It’s Boucher vs. Biron!

November 25, 2009

Just received word that former Flyers goalie Marty Biron will start Wednesday night's game between the Islanders and Flyers. Brian Boucher will start for the Flyers, who are looking to end a three-game losing streak. Here are some quotes from Tuesday's practice: SCOTT HARTNELL Q; On the possibilty of playing vs Marty Biron tomorrow SH: "We're not sure if he is playing tomorrow but being a teammate of his for two years, I know he's a great guy who loved to be at the rink every day and loved to have fun. Seeing him in between the pipes will be a little different. You shoot on him every day in practice so you think you may have his tendancies. It will be fun and we need to get ourselves back onto the winning ways." Q: is it going to be good to get this road trip behind you and get a game at home again? SH: "Yes, the travel was a little bit difficult last night. We got in pretty much around 5 am. It will be nice to get home and sleep in your own bed and get back on the winning ways at home. But we have one more game left (tomorrow) and it isn't going to be easy. The end is near but we have to bear down here and have to skate a full 60 minutes tomorrow. AARON ASHAM (who skated full practice with the team today) "Everything is going well. I had a good practice today. The rib felt pretty good and I did a couple of battle drills and it was pain free. I am here if they need me. Hopefully I can be in the lineup tomorrow." MIKE RICHARDS Q: if Biron is playing tomorrow what will that be like? MR: "it will be nice to see him again. Obviously we have beenthrough a lot the last couple of years when we were teammates. I know that he is having some success out here which is nice to see. It will be nice to see him out there." Q: You are at the end of a long road trip. What's the feeling coming back? "I think it is more mental than anything else. It is obviously not going the way we wanted it to go. But if we win tomorrow we could salvage a couple of points out of it and head back home where we feel more comfortable. I think tomorrow is going to be more mental than anything." Q: Kimmo did not practice today. Is he ok? JS: "Like we have been doing a lot this year, it is a maintenance day for Kimmo. We are just giving him a day of rest so he can get ready for tomorrow." Q: How is Arron Asham? He practiced today. JS: "We wanted to get him up here. He has been skating back home with Hatch (Derian). Hatch has been skating Gagne and Ash while we have been away. It's tough to just be on your own. So we wanted to integrate him with the team and see how he feels and he said he felt pretty good. We will skate him tomorrow and see how he feels after he does some battling drills along the wall. He looked good today. We will see how he feels tomorrow morning." Q: How important is the game tomorrow to salvage this road trip? JS: "it is very important. You always want to get back into the winning ways. We kind of lacked some urgency early in our game last night and then played like gangbusters in the 3rd period. That's the way we need to play for 60 minutes. The Islanders are a hard working team who are playing with a lot of confidence right now. This game is not only critical for the road trip but critical for where we are in the standings and where we are at this point in the season." Q: After a long road trip like this, is it good to come back and play in front of the home town crowd? JS: "It is always great to play in front of our fans. It is a situation we are very comfortable with. We have been a very good home team this year. It is still a continuation of the road trip, though. We are home for an afternoon game on Friday but right back on the road again. You can't go home and think you can relax. Buffalo is a very good team. We are going to have to take each game one at a time. We need to try to get our focus back starting with the Islanders game and then feed off our crowd at home. The fans seem to give us energy when we are home." Q: Who is in net tomorrow? JS: "Brian Boucher is playing tomorrow. We feel that it is important to get Boosh back into the net. He has played better and better. He was sharp when he came in relief yesterday. We planned to play him tomorrow regardless of what happened yesterday."

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