Don Cherry to Debut on ESPN Tonight
bizofhockey.com 5/9/2008 — Don Cherry brings his flamboyant personality to ESPN, starting with tonight’s “Sportscenter”. The CBC “Hockey Night in Canada” analyst signed on with ESPN to provide postgame reports during the Philadelphia Flyers-Pittsburgh Penguins Eastern Conference finals, and cover the Stanley Cup Finals for the network.
Penguins fans find success in Operation: Deface Rocky Statue
sports.yahoo.com 5/9/2008 — We're going a bit heavy on the Philadelphia Flyers / Pittsburgh Penguins action today, because this series is shaping up to be more fun than Scarlett Johansson on a trampoline. Yesterday, we reported on a Philadelphia radio station's desperate ...
Flyers shake up defensive pairings
allthingsphillysports.blogspot.com 5/9/2008 — With Kimmo Timonen likely out for the remainder of the playoffs, the Flyers have to face the reality of playing an offensive juggernaut like the Penguins without their best defensive player. In Timonen's absence, the Flyers have completely re-shuffled their defensive pairs. Derian Hatcher, who has played well recently, will move up to the top pairing with Braydon Coburn, causing every......
Game One: Flyers Stumble in Loss
theaddshow.com 5/10/2008 — The anticipation of the “Keystone Clash” was dulled Thursday night by the news of Kimmo Timonen’s blood clot in his left ankle, but the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins faced off Friday night to put an end to the speculation and finally drop the puck on the Eastern Conference Finals. The physical battle that will surely preview the rest of this war was won by the Penguins 4-2.
Magnificent Malkin Scores 2 as Pens Win Game 1
nhlpens.com 5/10/2008 — The Pittsburgh Penguins continued their unbeaten record at home in these playoffs as they beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night. Evgeni Malkin was the star of the show as he picked up 3-points (2G, 1A), to include his first career short-handed goal. With 17-points (8G, 9A), Malkin now leads all scorers in the NHL post-season. Sidney Crosby, ...
Game One: Penguins’ snipers prevail over Flyers, 4-2
mvn.com 5/10/2008 — A big factor coming into this series was whether which, if any, of starting goaltenders Marc-Andre Fleury and/or Martin Biron would come back down to earth, so to speak, after both having very impressive playoff runs to date.
Western Pennsylvania Takes Game One
mvn.com 5/10/2008 — Tonight was the start of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Penguins take Game 1, 4-2. The first period was very entertaining with five goals scored in the period. Evgeni Malkin added two goals and added a helper. Sid the Kid added a nice tip in goal that was assisted by Marian Hossa. Petr Sykora got the scoring started with a backhander
Friday's NHL Playoff Sum —
NHL.com News in English 5/10/2008
Philadelphia 2 0 0-2
Pittsburgh 3 1 0-4
First Period-1, Pittsburgh, Sykora 5 (Malone, Malkin), 6:19. 2, Philadelphia, Richards 5 (Umberger, Coburn), 8:30. 3, Philadelphia, Richards 6 (Lupul, Umberger), 12:50. 4, Pittsburgh, Crosby 3 (Hossa)...
