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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Flyers' flu update

   Two flu-stricken Flyers returned to the ice for Thursday's practice in Voorhees, but the team will still be shorthanded for Friday's game in Buffalo against the surprising Sabres.
    Five players missed practice Wednesday because of the flu. Of that group, Dan Carillo and Arron Asham returned Thursday, while defenseman Matt Carle remained in bed with the flu.
    Danny Briere and Ryan Parent, each of whom were ill Wednesday, also missed yesterday’s practice, but coach John Stevens said it was because of their injuries and that they had recovered from the flu.
    Parent (groin) and Briere (quad) will not play Friday. Stevens said he expects Carle _ who is off to an outstanding start _ to be in Friday's lineup.
   If Carle is able to play, the Flyers will not have to use a defensive callup to play against the Sabres.
   Danny Syvret, who has been practicing despite flu-like symptoms, and Ole Kristian-Tollefsen are slated to be the third defensive pairing.

   Ray Emery will start in goal against Buffalo; Stevens said he's not sure about Saturday's starter against visiting St. Louis, meaning Brian Boucher could make just his second appearance.

   

Posted by Sam Carchidi @ 12:03 PM  Permalink | 4 comments
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Posted 01:19 PM, 11/05/2009
bigdaddy1216
Stevens need to get Boucher back in net getting extra pratice isn't like being in a game and from what I have saw he been looking pretty good at pratice. I just hope the boys come out like their pants are on fire, they need to play 60 of hockey agaist this team as they will bringtheir A game Friday night.
Posted 01:51 PM, 11/05/2009
jamiller30
I'm going to the game on Saturday and I'd rather see Emery in net. I didn't pay $80 to see Boucher let in a bunch of soft goals.
Posted 01:51 PM, 11/05/2009
jamiller30
I'm going to the game on Saturday and I'd rather see Emery in net. I didn't pay $80 to see Boucher let in a bunch of soft goals.
Posted 03:51 PM, 11/05/2009
flyler
Emery can't start every game. If the Boys are kicking the Flu by Saturday, that would be a good time to get Boosh in. Get him some confidence against a Blues team that's struggling.
About Sam Carchidi
Sam Carchidi, who has covered primarily South Jersey high school sports and the Phillies for three decades, is in his second year as the Flyers’ beat writer. He has followed the Flyers since their inception in 1967-68, and remembers when only the third periods of their games were broadcast on the radio - just seven years before they became the city's most popular franchise.

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.

A lifelong South Jersey resident, Carchidi lives in Wenonah, N.J., with his wife, JoAnn, and he is a passionate sports fan of the colleges attended by his daughter, Sara (tiny Mount St. Mary’s in Maryland, which qualified for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament last season and is unbeaten in football since 1951) and his son, Sammy (West Virginia, an annual challenger for the nation’s No. 1 ranking in football and men’s basketball).
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