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World Cup: Group G Passing and Shooting Stats

25, Jun 2010

Richard Heathcote – Getty Images

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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 25: Luis Fabiano of Brazil tackles Pepe of…

Tim Panaccio: Lavy’s Final Presser

14, Jun 2010

Courtesy of the Flyers, here is today’s conference call transcript w/Flyers coach Peter Laviolette, wrapping things up for the season:

Below is a transcript of the end of season conference call with Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette…Thanks! Joe

Q: Peter, can you first give us an overview of how you feel a couple days removed?

“I think everybody is still… you know you wake…

Tim Panaccio: Hard To Accept It’s Over

10, Jun 2010

There is nothing worse than being on the losing end of a championship game. The finality of it never really sinks in.

You listen to what the players are saying but you sense they really don’t think it’s over, either.

Which is how I felt hearing the words from Danny Briere after Wednesday’s torturous 4-3 overtime loss to Chicago which gave the Stanley Cup to the Blackhawks in 6 games.

He s…

Tim Panaccio: Pre-Game Thoughts

9, Jun 2010

I took the Flyers to win this series in 7 games.

In doing so, I figured they’d get a split in Chicago. They’ve carved a much deeper hole here to win the Cup but I still think we’re going back to Chi-Town tomorrow morning.

Either way, tonight marks the last game at the Wac this season.

Wonder how it plays out with the fans.

“All season long, our season has been up and down and our…

Tim Panaccio: Nervous Nellies

7, Jun 2010

That’s pretty much how Ville Leino described the Flyers in their 7-4 loss to the Blackhawks in Game 5.

He said they were so hyped up, their emotions swallowed them up and made them nervous.

I asked Peter Laviolette whether he agreed with that assessment, that their nerves got the best of them because it looked to me in that first period, the Flyers were the one seeking shelter on the ice….

Tim Panaccio: Flyers “Juiced” Up?

6, Jun 2010

CHICAGO _ So why have the Flyers been so loose all through the playoffs?

I was telling Peter Laviolette and some of the players today that I could remember in the not-so-distant past how uptight the club was in past years, even in a series they were leading.

This Stanley Cup Final is tied, 2-2 but you’d think the Flyers were ahead and the Blackhawks were behind given the difference between…

Tim Panaccio: “Old-Fashioned Ass Kicking”

21, May 2010

MONTREAL _ The only good that came out of Game 3’s loss (5-1) to the Habs was that the Fleyrs recognized how badly outplayed they were and how Montreal did to them what the Flyers usually do to others.

Mike Richards termed it, “an old-fashioned ass kicking” and he was dead-on about that.

I asked coach Peter Laviolette if he thought Richards words accurately portrayed how badly his team play…

Tim Panaccio: They Said It

15, May 2010

Quotes that go “bump” in the night after a Game 7 …

There’s the right people in that locker room to win a game like today,” coach Peter Laviolette said. “And there’s the right people in that locker room to come back from 3-0 and win a game today.

“I’m really proud,” he said, then pausing. “I’m really proud of the way we played. I’m proud of the way they represented th…

Tim Panaccio: Pre-Game 7 Quotes

14, May 2010

The Best of Pre-Game Quotes …

Simon Gagne on playing:
“It takes awhile before healing the bone, most of the time it could take 6 – 8 weeks, so I’ll definitely take that time off,” Gagne said. “It’s getting better and I’m getting better every day and that’s the way it is.

“Like I said, you’re going to have to play through pain in the playoffs. And I’m not the only o…

Tim Panaccio: They Said It …

22, Apr 2010

NEWARK, N.J. There have been a couple of precious quotes in this series.

You have to get your daily dose of Jacques Lemaire because he is so much fun.

I asked him today at the morning skates whether his Devils got an emotional lift yesterday when they found out that Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne are done for this series.

“I thought it was bullshit, as a matter of fact,” Lemaire told…

Tim Panaccio: Carter: ‘I’m Frustrated’

17, Apr 2010

For several weeks now, Jeff Carter has been Mr. Mumbles around the media.

“It’s not you guys, he’s upset with himself,” one of the Flyers told me this afternoon at Skate Zone as the Flyers prepared for Game 3 on Sunday night.

Carter never has much to say, anyway, but lately, he’s been giving one or two word answers to questions about himself and his injured left foot.

Not today.

Anyo…

Tim Panaccio: Lemaire, and Devils on Pronger and Vice-Versa

14, Apr 2010

NEWARK, N.J. _ Twice during the morning skates presser w/Devils coach Jacques Lemaire (Peter Laviolette didn’t use the press conference stage), there was such tremendous electrical interference, there was a big bang that caused Lemaire to dart some angry glances toward my direction.

Seems I had the hand held mike and it was too close to the speaker – about 6 feet. I gave it back to Devils PR…

Tim Panaccio: What’s To Believe Right Now?

9, Apr 2010

New York – All they needed was two points. All they need on Sunday is … still, two points.

The best team $60 million can buy, the one some people tabbed to win the Stanley Cup, now must wait 48 hours and go into the final game of the season to see if they make the playoffs.

Regardless, this is a Flyer club that will have to be re-arranged, in parts, this summer because it is maddeningly dy…


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