vzaleski
04-21-2010, 03:32 PM
The Philadelphia Flyers received some bad news today, and no, it wasn’t another penalty called against them by the referees; that is a story for another article. The news was regarding forwards Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne. Both had suffered right foot injuries in Tuesday night’s game four victory over the New Jersey Devils. Neither player will be in the line-up for tomorrow night’s possible series clinching game five at New Jersey.
Carter, who led the team in goal scoring during the regular season with 33 and netted another two goals and an assist in last night’s game, was on crutches with his foot in a boot today. He is awaiting results from a CT scan to determine how much time he will miss.
The biggest disappointment for the 25-year-old sniper is that he had finally began to feel better after missing eight games late in the regular season with an injury to his other foot.
Both players appeared to injure themselves after getting hit with slap shots last night; Gagne possibly from a shot off the stick of New Jersey’s Ilya Kovalchuk, and Carter when he was hit by a laser from the point by Chris Pronger, in which he immediately buried the loose puck behind Devils’ netminder,Martin Brodeur to give the Flyers a three goal cushion.
The most likely candidate to fill at least one of the spots at forward would be Ville Leino. The Flyers also have a number of call-ups from their farm team, Adirondack Phantoms that also could play, including David Laliberte and Andreas Nodl. Riley Cote could also dress.
Playing in the playoffs will be nothing new to Leino, who is currently in his first full season in the NHL. In seven playoff games for the Detroit Red Wings last year he notched two assists, as Detroit advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals before losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
When asked to comment about the injuries to his two difference making forwards Flyers’ Head Coach Peter Laviolette said that he would prefer to talk about good news and the chance that his team has to closeout this series tomorrow night up at Prudential Center in Newark.
Laviolette would offer no comment on what his line combinations or roster decisions for tomorrow would be.
No matter who fills the spots of his two forwards, Laviolette and the Flyers know that the Devils will come out tough tomorrow night with them being on the verge of elimination in their own building. The fourth win of a series is always the hardest one to get, according to some of the players.
http://www.insidehockey.com/columns/6523
Carter, who led the team in goal scoring during the regular season with 33 and netted another two goals and an assist in last night’s game, was on crutches with his foot in a boot today. He is awaiting results from a CT scan to determine how much time he will miss.
The biggest disappointment for the 25-year-old sniper is that he had finally began to feel better after missing eight games late in the regular season with an injury to his other foot.
Both players appeared to injure themselves after getting hit with slap shots last night; Gagne possibly from a shot off the stick of New Jersey’s Ilya Kovalchuk, and Carter when he was hit by a laser from the point by Chris Pronger, in which he immediately buried the loose puck behind Devils’ netminder,Martin Brodeur to give the Flyers a three goal cushion.
The most likely candidate to fill at least one of the spots at forward would be Ville Leino. The Flyers also have a number of call-ups from their farm team, Adirondack Phantoms that also could play, including David Laliberte and Andreas Nodl. Riley Cote could also dress.
Playing in the playoffs will be nothing new to Leino, who is currently in his first full season in the NHL. In seven playoff games for the Detroit Red Wings last year he notched two assists, as Detroit advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals before losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
When asked to comment about the injuries to his two difference making forwards Flyers’ Head Coach Peter Laviolette said that he would prefer to talk about good news and the chance that his team has to closeout this series tomorrow night up at Prudential Center in Newark.
Laviolette would offer no comment on what his line combinations or roster decisions for tomorrow would be.
No matter who fills the spots of his two forwards, Laviolette and the Flyers know that the Devils will come out tough tomorrow night with them being on the verge of elimination in their own building. The fourth win of a series is always the hardest one to get, according to some of the players.
http://www.insidehockey.com/columns/6523