GDT: #71|Mar. 17, 2012|Flyers at Bruins|1:00 p.m. ET

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS (41-22-7, 23-12-2 away) vs BOSTON BRUINS (40-27-3, 20-13-2 home)

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Television: ---------
• Flyers' Radio: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/RadioPlay...?id=2011030146
• Webcasts: http://atdhenet.tv/index.html or http://www.firstrowsports.eu/sport/ice-hockey.html

GAME PREVIEW, NOTES and STATISTICS

• Preview: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/preview.htm?id=2011030146
• Stats and Notes: http://flyers.nhl.com/v2/ext/Apr22_GAME6Notes.pdf
• NHL Stats: http://www.nhl.com/ice/teamstats.htm
• Flyers' Stats: http://flyers.nhl.com/club/stats.htm
• Bruins' Stats: http://bruins.nhl.com/club/stats.htm

TEAMS' WEBSITES

• Flyers' Website: http://flyers.nhl.com/
• Bruins' Website: http://bruins.nhl.com/

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FLYERS' ROSTER
Forwards

No.	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
11	Blair Betts	Left	6' 3"	210	February 16, 1980	Edmonton, AB, CAN
48	Danny Briere	Right	5' 10"	179	October 6, 1977	Gatineau, QC, CAN
14	Sean Couturier	Left	6' 3''	197	December 7, 1992	Phoenix, AZ, USA
28	Claude Giroux	Right	5' 11"	172	January 12, 1988	Hearst, ON, CAN
19	Scott Hartnell	Left	6' 2"	210	April 18, 1982	Regina, SK, CAN
68	Jaromir Jagr	Left	6' 3"	240	February 15, 1972	Kladno, CZE
14	Ian Laperriere	Right	6' 1"	200	January 19, 1974	Montreal, QC, CAN
24	Matt Read	Right	5' 10"	185	June 14, 1986	Ilderton, ON, CAN
36	Zac Rinaldo	Left	5' 11''	169	June 15, 1990	Hamilton, ON, CAN
10	Brayden Schenn	Left	6' 1"	190	August 22, 1991	Saskatoon, SK, CAN
32	Tom Sestito	Left	6' 5"	228	September 28, 1987	Rome, NY, USA
45	Jody Shelley	Left	6' 3"	230	February 7, 1976	Thompson, MB, CAN
17	Wayne Simmonds	Right	6' 2"	183	August 26, 1988	Scarborough, ON, CAN
27	Maxime Talbot	Left	5' 11"	190	February 11, 1984	Lemoyne, QC, CAN
21	James van Riemsdyk	Left	6' 3"	200	May 4, 1989	Middletown, NJ, USA
93	Jakub Voracek	Left	6' 2"	214	August 15, 1989	Kladno, CZE
47	Eric Wellwood	Left	5' 11"	180	March 6, 1990	Windsor, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No.	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
25	Matt Carle	Left	6' 0"	205	September 25, 1984	Anchorage, AK, USA
5	Braydon Coburn	Left	6' 5"	220	February 27, 1985	Shaunavon, SK, CAN
6	Andreas Lilja	Left	6' 3"	220	July 13, 1975	Helsingborg, SWE
41	Andrej Meszaros	Left	6' 2"	223	October 13, 1985	Považská Bystrica, SVK
20	Chris Pronger	Left	6' 6"	220	October 10, 1974	Dryden, ON, CAN
44	Kimmo Timonen	Left	5' 10"	194	March 18, 1975	Kuopio, FIN
8	Matt Walker	Right	6' 4"	215	April 7, 1980	Beaverlodge, AB, CAN

Goalies

No.	Player	Catches	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
35	Sergei Bobrovsky	Left	6' 2"	190	September 20, 1988	Novokuznetsk, RUS
30	Ilya Bryzgalov	Left	6' 3"	213	June 22, 1980	Togliatti, RUS

FLYERS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
James van Riemsdyk	Claude Giroux	Jaromir Jagr
Wayne Simmonds	Danny Briere	Jakub Voracek
Scott Hartnell	Sean Couturier	Matt Read
Zac Rinaldo	Maxime Talbot	Andreas Nodl

Pairings

Name	Name
Chris Pronger	Matt Carle
Kimmo Timonen	Andrej Meszaros
Braydon Coburn	Andreas Lilja

Goalies (Starter has not been confirmed)

