Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 3:18 PM | 1 comments |
 

Flyers can build off OT loss
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  The Flyers dropped a 3-2 overtime decision in Pittsburgh last night, but they put together their best effort of the season and there were lots of positives.

  Backup goalie Anetero Niittymaki looked sharp _ no, he shouldn't moved ahead of Marty Biron, as some have suggested _ and so did the peanlty kill. And Simon Gagne scored for the third time in three games - and is looking like his old self,  pre-concussion.

On the flip side, the power play went 0 for 6 and is now 2 for 19 on the season.

There's too much passing and not enough shooting on the PP, simple as that.

But at least the Flyers managed a point and, as most of them said after the game, it's something they can build on.

In notes, the Flyers downplayed more changes on the defensive pairings.

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Center Steve Downie played just 3:53 against the Penguins....Defensemen .Kimmo Timonen (27:56) and Braydon Coburn (26:49) and center Mike Richards (25:16) played the most minutes.....The Penguins won 36 of 60 faceoffs (60 percent).......The Flyers have outshot all three opponents _ but have not scored first in any game.

 
Posted by Sam Carchidi @ 3:18 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:03 PM, 10/16/2008
    This is the nonsense I'm tired of hearing in this town. We're too far along to be "building off of losses". When the team makes the Conference finals a year earlier, we're beyond this mularkey. What a bunch of senseless drivel. I am offended and want the 26 seconds it took me to read this blog back into my life.
    — davekrieg


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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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