Posted: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 4:06 PM | 6 comments |
 

Flyers' Richards leads way
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Flyers captain Mike Richards had a terrific first period for Team Canada in the gold medal battle with Team USA.

Richards started the game. He delivered a huge hit on Brooks Orpik behind the American goal that fired up the crowd at Canada Hockey Place -- live and upon being replayed several times.

But the big moment came when Richards, with his usual intensity, created a turnover behind the net. After taking the puck off U.S. defenseman Erik Johnson, Richards fired it on net. Ryan Miller made the pad save, but linemate Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks) potted the easy goal.

It's the first time the Americans have trailed in the entire tournament.

 
Posted by Phil Sheridan @ 4:06 PM  Permalink | 6 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:54 PM, 02/28/2010
    Let's hope his stellar play carries over for the remainder of the Flyers season!
    — dogman5
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:21 AM, 03/01/2010
    Let's also hope that he learned something from Cindy (as much as I hate the guy) on how to come up huge at the end of the game...
    — kjuggs77
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:41 AM, 03/01/2010
    Lets hope he plays like that for the Flyers. But that said the Canadians were lucky to get out with the victory, I thought the US was as good if not better for large parts of the game. US Hockey is here to stay. We need to get Bobby Ryan on this team. A good home town boy never hurts.
    — rgreen72
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:44 AM, 03/01/2010
    Sportsman you know both NHL refs in the game were Canadian, right?
    — rgreen72
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Reporter Frank Fitzpatrick is covering his seventh Olympic Games and has yet to win a medal in anything except caffeine consumption. He has also been the beat writer for the Phillies, Eagles and Penn State football.

Columnist Phil Sheridan has been writing about Philadelphia sports since graduating from Temple University in 1985. The Vancouver Games are Phil's sixth consecutive Olympics. He is determined to do exhaustive research on the fresh seafood and locally made beers and wines in Vancouver and Whistler.

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