Newcomers help turn Flyers around (AP)
Published 5/7/2008 at Yahoo! Sports - NHL News
Winning the Eastern Conference finals would be icing on the cake for the Flyers. Actually, it would mean another cake. The Flyers savored a cake on Wednesday, the dessert becoming their tasty good luck tradition before the first game of each playoff series. Coach John Stevens cooked up the idea as a motivational tool in the minor leagues and now he uses it on the Flyers, who -- sweet tooth or...
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