Flyers Take 3-1 Lead on Devils

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Wow. What a pleasant surprise. I almost don't even know what to say. Almost… Last night the Flyers showed why they could(i) be a dangerous team. I'm not even talking about this post season, I'm talking about in any given day. They can be so dangerous because even if their defense and goaltending were lacking, which it is obviously not, they were built to come at you in multiple ways.

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Another Critical Injury: Gagne Breaks Toe

Why is the Flyers can't ever seem to get through a playoff year without significant injuries? First Jeff Carter suffers a fracture in his left foot that hampers him down the stretch and into the first 3 Games of this playoff series with the Devils and now Simon Gagne, who was soooo close to breaking out of his scoring slump, blocks a couple shots and has a broken right toe. Gagne will have

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Post-game quotes: Lemaire, Brodeur, Elias

Devils Head Coach Jacques Lemaire Q: Coach, how do you stop the bleeding? “There’s no pill for this. There’s no pill. I think we have to be more consistent in our work, number one. We lost discipline in the second half of the third period, which we started to take penalties.

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Peter Laviolette Post-game

Flyers Head Coach Peter Laviolette – PART 1 Q: Can you talk about how that team exploded after that first period? “I thought the game started really fast for both teams. Those first 10 minutes, I thought was probably the best New Jersey skated. I thought we skated well also, so it was back and forth. It was really fast. The power plays took over an they got ‘em in the five-on-three and they got the lead. It took us out of our game a little bit, but again, I thought our guys did a good job of staying in the game when there were so many penalties called.

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Post-Game Quotes From Carter, Briere

EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS (FLYERS lead series 3-1) GAME 4 FLYERS (4) – Devils (1) Jeff Carter Q: Does it feel like some pressure has been removed off of your back? “Yeah. I hope so. It’s not easy coming back at any time of the year from an injury, especially the playoffs when the level is so high. I felt like our line as a whole has been getting better every night, and tonight just kind of kept rolling and we were lucky to get a couple of bounces.” Q: You had six shots, Danny (Briere) had six shots the other night, it seemed like just a matter of time before you guys scored. “Yeah, we felt the same way. We felt like we had some pretty good opportunities the last game, and obviously it’s not easy to score on the guy that’s down on the other end there, so you know, we just kept working at it.

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