Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 12:28 AM | 3 comments |
 

Penalty kill lifts surging Flyers
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    There will be a lot of talk about 36-year-young Mike Knuble's two-goal performance _ including his late game-winner _ in the Flyers' 4-3 victory over Dallas last night.

    There will also be talk about the sizzling Jeff Carter, who notched his 15th goal _ tying him for the NHL lead _ and how he helped the Flyers increase their winning streak to five.

   But don't overflook the importance of the Flyers' penalty-killing unit, which is one of the main reasons the club is 6-0-1 in its last seven games.

   The Flyers killed all five penalties last night. In their last eight games, the Flyers haved successfully killed 42 of 44 penalties.

   Repeat: 42 of 44.

   That helps explain how the Flyers have improved to 10-6-4, including a 10-3-1 mark since their dismal 0-3-3 start.

   In last night's win, Kimmo Timonen, Carter, Ossi Vaananen, Mike Richards and Braydon Coburn logged the most time on the penalty kill. Dallas managed just seven shots in five power plays against Marty Biron.

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    Carter, who is struggling on faceoffs (2 for 17 last night), has a chance to become the first Flyer to win the NHL scoring title since Reggie Leach deposited 61 goals in 1975-76. Leach was known as "The Rifle" for his rocket shot.

    Carter, known as "Carts" to his teammates, could use a nickname. Suggestions?

    

   

Posted by Sam Carchidi @ 12:28 AM  Permalink | 3 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:23 PM, 11/25/2008
    Jeff "Jaeger-Bombs" Carter. If he scores a goal for every Jaeger bomb he ripped at the Princeton, he'll put up Playstation numbers. This drunk will break down mid season.
    — ThePrincetonAVL
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:30 AM, 11/26/2008
    Why would he hang out in that overrated craphole the Princeton? He should be doing car bombs at the pourhouse instead.
    — Captain Splendor
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:53 PM, 11/26/2008
    Because like anyone making more than $35,000 a year he can afford the toll over the bridge to Avalon.
    — ThePrincetonAVL


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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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