In a telephone interview within the past 30 minutes Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren broke the news that Danny Briere has a significant groin tear and that he will be shelved 4-5 weeks. Here’s the interview with Holmgren: “Danny had an MRI today on his stomach and groin area
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Just spoke with Danny Briere and Jeff Carter and both plan on playing Tuesday night when the Tampa Bay Lightning visit the Flyers at the Wachovia Center. Briere listed himself as probable and is slated to play on a line with LW Andreas Nodl and RW Joffrey Lupul. Carter said his right shoulder, banged up when he was checked into the boards by Joni Pitkanen on Friday, is fine even though he sat out practice. Carter will center a line with wingers Scottie Upshall and Scott Hartnell, which means Glen Metropolit will likely replace center Jonathon Kalinsky on the fourth line.
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The right shoulder injury Jeff Carter sustained in Friday afternoon’s loss to the Hurricanes apparently kept him out of today’s practice.
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MAPLE LEAFS 4, FLYERS 2: You could see this one coming. The Flyers were playing the second end of back-to-backs and their sixth game in nine nights. The Leafs were playing their first game in front of newly named president and general manager Brian Burke
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NOTES, QUOTES -The Flyers fell to 3-1-1 in the second end of back-to-backs this season. –The Flyers’ streak of 15 straight penalty kills was snapped when Nik Antropov scored in the second period. The Flyers now have killed off 55 of their last 58 penalties over the past 11 games. –The Flyers’ nine shorthanded goals lead the NHL
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ROSTER REPORT GOALTENDERS: Martin Biron, Antero Niittymaki. DEFENSEMEN: Braydon Coburn, Matt Carle, Kimmo Timonen, Ossi Vaananen, Luca Sbisa, Andrew Alberts FIRST LINE: Simon Gagne, Mike Richards, Mike Knuble SECOND LINE: Scott Hartnell, Jeff Carter, Andreas Nodl THIRD LINE: Scottie Upshall, Glen Metropolit, Joffrey Lupul FOURTH LINE: Josh Gratton, Jonathon Kalinski, Arron Asham PLAYER NOTES: –C Mike Richards notched his first two-goal game of the season and now has three shorthanded goals, one behind league-leader Simon Gagne. –C Jeff Carter had his five-game points streak ended
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ROSTER REPORT GOALTENDERS: Martin Biron, Antero Niittymaki. DEFENSEMEN: Braydon Coburn, Matt Carle, Kimmo Timonen, Ossi Vaananen, Luca Sbisa, Andrew Alberts FIRST LINE: Simon Gagne, Mike Richards, Mike Knuble SECOND LINE: Scott Hartnell, Jeff Carter, Andreas Nodl THIRD LINE: Scottie Upshall, Glen Metropolit, Joffrey Lupul FOURTH LINE: Josh Gratton, Jonathon Kalinski, Arron Asham PLAYER NOTES: –LW Scottie Upshall has just three goals after 20 games and is at his best when he is agitating without taking trips to the penalty box.
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NOTES, QUOTES –Twenty games into the season the Flyers are on pace to have three players – Jeff Carter, Mike Knuble and Simon Gagne — with 40 or more goals. That has never happened in their 41-year history. –Flyers chairman Ed Snider and his youth hockey foundation have helped rescue three Philadelphia public skating rinks that were scheduled to close in proposed budget cutbacks announced last month by Mayor Michael Nutter.
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The Flyers have not had a player lead the NHL in goals since Reggie “The Rifle†Leach tickled the twine 61 times in 1975-76. Thirty-three years later, Jeff Carter is making a bid for the Rocket Richard Trophy. His 15th goal of the season Monday night tied him with Buffalo’s Thomas Vanek for the league lead and put him on a pace for 62 goals
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FLYERS 3, SABRES 0: In parts of 10 seasons in Buffalo Marty Biron never seized the chance to be the Sabres’ No. 1 goaltender. The 31-year-old netminder showed the Sabres what they may have missed out on with his best performance of the season, a 40-save effort and his first shutout of the season.
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