Thursday, February 21, 2008
FLYERS NEWS
The misery continues for the Flyers, as they welcomed the San Jose Sharks to the Wachovia Center tonight. Once again the defense lagged. Once again Marty Biron was left to face a barrage of 40 shots on goal and to his credit somehow only allowed three goals. Once again the Flyers couldn't come up with much offense and actually failed to even register a power play opportunity, let alone a goal. Once again with this their 10th straight loss it can't get any worse than this. Late in the first period of play Jonathan Cheecho scored for a 1-0 Sharks lead. Late in the second period of play Mike Knuble scored to tie it up at 1 for the Flyers. Early in the third period of play Milan Michalek and Douglas Murray each scored a minute between each other for a quick 3-1 Sharks lead. From there the Flyers had no answer and succumbed to the Sharks 3-1. So the Flyers drop to 30-25-6 overall and into last place in the Atlantic division, and more depressingly down into 10th place in the Eastern conference.
PHILLIES NEWS
The verdict is in and the winner of the abritration hearing between the Phils and Ryan Howard is Ryan Howard which means he will get the $10 million from the Phils that he deserves, instead of the 7 million they were trying to give him. Although this matter probably shouldn't have needed to go to arbitration, it is good to see the right party come out on top. If only all arbitration hearings could go like this.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
SIXERS NEWS
The Sixers regrouped from their crushing loss in Minnesota on Monday and returned to the friendly confines of the Wachovia center to take their frustrations out on the woeful Knicks. Offensively, six Sixers scored in double figures(Andre Miller, Willie Green, Andre Iguodala, Thaddeus Young, Louis Williams, Rodney Carney) with Green's 21 leading the way. Miller also chipped in with 10 assists, so the Sixer's offense scored early, often, and never stopped firing. Defensively, it was a team effort, and a good one, even though they didn't need to be. The Knicks played so poorly that even an average defensive night for the Sixers would have held their offense in check. All told the Sixers' out rebounded New York, 43-31, forced them to commit a whopping 23 turnovers, and held them to just 45.9% shooting from the field. In short, it was just an ugly night for the Knicks. Through the first quarter of play, the Sixers jumped out to a convincing 20 point lead, with the score 37-17, and never looked back. In the second quarter the Sixers lead only grew to 36, with the score 72-36 at the half. In the 3rd quarter of play the Sixers continued to dominate as their lead ballooned to 45, with the score 102-57. Basically the game was over at this point, but the rules say you have to play 4 quarters so they did and when it was over, the Sixers had destroyed the Knicks by 40, with final score 124-84. So the Sixers improve to 24-31 overall but remain in 4th place in the Atlantic division and 8th in the Eastern Conference.
FLYERS NEWS
There is more bad news for the Flyers tonight. Simon Gagne is reportedly done for the season after his most recent mild concussion. He has continued to experience symptoms from it and apparently will not be able to come back from it this season. I just hope he's not done for good, like Keith Primeau and Eric Lindros before him.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
SIXERS NEWS
While the Flyers started it, the Sixers finished the excruciating night for Philly sports against the Timberwolves in Minnesota. After finishing the first half of the season with 5 straight wins, the Sixers were looking to pick up where they left off to start the second half of the season. Instead the T-wolves had other ideas. Offensively, three Sixers scored in double figures(Andre Miller, Thaddeus Young, Andre Iguodala) with Iggy's 17 leading the way. Defensively, It was a team effort and not a very good one as the Sixers were out rebounded 45-39, and allowed the T-Wolves to shoot nearly 50% from the field. It was the defense, specifically, timely steals and rebounds that had carried the Sixers through their winning streak and without it they were lost. In the first quarter of play, the T-Wolves jumped out to a six point lead with the score 23-17. In the 2nd quarter the T-wolves continued to play solid ball, and increased their lead to 9, with the score 53-44. In the 3rd quarter Minnesota continued to front run and increased their lead to 12, with the score, 74-62. Finally, in the 4th quarter Minnesota simply continued to hold the Sixer's at arm's length and pushed their lead to 16 for the laughable final score, 104-88. So the Sixers drop to 23-31 overall and back into 4th place in the Atlantic division, by .5 games.
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers began an excruciating night tonight for Philly sports, by taking it on the chin in Ottawa at the hands of the Eastern conference leading Senators, for their 8th straight loss. Marty Biron got the start in goal, and had a solid night as the Flyer's defense picked up again and allowed only 25 shots on goal, of which Biron saved 23. Early in the first period of play Chris Kelly scored shorthanded for 1-0 Senators lead. Late in the 2nd period of play Antoine Vermette scored for a 2-0 Ottawa lead. A few minutes later Kimmo Timonen answered for the Flyers to cut the lead to 2-1. Early in the 3rd period of play, Scottie Upshall tied it at 2. Thanks to the solid play of Biron and his counterpart Ray Emery it stayed that way until the end of regulation. The overtime period went scoreless, setting the stage for a decisive shootout. In the first round of the shootout both teams came up empty. In the second round of the shootout, Timonen scored for the Flyers, and Vermette scored for Ottawa, to tie the shootout at 1. In the 3rd round of the shootout Danny Briere failed to score for the Flyers , while Jason Spezza scored to win it for Ottawa. So Ottawa got the 3-2 win in a shootout and the Flyers drop to 30-24-6 overall, but since the game went to a shootout, they at least get a point for their troubles and remain in 4th place in the Atlantic division.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
FLYERS NEWS
The Flyers continued to struggle tonight as they finished their home and home with the Canadiens at home in the Wachovia center. Antero Niittymaki got another start in goal after his stellar performance in the Flyer's last game and well, he wasn't so stellar this time around, but that had more to do wth the Flyer's defense that allowed 32 shots on goal, than with him. Anyway, midway through the first period of play, Alexie Kovalev made it 1-0 Montreal. A few minutes later Mike Richards tied at 1 for the Flyers. Then late in the period Fredrick Bouillon made it 2-1 Habs. Early in the second period of play Braydon Coburn tied it at 2 for the Flyers. A couple minutes later Mike Ryder made it 3-2 Montreal. Then late in the period Saku Koivu made it 4-2 Montreal. It stayed that way until with less than two minutes to play in the 3rd period, the Flyers pulled Niittymaki in an attempt to come up with one last rally. It didn't work. Micheal Lapierre scored on the empty net for a 5-2 Habs lead and that was about all she wrote. With under 20 seconds to play Riley Cote scored a meaningless goal to make the final score 5-3 Canadiens. So the Flyers drop to 30-24-5 overall and down to 4th place in the Atlantic division.
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