Savard ready for Flyers and fans
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Savard ready for Flyers and fans
Sam Carchidi, Inquirer Staff Writer
If you’re among the nearly 20,000 fans who will attend the Wachovia Center for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Wednesday night, the Bruins' Marc Savard says he is ready for you.
Savard figures to be the fans’ target after Flyers winger Dan Carcillo accused him of
biting his finger during host Boston’s 3-2 win on Monday.
“It just makes you play better," Savard said after Wednesday’s morning skate, referring to the lively crowd expected for the game. “It should be fun.”
Carcillo said he is hoping his line is matched against Savard’s unit. Savard brushed a aside a question about whether he wanted to be matched against Carcillo.
Savard, who denied biting Carcillo, played for Atlanta when he received a one-game suspension for biting Toronto's Darcy Tucker's thumb in 2003.
At the time, Savard's explanation of the bite was similar to what he said after Monday's episode with Carcillo, according to the National Post of Canada. It quoted Savard in 2003 as saying: "He just shoved his fingers in my mouth. I don't know how you get out of a mouth-hold."
Bruins coach Claude Julien downplayed the Savard-Carcillo rematch.
“We’re here to play hockey,” he said. “We not here to worry about anything else but the game.”
Savard said the Bruins _ who have a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series _ need to be prepared for a Flyers’ offensive onslaught, especially early in the game.
“We played Montreal last year in the playoffs; we were up 2-0 when we went to Montreal and they threw everything at us,” he said, “and we have to be ready for the same type of thing. We want to try to grab a hold of this (series) tonight and not let it slip away.”
The Bruins won Game 3 in Montreal last year, 4-2, en route to a four-game sweep.
Said Julien: “We don’t want to let them back in the series, so we need to be ready. It’s not a very complicated thing. It’s a matter of understanding the urgency on both sides here and being able to counter what the other team is going to throw at you.”
One of the keys Wednesday will be faceoffs. Boston won 59 percent of the draws in Game 2 and that led to a lot of puck possession.
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I hope Carcillo knocks Savard's teeth out tonight then he won't have to worry about anymore biting accusations.— the sichee-ation- Hey Carbomb, put one in the back of the net and that will shut up all the critics!— Fabulous
Concussion Boy Savard is so smug....doing a Jeffrey Dahmer on Carcillo and acting like he's a choir boy. Meh. I don't usually like anything about Matt Cooke, but seeing Melon Head Savard's tired act in this series makes me applaud Mr. Cooke for his "thoroughness" back in March. Carcillo will attempt a Melon Encore tonight; better have your fragile head on a swivel, Markyboy. Late word is he bit his dental hygienist last visit and was heard to slur, "Don't know why her fingers were in my mouth...it's all her fault."
I hope the team watched the HBO Broad Street Bully documentary last night. The show reminded me of how proud those players were to wear the Flyers uniform.— burholme- The Bruins are tougher than the Flyers with Thorton, Chara and Lucic.— Ferrell31
- Sam, I bet it was Richard's fault— no5forme
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- Best way to hurt them is for the Carbomb to score. Take care of business first, then take care of Savard. No sense in letting this little girls cowardly action be a distraction for us. Let Pronger line him up and blow him out of his panties. We need Danny to step up and score.— PhillyInVa
- They say 2-0 is the worst lead in hockey...— grev63
- ferrell31...YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HOCKEY. PLEASE SHUT UP AND STAY OFF OF THIS WEBSITE. "Oh Danny Boy, Savard's mouth is calling you...to shove your fist right down his throat!!!"— thomaspfoolery
C'mon Flyers, take it to em!!— dianne16- Carcillo, just score !— PEFF
- I hope the fans bring passafiers and throw them on the ice at savard— PEFF
- peff, what is a passafier? did you learn that in midule skul? anyways savard has always been a flamer..— chrissays
Starting to hate these Bruins supporters - they're too much like Penguins fans.- GO BRUINS!!!!!!!— Bruinsfan
- i can no longer root for the flyers. this organization sucks to the core. no goalie, pee wee defense, loads of injuries at the worst times, weak heart, hartnell, parent, krejic, coburn, carle, homer, snider........get rid of all of them. put them on the sidewalk with the trash.— love park
- JVR plays soft, I bet he owns his own purse. Has he shown up in the last month at all?— LGbalsac
- (the sound of crickets) have a nice summer, Philly. You can't fake goals Carcillo. Carbomb, yeah about as effective as the one in Times Square!— fmd
- grev63 "They say 2-0 is the worst lead in hockey..." What do they say about a 3-0 lead?— fmd
