This can never get old.

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In January of 1980, when Ronald Regan took office and began to build the largest "peacetime" army in the history of the country, a group of collegiate and amateur hockey players were rounding out a long stretch of international hockey in preparation for the 1980 Winter Olympics. Little did they know their actions in the month to come would irrevocably tie Russians and hockey together in the mindset of the common American. By the time the winter of 1980 rolled around we had been at cold war with the Russians for almost 40 years. They had pointed missels at us, we had pointed missels at them, they had spied on us, we had done the same to them -things had not been going well between the two most powerful nations in world

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Flyers coach John Stevens told me this morning here in Washington not to expect Kimmo Timonen in the lineup tonight against the Caps because he is ill. It was an optional morning skate where few players were on the ice. Timonen did not mae the trip, suffering from the flu which continues to plague the Flyers.

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Preview Coming off a heartbreaking loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday afternoon, the Flyers (31-17-9) will face a tough test tonight when they travel to DC to take on the Washington Capitals (38-17-5). The Caps are 8-2-1 in their last 11 games and boast an imposing 24-5-1 record on home ice. The clubs have split the first two games of the season series, with each team prevailing a

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Tonight the Flyers skate into DC to take on the Southeast-leading Capitals. The Caps and Flyers always play their best against each other, and tonight should be no exception.

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The latest news out of the Flyers camp is on the health of Danny Briere.

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