Name	Name
Ilya Bryzgalov	Sergei Bobrovsky

FLYERS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Player	Reason	Status
Blair Betts	left knee	will not play
Ian Laperriere	post-concussion syndrome	LTIR
Brandon Manning	undisclosed injury	injured reserve
Andrew Rowe	injured shoulder in camp	injured reserve
Jody Shelley	suspended for the first five r/s games	suspended
Matt Walker	healthy	could be scratched

BOSTON BRUINS

BRUINS' POSSIBLE LINEUP
Lines

Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
Milan Lucic	David Krejci	Jordan Caron
Brad Marchand	Patrice Bergeron	Tyler Seguin
Benoit Pouliot	Chris Kelly	Brian Rolston
Daniel Paille	Gregory Campbell	Shawn Thornton

Pairings

Name	Name
Zdeno Chara	Dennis Seidenberg
Johnny Boychuk	Andrew Ference
Greg Zanon	Adam McQuaid

Goalies (Tim Thomas will start today)

Name	Name
Tim Thomas	Marty Turco

BRUINS' INJURIES and SCRATCHES

Name	Name
Joe Corvo	healthy
Nathan Horton	concussion
Mike Mottau	healthy
Rich Peverley	torn MCL in his right knee
Tuukka Rask	abdominal
Max Sauve	hip
Marc Savard	concussion symptoms

BRUINS' ROSTER
Forwards

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
37	Patrice Bergeron "A"	6' 2"	194	Jul 24, 1985	Ancienne-Lorette, QC, CAN
11	Gregory Campbell	6' 0"	197	Dec 17, 1983	London, ON, CAN
38	Jordan Caron	6' 2"	202	Nov 2, 1990	Sayabec, QC, CAN
18	Nathan Horton	6' 2"	229	May 29, 1985	Welland, ON, CAN
23	Chris Kelly	6' 0"	198	Nov 11, 1980	Toronto, ON, CAN
46	David Krejci	6' 0"	188	Apr 28, 1986	Sternberk, CZE
17	Milan Lucic	6' 4"	220	Jun 7, 1988	Vancouver, BC, CAN
63	Brad Marchand	5' 9"	183	May 11, 1988	Halifax, NS, CAN
20	Daniel Paille	6' 0"	200	Apr 15, 1984	Welland, ON, CAN
49	Rich Peverley	6' 0"	195	Jul 8, 1982	Kingston, ON, CAN
67	Benoit Pouliot	6' 3"	199	Sep 29, 1986	Alfred, ON, CAN
12	Brian Rolston	6' 2"	215	Feb 21, 1973	Flint, MI, USA
74	Max Sauve	6' 0"	170	Jan 30, 1990	Tours, FRA
91	Marc Savard	5' 10"	191	Jul 17, 1977	Ottawa, ON, CAN
19	Tyler Seguin	6' 1"	182	Jan 31, 1992	Brampton, ON, CAN
22	Shawn Thornton	6' 2"	217	Jul 23, 1977	Oshawa, ON, CAN

Defensemen

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
55	Johnny Boychuk	6' 2"	225	Jan 19, 1984	Edmonton, AB, CAN
33	Zdeno Chara "C"	6' 9"	255	Mar 18, 1977	Trencin, SVK
14	Joe Corvo	6' 0"	204	Jun 20, 1977	Oak Park, IL, USA
21	Andrew Ference	5' 11"	189	Mar 17, 1979	Edmonton, AB, CAN
54	Adam McQuaid	6' 4"	197	Oct 12, 1986	Charlottetown, PE, CAN
27	Mike Mottau	6' 0"	190	Mar 19, 1978	Quincy, MA, USA
44	Dennis Seidenberg	6' 1"	210	Jul 18, 1981	Schwenningen, DEU
6	Greg Zanon	5' 11"	201	Jun 5, 1980	Burnaby, BC, CAN

Goalies

No.	Player	Height	Weight	Date of Birth	Place of Birth
40	Tuukka Rask	6' 3"	169	Mar 10, 1987	Savonlinna, FIN
30	Tim Thomas	5' 11"	201	Apr 15, 1974	Flint, MI, USA
1	Marty Turco	5' 11"	184	Aug 13, 1975	Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN

FLYERS vs. BRUINS SERIES HISTORY

Regular Season Record

Opponent	W-L-T-OTL	Home	Away
Boston Bruins	63-85-21-8	35-39-10-3	28-46-11-5

Playoffs Record

Opponent	Series	W-L	Home	Away
Boston Bruins	3-3	13-18	8-7	5-11

Regular Season Streaks (unless noted)

