PHILADELPHIA FLYERS HEAD COACH PETER LAVIOLETTE On what stood out to why they lost the series… Probably defensively, we weren’t able to generate what we had done all year. They did a good job through the neutral zone and a good job in their own end. We couldn’t penetrate. Defensively, I think they (the Bruins) did a pretty good job.
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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS FORWARD JAMES VAN RIEMSDYK On why the Bruins dominated the series… You know what, I think, I don’t know, maybe they were doing a smarter job with the puck and, I don’t know, I didn’t feel like we had as many odd man rushes and chances off the rush through transition, so they did a good job of managing the puck and yeah, I don’t know, they tightened things up, obviously, a little bit too. On if Chris Pronger would have made a difference in the series if he were healthy… That’s something, you know, we can only speculate about but, obviously, I mean, his track record speaks for itself so I guess you never really know.
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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS FORWARD MIKE RICHARDS On being swept in the series … It is disappointing whenever you end the season on a loss. Not sure where it went wrong. It’s a slippery slope when you stop playing your brand of hockey. Give the Bruins a lot of credit they played extremely well
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PHILADELPHIA FLYERS FORWARD CLAUDE GIROUX On if he felt the Flyers played well enough to win tonight… No. I mean, we didn’t play our best hockey against Boston, that’s for sure. It’s just disappointing.
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Flyers center Jeff Carter skated for about 10 minutes today and tried a few stops and starts before calling it a day. Sidelined with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee since Game 4 of the Flyers’ first-round series against the Buffalo Sabres, Carter appears doubtful for Game 3 and 4 in Boston. … Goaltender Michael Leighton, sidelined since Game 6 against Buffalo with a back injury, practiced with netminders Sergei Bobrovsky and Johan Backlund.
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Flyers coach Peter Laviolette did not blink an eye today when asked who will be his starting goalie for tonight’s Game 2 against the Boston Bruins at the Wells Fargo Center. “Brian will go back in net today,” Laviolette said, referring to veteran netminder Brian Boucher. “Today for me is a game where we all have to go back in there and try and right some wrongs. Everybody gets an opportunity and he deserves it.” Boucher was pulled from Game 1 after allowing five goals on 23 shots in a 7-3 loss to the Bruins.
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FLYERS LINE COMBINATIONS LW Scott Hartnell C Danny Briere RW Ville Leino LW James van Riemsdyk C Claude Giroux RW Nik Zherdev LW Dan Carcillo C Mike Richards RW Kris Versteeg LW Zac Rinaldo C Blair Betts RW Darroll Powe DEFENSE PAIRINGS Matt Carle Chris Pronger Kimmo Timonen Braydon Coburn Sean O’Donnell Andrej Meszaros GOALTENDERS Brian Boucher Sergei Bobrovsky POWER PLAY SPECIALISTS Pronger, Timonen, Briere, Giroux, Richards, van Riemsdyk, Hartnell, Leino, Versteeg. PENALTY KILLERS Coburn, Meszaros, O’Donnell, Pronger, Timonen, Betts, Powe, Richards, Versteeg, Giroux Injuries: C Jeff Carter (right MCL sprain, day-to-day); LW Andreas Nodl (eye, day-to-day); G Michael Leighton (lower body, day-to-day). Extras: LW Jody Shelley, F Ben Holmstrom, D Danny Syvret, D Nick Boynton, G Johan Backlund, BRUINS LINE COMBINATIONS LW Milan Lucic C David Krejci RW Nathan Horton LW Brad Marchand C Patrice Bergeron RW Mark Recchi LW Chris Kelly C Rich Peverley RW Michael Ryder LW Daniel Paille, C Gregory Campbell RW Shawn Thornton DEFENSE PAIRINGS Zdeno Chara Dennis Seidenberg, Tomas Kaberle Adam McQuaid Andrew Ference Johnny Boychuk GOALTENDERS Tim Thomas Tuukka Rask POWER PLAY SPECIALISTS Kaberle, Seidenberg, Chara, Krejci, Peverley, Lucic, Recchi, Bergeron, Horton PENALTY KILLERS Chara, Seidenberg, Boychuk, Ferrence, Campbell, Kelly, Peverley, Bergeron, Marchand, Paille Injuries: Marc Savard (concussion, indefinite) Extras: D Shane Hnidy, C Tyler Seguin, D Matt Bartkowsky
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