Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008, 6:57 PM | 5 comments |
 

Downie demoted; lines juggled (again)
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   The Flyers today demoted forwards Steve Downie and Jared Ross to the AHL Phantoms.

   Downie played only a little over five minutes Saturday in San Jose and apparently was in coach John Stevens' doghouse after taking an early penalty.

   Andreas Nodle is expected to be the fouth line RW Wednesday against visiting San Jose.

   The lines were juggled again in practice today. They will probably look like this on Wednesday:

   Gagne-Briere-Knuble.

   Hartnell-Richards-Lupul.

  Upshall-Carter-Asham.

 Cote-Metro-Nodl.
Posted by Sam Carchidi @ 6:57 PM  Permalink | 5 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:17 PM, 10/20/2008
    asham is not a scorer, he should be on the enforcer line, if they are gonna give nodl a chance, at least put him on a scoring line with carter
    — robm0202
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:29 PM, 10/20/2008
    Good. Downie is the worst!
    — cbt402
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:19 PM, 10/20/2008
    what the hell is this.. scoring hasn't been the problem. they're giving up 4+ goals a game.
    — doorspj24
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 9:24 PM, 10/20/2008
    They should see if they can unload Downie. I don't think he's ever going to make it here. He hasn't shown any one thing that he's good at. Very disappointing for a 1st round pick.
    — BobbyD


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About Sam Carchidi
Sam Carchidi is in his fourth year as the Flyers' beat reporter. He became an Inquirer staff writer in 1984 and covered mostly South Jersey high school sports and the Phillies before taking the Flyers beat.

Carchidi has written three books _ the nationally acclaimed Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story, which he co-authored with Scott Brown; Bill Campbell: The Voice of Philadelphia Sports; and Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story, which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. He also contributed to a 1993 Inquirer book on the Phillies.

A lifelong South Jersey resident, Carchidi lives in Wenonah with his wife, JoAnn, and their two children, Sara and Sammy.

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