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Crashing the Net takes you around the league touching on hot and cold players, battles for ice-time and what's going on in net.

Mika Pyorala scored in the shootout to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the St.

Eds: APNewsNow. Flyers 2, Blues 1, SO. AP Photo PXC105, PXC104 PHILADELPHIA Mika Pyorala scored in the shootout to lead the Philadelphia Flyers to a 2-1 victory over the St.

The Philadelphia Flyers came out firing on all cylinders Monday night, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning like a bad habit, 6-2. The game had an interesting sub-plot, namely the battle down the middle: The Flyers Mike Richards and Jeff Carter vs.

Former Flyers captain Keith Primeau has no ax to grind with current Flyers captain Mike Richards.

SCOTT HARTNELL knows his bread and butter. If Wayne Gretzky's office was behind the net, the Flyers' perpetual pest has built a home just inches in front of the opposing goalie's crease, and it's paying dividends.

Greetings from the press box at Citizens Bank Park , where I am here to help cover the Phillies.

John Stevens made a statement to his players on Wednesday when he stripped them of a scheduled day off and told them they'd keep practicing until they started winning games.

At the same time doctors in Montreal and Philadelphia were differing over how to treat Simon Gagne's two hernias, the Flyers were blindsided by more discouraging injury news.

Kimmo Timonen calls it the worst start of his career and the numbers back him up.

The Flyers received bad medical news on Simon Gagne yesterday. An ultrasound exam revealed that the Flyers' left wingeris suffering from two small hernias and will be sidelined indefinitely, the team announced.

When the NHL returned from its yearlong lockout in the fall of 2005 and introduced fans to the overtime shootout, I was all for it.

THERE WERE a multitude of reasons why Brian Boucher wanted to win last night's game against the San Jose Sharks.

In an effort to get Simon Gagne going, it appears as if Flyers head coach John Stevens will give a new line a chance.

In the grand scheme of things, Mike Richards refusing to answer reporters' questions means little.

On a night where Flyers fans consumed close to 21,000 hot dogs on "dollar dog night," Claude Giroux looked like a million bucks.

The Flyers and Florida Panthers meet for the second time in just over a week this evening, this time at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center.

The fact that Gagne, who has only four assists in the Flyers ' first seven games after scoring 34 goals last year, has not yet netted a goal has coach John Stevens a little worried.

Claude Giroux scored on a backhand-to-forehand move in a shootout, then Michael Ryder's wrist shot hit the post on Boston's final attempt, giving the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 victory over the Bruins on Thursday night.

BOS PHI 12:03 0 1 17:26 1 1 BOS PHI 7:36 2 1 8:41 2 2 13:06 2 3 BOS PHI 2 3 OT BOS PHI 2 3 Shootout Summary Start of Shootout period Shootout attempt by Danny Briere MISSES wide of net Shootout attempt by Blake Wheeler SAVED by Ray Emery Shootout attempt by Mike Richards SAVED by Tuukka Rask Shootout attempt by Patrice Bergeron SAVED by Ray Emery ...