From: seth@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (peter.r.clark..jr)
Subject: FLYERS notes 1/3
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Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 20:25:53 GMT



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The FLYERS lost to the Calgary Flames last night 7-3 to break the 3 game
road unbeaten streak. But the score didn't tell the real story as this game
was played pretty evenly for 2 and a 1/2 periods before the Flames got the
backbreaker. Calgray has now won 8 straight, unbeaten in 10 and goalie Mike
Vernon has not allowed more than 3 goals in any of those games! This is a
road loss the FLYERS can live with...

Injuries:

Eric Lindros returned to the lineup. His biggest problem right now is stamina.

Terry Carkner also played despite a strain in his hip.

Pelle Eklund did not play, I think I heard something about a muscle strain, I'll
listen more carefully tonight.

Claude Boivin was helped off the ice in the second period in a great deal of
pain from a knee injury suffered in a collision. They showed the ambulance
leaving the Saddledome.

Lines:

Fedyk-Recchi-Paslawski
Paslawski-Brind'Amour-Dineen
Boivin-Acton-Evans
Snuggerud-Brown

Galley-Yushkevich
Benning-McGill
Nattress-Carkner
Hynes

Soderstrom gets his 8th straight start, Roussel still a healthy scratch. 
Soderstrom went into the game with the #2 save %age in league (not after
last night, I don't think), but the FLYERS were giving up 40 shots per game
on the road trip.

Lomakin also healthy scratch.

The FLAMES opened the scoring with the FLYERS on their first power play. 
Dahlquist sent the puck from behind own net around the boards. The bouncing
puck gets through Recchi 1/2 way up the boards and Benning at point. Roberts
picked up the loose puck in neutral zone and stormed out towards Soderstrom,
Lindros caught up to harass a Roberts a little but not enough. Roberts skates
from the left of the net to the right and shot, Soderstrom got a piece but
not enough.  That was all of the scoring in the first period. There were
only 15 shots between the two teams, the FLYERS getting the better scoring
chances but the Flames getting the only one that mattered. 1-0 Flames after 1.

Just minutes into 2nd, Nieuendyk took a Yushkevich slap shot in face, very close
to his eye. He later returned all stitched up. Remember that Yushkevich has had
his shot clocked at 96.2 MPH

Moments later, Flames go into the FLYERS zone 3 on 3. Stern passes to Ranheim,
who spins around as he moves to slot with the puck, sends a backhander which
Soderstrom stops, but the rebound goes right back on Ranheim's stick and he
beats Soderstrom for 2-0 lead. Yawney got the secondary assist.

3) Then the FLYERS give up a 40 second 5 on 3 created by their 6th too many men
penalty of the season. But they kill that off, and then the resulting 5 on 4.
That's their 13th and 14th consecutive penalty kills! Right after the penalty
expires, the play goes to the Calgary end and breaks down. The puck is cleared
to neutral zone, but Lindros picks up the loose puck left of center, skates into
offensive zone towards center, and drives slap shot high glove side, Vernon gets
a piece but the puck gets through. 2-1 Flames at 8:52 of the second.

Then the checking line does what they do best. Creating loose pucks everywhere,
Evans picks one up in left corner, passes to Acton playing in his 900th game
just left of the slot, and Acton rips a one timer past Vernon to tie the game
at 2 at 11:09. The FLYERS get two more chances on the power play, but fail to
convert and end up 0-3 on the night. But I think that the Flames are #2 in
penalty killing in the league, so I guess we can live with that as well.

Just under 5 minutes into third, Stern of Flames landed on the left knee of
Boivin who goes down in lots of pain. He's helped off the ice and does not
return.

Off a faceoff in the Flames offensive right circle, Reichel wins to Young who
passes back to Suter at the top of the zone dead center, and he blasts a slap
shot past Soderstrom who probably should have stopped it 3-2 Flames lead at
6:18.

Suter strikes again exactly two minutes later. Again off the faceoff, this time
from left circle, Young wins right back to Suter,  and this time his blast is
delfected by Roberts to make it 4-2 at 8:18. Both of these faceoffs were lost
by Lindros.

Then wiaht should have been the backbreaker. Nattress fails to clear after a
faceoff win in the right circle with Brian Benning in the box. Yawney stops the
puck at the blue line and passes across to Petit who blasts from left point for
the 5-2 lead at 10:30.

But The FLYERS refuse to give up. Gary Galley dumps to Recchi in the right
offensive corner, who sends centering pass that goes off the skate of Musil
and through 5 hole to cut to 5-3 at 11:44. The FLYERS start to show some fire.

But yet off another faceoff kills them. From the left dot just outside the
FLYERS blue line. The FLYERS win it back but Ranheim skates in and picks up the
puck before it reaches McGill, skates around McGill into the left circle, and
wrists one to the right of Soderstrom to break the FLYERS back at 18:21.

The FLYERS pull goalie with 1 minute left to create a 5 on 4 as Dineen and
Musil are in the box. Reichel gets empty netter with 24 seconds left to cap
the scoring at 7-3 Flames.

So as I said, the score really didn't tell the story. The FLYERS played 2 and
a half periods evenly and showed that they can stay with the big boys. But
the Flames are just so hot, and were playing at home, and were just too much.
We'll get them a week from Thursday in the Spectrum!

Next up it's the Oilers in Edmonton tonight before the FLYERS start a string
of 9 of 11 games at home starting with the Rangers this Thursday, followed
by the Caps and Oilers over the weekend. I'll be in Vermont for those last
two, so if I give a review at all it will be late, but I'll have 'til that
Thursday to catch up so you never know.

In the standings, the FLYERS only lose 1 point as the Devils came back to
tie Winnipeg, but the Islanders won to earn a 4th place tie. The FLYERS are
7 points out of that playoff spot and 6 games under .500, but have games in
hand on all but the Devils, and if they keep their intensity they will certainly
have a good chance to cut the deficit to 5 points. The FLYERS fall to 4-13-3 on
the road, only 3 teams have worse road records. But a win tonight will help that
situation a lot.

In the scoring leaders, Recchi came into the night tied for 5th at 60 points
with Joe Sakic, and it niether he nor Mats Sundin collected a point in the
Quebec loss, Recchi could be tied for 4th with Sundin at 61.
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