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| Niittymaki remains perfect against Thrashers; Flyers win again |
NHL Hockey |
10/29/2008 |
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| Atlanta, GA (BettingExpress) - Antero Niittymaki remained perfect against Atlanta as he made 24 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Philadelphia Flyers continued their domination of the Thrashers with a 7-0 win at Philips Arena. Niittymaki is now 10-0-0 in his career against Atlanta and posted his fourth career shutout for the Flyers, who have won their past 11 games against Atlanta and have not lost to the Thrashers since a 6-5 overtime setback on November 18, 2005. Simon Gagne had two goals and tw |
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| Flyers shoot for 11th straight win over Thrashers |
NHL Hockey |
10/28/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Philadelphia Flyers will try to keep moving in the right direction when they visit the Atlanta Thrashers tonight at Philips Arena. The Flyers began the 2008-09 campaign on a six-game losing streak, but rebounded with a home-and-home sweep of the rival New Jersey Devils this weekend. Tonight, Philly will try to continue its success against the Thrashers, a team that has lost 10 in a row to the Broad Street Bullies. The Flyers have won 13 of 14 and 15 of the last 17 encounters overall. Atlant |
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| Carter's OT winner gives Flyers weekend sweep over Devils |
NHL Hockey |
10/25/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (BettingExpress) - Jeff Carter scored with 1:16 left in overtime as the Philadelphia Flyers swept a home-and-home set against the New Jersey Devils with a 3-2 win at the Wachovia Center. Shortly after Simon Gagne almost ended the game and a noxious substance was thrown on the ice, resulting in a delay of several minutes, Ossi Vaananen threw a shot on net from the right point that Carter tipped past Martin Brodeur as he was falling to the ice. "It's good to get a game like that," said Carter. "We |
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| Flyers, Devils get early start in Philadelphia |
NHL Hockey |
10/25/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Less than 24 hours after their first meeting of the season, the Philadelphia Flyers and New Jersey Devils get right back to business this afternoon with the second part of a home-and-home series at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. The Devils hosted the Flyers last night to begin this set, but today's contest was moved up three hours from its original 7:00 p.m. (et) start time due to Game 3 of the World Series that will be played across the street at the Phillies' Citizens Bank Park tonight at 8: |
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| Flyers get first victory with rare win in New Jersey |
NHL Hockey |
10/25/2008 |
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| Newark, NJ (BettingExpress) - Mike Richards had four assists while Scott Hartnell scored twice as the Philadelphia Flyers got their first win of the season at an unlikely place, in a 6-3 defeat of the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center. Philadelphia, which had started the season 0-3-3, got its first win in New Jersey since March 9, 2004 as Mike Knuble and Joffrey Lupul each contributed a goal and an assist in the win. The victory snapped a 12-game losing streak at New Jersey. "We worked hard to get this win t |
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| Flyers center Briere out with abdominal tear |
NHL Hockey |
10/24/2008 |
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| Newark, NJ (BettingExpress) - Philadelphia Flyers center Daniel Briere will miss the next three-to-four weeks with a slight abdominal tear, general manager Paul Holmgren announced on Friday. "Danny has a slight tear in his rectus abdominis, which is a stomach muscle," said Holmgren. "He will have surgery at Hahnemann Hospital tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. He will be out of the lineup approximately three-to-four weeks." The Flyers, who have yet to win this season and have an 0-3-3 mark, will now be without the services of |
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| Winless Flyers try to halt four-year drought in New Jersey |
NHL Hockey |
10/24/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Philadelphia Flyers, a team that has never gone seven games into a season without a victory, will try to pick up their first win of the year tonight, when they visit the rival New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center for the opener of a home-and-home series. The Flyers' six-game losing streak (0-3-3) is the franchise's longest skid to begin a season. Philadelphia had been 0-4-1-1 (1 tie, 1 overtime loss) to kick off the 1999-2000 campaign. Philadelphia has earned a point in three of its last |
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| Flyers try again for first win of season in test with Sharks |
NHL Hockey |
10/22/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Philadelphia Flyers will try once again for their first win of the 2008-09 season when they host the San Jose Sharks tonight in the finale of a home-and-home series at the Wachovia Center. The Flyers are off to an 0-3-2 start to the campaign, marking the first time the club has gone the first five games of a season without a win since they went 0-4 with a tie to begin the 1999-2000 slate. Philadelphia has never gone six games into a season without a victory. The Sharks handed Philly their f |
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| Flyers reassign Downie, Ross |
NHL Hockey |
10/20/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (BettingExpress) - The Philadelphia Flyers reassigned forwards Steve Downie and Jared Ross to the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL on Monday. The 21-year-old Downie went scoreless in four games for the Flyers this season after splitting last year between the Flyers and Phantoms. In 2007-08, he recorded six goals and six assists in 32 games for the Flyers and five goals with 12 assists in 21 games for the Phantoms. Downie was originally drafted by the Flyers in the first round (29th overall) of th |
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| Boyle, Sharks come back to upend Flyers in OT |
NHL Hockey |
10/19/2008 |
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| San Jose, CA (BettingExpress) - Dan Boyle scored 1:25 into overtime, as the San Jose Sharks downed the Philadelphia Flyers, 5-4, in the opener of a home- and-home series at the HP Pavilion. Boyle added two assists for the Sharks, who are 6-0 with a pair of ties in their last eight tilts with the Flyers. Jonathan Cheechoo and Christian Ehrhoff both registered a goal and an assist, while Evgeni Nabokov allowed four goals on 17 shots. Daniel Briere found the back of the net twice for Philadelphia, which is winless ( |
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