Opponent	W-L-OTL	Home	Away
Boston Bruins	2-5-3 in the last 10	1-7-2 in the last 10	9-2-3 in the last 14

• The road teams have won 15 of the last 20 games.
• Series history (prior GDT) http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/sh...d.php?t=895893

FLYERS vs. BRUINS 2012-13 SCHEDULE

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FLYERS' UPCOMING SCHEDULE and RESULTS

Schedule and Results ( http://flyers.nhl.com/club/schedule....012&gameType=2 )

Date	Game	Time (ET)	Television
Sun Mar 18, 2012	Pittsburgh at Philadelphia	12:30 PM	NBC (HD), NHLN-CA, RDSI (HD)
Tue Mar 20, 2012	Florida at Philadelphia	7:00 PM	FS-F, CSN-PH
Thu Mar 22, 2012	Washington at Philadelphia	7:00 PM	CSN-MA, CSN-PH
Sat Mar 24, 2012	Montréal at Philadelphia	7:00 PM	CBC, RDS (HD), CSN-PH
Mon Mar 26, 2012	Tampa Bay at Philadelphia	7:30 PM	NBCSN (HD), TSN2

FLYERS' MEDIA COVERAGE

Name	Link
Comcast Sports Philadelphia	http://www.csnphilly.com/pages/flyers
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Sarah Baicker's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/sbaickerCSN
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (John Boruk's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/JohnBorukCSN
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Lisa Hillary's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/lhillarycsn
Comcast Sports Philadelphia (Tim Panaccio's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/tpanotchCSN
Courier Post	http://www.courierpostonline.com/section/sports04
Courier Post (Blog)	http://blogs.courierpostonline.com/flyers/
Courier Post (Randy Miller's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/RandyJMiller
Delaware County Times	http://www.delcotimes.com/sports/
Delaware County Times (Rob Parent's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/reluctantSE
Flyers' Official Website (Twitter)	http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=NHLFlyers
GCobb.com	http://gcobb.com/category/flyers/
Isaac, Dave (Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/davegisaac
Meltzer, Bill (Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/billmeltzer
Philadelphia Daily News (Frank Seravalli's Blog)	http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/frequentflyers/
Philadelphia Daily News (Frank Seravalli's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/DNFlyers
Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer	http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/flyers/
Philadelphia Inquirer (Sam Carchidi's Blog)	http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inqflyersreport/
Philadelphia Inquirer (Sam Carchidi's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/broadstbull
Philadelphia Sports Week	http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sportsweek/
PhillyBurbs.com	http://www.phillyburbs.com/sports/flyers/
PhillyBurbs.com (Wayne Fish's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=waynefish1
Post-Star (Phantoms' AHL)	http://poststar.com/app/sports/phantoms/
Post-Star (Phantoms' AHL, Tim McManus' Twitter)	http://twitter.com/PSPhantoms
Sports Radio WIP 94 FM	http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/cat...sports/flyers/
Sports Radio The Fanatic 97.5 FM	http://www.975thefanatic.com/
Therien, Chris (Twitter)	http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=ctherien6
Tocchet, Rick (Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/realrocket22
NBC Sports	http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/3032803/ns/sports-nhl
Boston Globe	http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/
Boston Globe (Blog)	http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/...s/bruins_blog/
Boston Globe (Fluto Shinzawa's Twitter)	http://twitter.com/#!/GlobeFluto
Boston Herald	http://bostonherald.com/sports/hockey/
Boston Herald (Blog)	http://www.bostonherald.com/blogs/sports/bruins/
Comcast New England	http://www.csnne.com/pages/bruins
ESPN Boston	http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/bruins
NESN	http://www.nesn.com/boston-bruins/

GAME DAY THREAD MUSIC

"Are You Ready?" by AC/DC

[PJStock*]

So I take it Meszaros tore a muscle in his groin? Had he just sprained it, he would have been back already, no?

[Vikke]

Despite our recent good play and the Broons slumping, I'm really worried.

[Unstable]

A week ago I would have said big test, now it's more like must win. Especially with PIT 23.5 hours later.

I'm wondering if Lavi might start Bryz both days...

[Hockeypete49]

We better be ready cause they are going to come out like gang busters.

GO FLYERS!

Thanks MSE. The Beatles, The greatist band of allllllllllllllll timeeeeeeeeeeeee.

[PJStock*]

Originally Posted by Unstable

A week ago I would have said big test, now it's more like must win. Especially with PIT 23.5 hours later.

