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In a season where one of the participants in the Stanley Cup Finals needed a shootout goal in the last game of the regular season just to make the playoffs and completed a historic comeback by falling behind 3-0 in Game 7 all things are still possible.    Its just that after last night one wonders just how the Flyers can find a miracle large enough to cover this hole.   Its not that ...

Three Dog Night once told us that one is the loneliest number. For the Chicago Blackhawks, it is now the most daunting. After a stunning 7-4 win in Game Five of the Stanley Cup Finals, the Blackhawks have an opportunity to win their first Stanley Cup since 1961 on Wednesday night in Philadelphia. The Hawks came out of the dressing room with what was universally considered their best effort of the playoffs, ...

Through four games in the 2010 edition of the Stanley Cup Finals we have watched as the home team has won all four games. Clearly, if the Philadelphia Flyers are going to win the Cup this season they will have to find a way to beat the Chicago Blackhawks at home, which, given the Blackhawks sub-par performances at the “Madhouse on Madison,” is more likely than many Hawks ...

When you are the first overall pick in WHL Bantam Draft, there are going to be some expectations that come with it. Quinton Howden, the 6'3", 183-pound left winger for the Moose Jaw Warriors, has surpassed those expectations. “He's making the adjustments, which is what you want to see,” Sports Illustrated says. “He always got by on size before. Now he's showing more drive, more commitment to physical play and he's ...

The Orange Crush at the Wachovia Center was just what the doctor ordered for the Philadelphia Flyers as they weet into Game Four down a game.  We now have a new series. I have repeated this constantly but it needs repeating as it seems to be the theme of these Stanley Cup Finals; lucky bounces. There are bounces aplenty in this series and both teams have benefited from them and it looks ...

According to several Flyers beat writers , forward Danny Carcillo will be inserted back into the lineup for Game Two of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks Monday night at the United Center. Carcillo has been a healthy scratch since Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals when Peter Laviolette took him out of the lineup for the return of Jeff ...

It’s not very often that an NHL team gets a shot at selecting in the top-five of the NHL Entry Draft. If Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke had elected to pass on  Phil Kessel and keep his first-round draft choice the Leafs would be doing exactly that, in fact, the Leafs would be drafting second overall. Recent reports from various news outlets suggest that Burke is in ...

Ilya Kovalchuk was brought in by the New Jersey Devils via a trade with the Atlanta Thrashers on February 4, 2010, in a deal that saw the Devils give up RW Niclas Bergfors, D Johnny Oduya, C Patrice Cormier, and a first and second round pick in return for Kovalchuk, D Anssi Salmela, and a second round pick. Kovalchuk, 27, is the biggest pending free-agent in the worldwide hockey marketplace, as not only are many of the NHL teams ...

The Philadelphia Flyers have traveled a strange road on their ride to the Stanley Cup Finals. As pre-season favorites to come out of the Easter Conference the Flyers had some high expectations coming into the 2009-2010 NHL season. However, a bizarre series of events straight out of a Hollywood script sent the team through extreme highs and extreme lows all throughout an eventful regular season and a thus far brilliant ...

  The threat of the Columbus Blue Jackets leaving Ohio may be over as Ohio State University takes over Nationwide Arena’s management contract. On June 1, OSU will take over full management responsibilities for Nationwide Arena. In previous years, the Blue Jackets' fate was uncertain in Ohio because of an expensive contract they had with the arena’s current management company, SMG. Some believed the Blue Jackets may leave because of the expensive contract, ...