Gameday: Hockey comes home as Red Wings visit South Philly
by Travis Hughes on Sep 22, 2009 4:38 PM EDT
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Detroit Red Wings (2-2-0) at Philadelphia Flyers (0-2-1)
Wachovia Center - 7:00 PM ET - Philadelphia, PA
TV: The Comcast Network
Radio: 610 WIP
This is the open game thread.
Behind Enemy Lines: Winging It In Motown
Hockey is back in Philadelphia tonight for the first time since fans grudgingly slogged out of the Wachovia Center on a Saturday afternoon in late April. Those fans will be in attendance tonight with not quite the same enthusiasm, given this is just a preseason game, but there is an eager sense of anticipation in the air tonight.
It's always exciting when hockey returns for another year, but tonight we get our first home looks at key offseason acquistions Ray Emery and Chris Pronger. The hopes of this season largely rest on these two players, and they'll get a lot of ice time tonight to prove their worth to the Flyer faithful.
Emery is expected to play the entire game tonight while Brian Boucher gets used to his nice cozy seat at the end of the bench. Pronger will play on the second pairing with Matt Carle, while Kimmo Timonen and Braydon Coburn reunite on the top pairing. Rounding out the defense, Randy Jones will sit out while Danny Syvret gets a crack at playing with Ryan Parent, a trade off many fans wouldn't mind seeing all season long.
Up front, Simon Gagne makes his anticipated preseason debut tonight in front of the home fans. He's yet to play in game action this training camp due to a groin injury he suffered with Team Canada last month, but he's close to 100 percent and will be in the lineup tonight on a line with Mike Richards and James van Riemsdyk.
The top of the lineup you'll see tonight looks very similar to the one you could see 10 days from now when the season starts. Danny Briere is on the second line with Scott Hartnell and Jeff Carter, while Claude Giroux will center NHL hopefuls Mika Pyorala and Lukas Kaspar on the third line. Blair Betts, Arron Asham, and Ian Laperriere are the notables missing from the lineup. Riley Cote is also not in the lineup, making way for Dan Carcillo, Darroll Powe, and Jason Ward to fill out the bottom line.
After the jump, the Red Wings roster for this evening.
Courtesy of mlive.com, here is the Red Wings' lineup tonight.
Forwards
Leino-Filppula-Bertuzzi
Draper-Abdelkader-Eaves
Ritola-Emmerton-Jason Williams
Ryno-Newbury-Tardiff
Defense
Lidstrom-Rafalski
Lebda-Ericsson
Kolosov-MeechGoal: Chris Osgood, Thomas McCollum
The puck drops at 7 PM and you can watch it locally on The Comcast Network -- our first taste of Jim Jackson, Keith Jones, and Coatesy this season. Go Flyers.
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Hopefully not alone…
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Makin' it look mean since 1967.
by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 6:55 PM EDT reply actions
I was lucky that I saw JJ and Coatesy at the rookie game. but yeah, this is nice to hear.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Um, I think Travis was opposed to this, but if you check wink wink atdhe.net, there might be something there. Or channelsurfing.net. Hopefully you’re using IE
Also popular is ustream.tv
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions
It sucks this isn’t in HD though. What happened to CN8HD?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions
Danny pots one, 1-0
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:09 PM EDT reply actions
While Sopcast downloads I’m watching the Penguins on NHLN, and they scored on the first shift. Remind me again why I like this sport?
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over from WIM
hey i might be joining you guys if it’s alright because there is seemingly noone in the WIM game thread.
Welcome welcome
I went to the Joe when the Flyers were there last St Patrick’s Day, on $3 dollar beer night. I like you people.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 22, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
And it’s only preseason, so we’re still polishing our insults
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh, it was a wide open net. basically, it proves he still knows where to be on the ice.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
So since i can't get a stream...
or don’t get comcast philly, was the goal bad defense/goaltending or good play offensively for the Flyers?
A bit of a defensive breakdown, but first shot stopped, Carter poked at it, and went straight to Briere, all at the top of hte crease.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
And Syvret. Great lob pass to spring that
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:18 PM EDT up reply actions
And now Leafs are leveling Penguins left and right. I missed you, hockey.
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Because the Pens/Leafs are on bigger networks (TSN/NHLN). But still, it’s real frustrating.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 22, 2009 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Alright, I give up on trying to find the game..
no working streams and three midterms to write means i’m out of here for now but thanks for allowing me to crash for a while!
Always welcome. We can share our mutual hatred of the Penguins
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
That was quite impressive
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions
You weren’t?
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Phil Kessel is real skeevy looking
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Aside from the goals, I was impressed in the first period by the defense’s ability to get in front of pucks and get to the loose ones.
Agree
I was impressed by JVR, Pyorala, and the aggressiveness in general
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions
“A beautiful goal by Carcillo”
Even listening on the radio I can’t believe my eyes.
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Yeah… he hit him with his shoulder, but the elbow definitely flared. So the ref from the far end called it on the flare and the reputation. That’s tough to take.
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by Geoff Detweiler on Sep 22, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions
It’s only preseason, but this would be the first Flyers win in about five months. Which makes me happy.
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by Ben Rothenberg on Sep 22, 2009 8:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Anyone know what we’re doing with Blair Betts? I see he isn’t playing tonight. I’m hoping Stevens is just getting him some rest
JVR’s second of the night. What a shot. 5-1 Flyers. It’s going to be very tough to keep him off the NHL roster for opening night.
I know we are playing most of our boys as its the 1st one at home in front of the fans.
Anyone know if the wings are skating their top players?
I see u posted it at the opening of this tread
by Prometheus74 on Sep 22, 2009 9:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I can’t wait to see the highlights of this game. I could only listen to it on the Wip. Next game though is on good old Comcast!
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