When the Flyers struggled out of the gate this season, Primeau was one of the main figures with whom Clarke expressed disappointment. Early on, if I'd have scored a little more, we might have won a few more games. But we're in a good place right now, everybody contributing and winning hockey games. He didn't exactly bask in the glow. It's a surprise for me.
Whole team play very well.
The honor might boost Cechmanek's chances of making the World team for the Feb. 4 All-Star Game in Denver. Dominik Hasek was chosen the World starter in fan balloting, but an NHL committee will choose two other goalies, from a group that includes Cechmanek, San Jose's Evgeni Nabokov, Edmonton's Tommy Salo, Washington's Olaf Kolzig and Roman Turek, of St. Louis. If neither left wing Simon Gagne nor centerman Keith Primeau makes the cut among the North American reserves, scheduled to be announced today, Cechmanek would just about have to make it as the Flyers' representative. Not individual sport. When John LeClair skated several days in a row, speculation grew that he was close to returning to the lineup.