From: seth@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (peter.r.clark..jr)
Subject: FLYERS notes 11/13
Organization: AT&T
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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 20:16:23 GMT
Keywords: summary, Pelle update



The 'Crazy Eights Line' got 13 points last night as the FLYERS hammered
away at the Islanders to win 8-5.

Injuries:

Nattress still indefinite.
Eklund got his cast off, latest estimate is 2-3 more weeks.
Butsayev has a problem with a groin muscle, he's day to day.

Lines:
Fedyk-Lindros-Recchi
Pederson-Brind'Amour-Paslawski
Evans-Acton-Dineen
Boivin-Kasper-Brown

Benning, Galley, Yushkevich, McGill, Hynes and Carkner

Beauregard between the pipes for his 3rd straight start

Lomakin a healthy scratch. 

Scoring:

So many goals, so little time. Mark Recchi opened the scoring a mere 16
seconds into the game. Lindros won the opening faceoff back, and Galley
passed to Fedyk as he was coming across the Isles blue line. Fedyk shot
and Glen Healy seemed to have it covered, but Recchi came in and poked
away until the red light came on. Replay confirmed the goal, 1-0 FLYERS.

With Acton in the box, Jeff Norton fed Derek King who shot the puck from
the blue line through the 5 hole for a lousy goal to even the score at
one, and Claude Loiselle got his first goal of the season to give the
Islanders a 2-1 lead. Beauregard went behind the net to stop the puck,
and blindly passed it backwards to Vuckota (not a FLYER in sight). Vuckota
couldn't get to the empty net, but the puck got kicked out to Loiselle
who beat Beauregard after he got back but before he got settled. 2-1
after 1, Beauregard not looking especially sharp. The FLYERS have not
carried a lead into the second period this season.

:50 into the second period Lindros evened the score on a nice series of
passes from Fedyk and Recchi. Healy didn't even move as the puck went
past him it happened so fast. Jeff Norton gave the Isles their one goal
lead back at 14:01 on the Islanders 2nd power play when he came towards
Beauregard from the side of the goal (Norton's right side) and Steph
didn't cover the post tightly enough. Norton hit the crack (may have gone
off the goalies skate) and it was 3-2 Isles, 3 goals Beauregard allowed
that he definitely should not have.

But then the onslaught began. First Recchi fed Fedyk at the side of the
net and Brent chipped the pass bye Healy on the FLYERS first power play.
Then Lindros took a pass from Fedyk and fed it to Recchi who ripped it
past Healy from the circle to give the FLYERS their second lead at 19:11
of the second. 4-3 FLYERS after two.

2:36 into the third, Doug Evans and Mark Recchi win a battle for the
puck behind the net, and Recchi emerges to the right where he feeds a
crashing Ryan McGill who fires it past Healy for his first goal. 5 goals
for the FLYERS and 5 points for Recchi, who wasn't finished yet!

At 10:38, with Lindros in the box for holding, Kevin Dineen got a shot
away that Healy seemed to have caught. But the puck fell out of his glove
and Rod Brind'Amour was in the right place at the right time to poke
it home for a shorthanded goal. He's now 2 short of becoming 7th all time
in shorthanded goals (I think 7th - I'll check that for my next post).
But with only 4 seconds left in the power play, Flatley took something
off a long shot and sent it right to Turgeon who redirected it easily
to get the Isles back to within two at 6-4.

At 16:15 of the third it was Brind'Amour to Dineen to extend the FLYERS
lead back to 3. less than two minutes later Norton fed Flatley from behind
the net to make it 7-5, and give the Islanders a sign of life, but with
the goalie pulled Galley fed Recchi who carried across the FLYERS blue
line, fed Lindros as he crossed the Islanders blue line, and Lindros
shot into the empty net from 40 feet. Final score 8-5. Career high 6
points for Recchi, 4 for Fedyk, 3 for Lindros, 2 each for Brind'Amour,
Dineen and Galley.

With 13 seconds left ? Berg goaded Ryan McGill into a fight, and Ryan
obliged by stomping him big time. Berg got the instigator which gave the
FLYERS a 13 second power play, so the ended 1-2 on the night, the Isles
were 3-7 but gave up a SHG.

Next up it's the red hot Montreal Canadiens in Montreal on Saturday
followed by the lowly Ottawa Senators at the Spectrum Sunday. Last year
the road team won all 3 FLYERS/Canadiens matchups, and so far the Habs
beat the FLYERS in Philly, so lets hope the rule holds for one more game.

pete clark - rsh FLYERS contact