit was a little more than 
>     a love tap but still.....

I'm with you on this one, to a point. He may have had the wind knocked
out of him, but that's the worst of it. That was not a hard shot, and
he should've been called for holding.

> 5)  Roussel played his Butt off!  If he keeps this up (or the flyers defense
>     keeps it up!) Roussel will be the Vezzina winner for sure!

Let's not hand awards out on one game, eh?

> 6)  If the Flyer's defense keeps failing to clear the puck after two and
>     three tries they are going to give up a lot of turnovers in their
>     own zone that will lead to goals.

yep! not a lot of rebound shots, but a lousy job of clearing. no question
about it.

> 7)  If you are Philly area person and get Prism you might notice that
>     Tom Mees used to do between period/inning work for the Flyers and
>     Phillies.
> 
>     Al Morganti was a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer for years
>     covering the Flyers.

He has been doing the 610 WIP morning show for a while now.

>     Bill Clement is an ex-Flyer and Flyer broadcaster.

He's not an ex-FLYERS broadcaster, if that's what you meant. He's doing
double duty with ESPN and the FLYERS TV broadcasts.

> 8)  In my opinion, ESPN's handling of the game was tremendous, except
>     for right in the beginning of the game when the announcer 
>     called the Flyer's #22 Rick Tocchet.  Announcers did a very good
>     job.  
> 
> Kevin
> 

I missed that mistake, but since Tocchet is wearing 22 for the Pens now,
it's a mistake that could've been made even if he weren't a former FLYER.
I liked ESPN's coverage, but my biggest complaint is that Gary Thorne didn't
keep us up to date on who was on the ice. Maybe I'm spoiled by Mike Emrick,
but if this game is ever going to attract the non-NHL fan they are going
to have to start doing a better job of keeping people up to date. Too
many times I heard "and he goes off the ice" and not a word about who
"he" was and who was coming on. And what about "Lemieux breaks in 2 on
1"?? Well, who the hell is the other guy? Who's the defenseman?

pete clark jr - rsh FLYERS contact