I'm wondering if Lavi might start Bryz both days...

Personally, I'd go with Bryz against Boston, and Bob against Pittsburgh since he seems to have their number.

[Unstable]

Originally Posted by PJStock

Personally, I'd go with Bryz against Boston, and Bob against Pittsburgh since he seems to have their number.

Bryz tomorrow and decide Sunday's starter based on his play / fatigue?

[McNasty]

Unless Bryz gets shelled in Boston I can't find any reason not to play him in both games.

[BWAVgal]

I have to miss this one to go food shopping w/ my mom. Just coming off hip replacement so she needs help. It's just a rule in my house that I never miss a game and this is killing me to miss a big game like this. So I traded Saturday so I wouldn't miss Sunday's game. Tried to listen to the game on my MP3 player last time and it wouldn't work. Darn it.

[BleedOrange]

Bryz clearly did not want to take full credit for the streak and as any meritorious teammate would do he made it about the team. ”It’s not for me. It’s a team accomplishment because I was not alone on the ice,” he said. ”It’s a team thing and I think the whole team deserved it. We set the new record. I just to say congratulations to the organization and the players who played these games.”

http://www.rantsports.com/philadelph...s-what-record/

Seems everything is the team now Bryz doesnt take credit for anything himself anymore witch is good cause before all he wanted to talk about was himself..

[SolidSnakeUS]

Kick them while they're down. Don't let up on these guys. Hope to see a big game from Bryz.

[FlyersFan61290]

Would love to see a 60 minute domination but i doubt that happens. flyers always seem to let up and put themselves in a pickle so to speak. Anyway, lets start a new streak and go flyers!

[funghoul]

They really need to change the divisions' to conferences. That 3rd seed annihilates me because of how intense and superior our division is. Nobody should be pampered in because of their weak division. retarded.

[FlyersFan61290]

Originally Posted by funghoul

They really need to change the divisions' to conferences. That 3rd seed annihilates me because of how intense and superior our division is. Nobody should be pampered in because of their weak division. retarded.

I completely agree but similarly if the Flyers, Rags, Pens, Devils, Caps, Islanders and Canes were in one conference and only 4 teams could make the playoffs they'd be in a similar situation.

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Originally Posted by Hockeypete49

Thanks MSE. The Beatles, The greatist band of allllllllllllllll timeeeeeeeeeeeee.

March 17 is a key day in the history of the American Revolution. Playing the Beatles made sense.

[Bennysflyers16]

B's have dropped to 7th, they should be fired up. Time to for Bryz to change our afternoon game suckage

[JGardiner51]

Does anyone know yet if bryz is starting?

[Gert B Frobe]

3/17/1776 the day General Howe abandoned Boston and ran away to Nova Scotia. I would like to think I know more than most about American history - but I don't know much about Canadian history. Like the part that explains why Toronto local news has a story on the British royals every damn night. Wierd.


And what the hell Owls???? Jesus USF suuuucks too. Frickin losing to a 12 seed and scoring 44 damn points my GOD. And I don't want to hear all this crap about how great the USF defense is.

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Originally Posted by JGardiner51

Does anyone know yet if bryz is starting?

More than likely; however, Laviolette usually refrains from confirming the starting goalie until game day.

[Yukon Cornelius]

Respect the streak, recognize my absence from the GTD threads and our winning ways but ****** it, here's a topical ditty I've been to known to play between periods

[Xegiie]

Originally Posted by MiamiScreamingEagles

More than likely; however, Laviolette's usually refrains from confirming the starting goalie until game day.

wouldn't make sense to put Bob in now..

[Appleyard]

Song gets me every time... seeing as more Irish blood flows through me than English.

Thousands are sailing
Across the western ocean
To a land of opportunity
That some of them will never see
Fortune prevailing
Across the western ocean
Their bellies full
Their spirits free
They'll break the chains of poverty
And they'll dance

Thousands are sailing
Across the western ocean
Where the hand of opportunity
Draws tickets in a lottery
Where e'er we go, we celebrate
The land that makes us refugees
From fear of priests with empty plates
From guilt and weeping effigies
And we dance

LETS GO FLYERS!

[saskriders]

I hate both teams. But I hope you guys win. Beat the Bruins!!!!

[hckyplayer8]

With Sestito out, Rinadlo needs to step up.

[z06bruins]

Originally Posted by saskriders

I hate both teams. But I hope you guys win. Beat the Bruins!!!!

hope for a good game, Bryz has been insane lately!