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'Philadelphia Flyers coach Bill Barber wants his players to focus upon a number as they face elimination today in Game 5 of their Stanley Cup playoff series against the Buffalo Sabres. It is not zero, which is the number of times the Flyers have come back from 3-1 deficits in best-of-seven series to win.' … [Read more...] about Flyers’ main concern is to win one

'Barber and Sabres coach Lindy Ruff, as well as some Flyers and Sabres, have commented on the wild momentum shifts in this series. It doesn't even go game-to-game or period-to-period.' … [Read more...] about Flyers Notebook

'And so it has been for the Buffalo Sabres against the Philadelphia Flyers. They have not dominated a single game. Maybe not even a single period. But they find themselves on the verge of eliminating the Flyers in five games.' … [Read more...] about Sabres doing the right things

'The Sabres committed 40 giveaways in splitting games with the Flyers on Monday and Tuesday. The Sabres have looked nothing like the team that allowed the fewest goals in the league in the regular season.' … [Read more...] about Generosity worries Hasek

'What began as a run-of-the-mill contract dispute ended as a bitter personal battle between Peca and the Buffalo organization.' … [Read more...] about Peca ready to return to ice

'"Disappointed in how I felt the Sabres organization handled the situation. Disappointed in the way I've been portrayed during this whole thing. I used to be a very popular guy in Buffalo for a lot of reasons, and not all of them on the ice. So to see the way the facts have been portrayed -- coloured -- in some parts of the media . . . well, that's pretty … [Read more...] about Worlds perfect tonic for disappointed Peca

'Philadelphia has never won a playoff series after trailing 3-1.' … [Read more...] about Flyers must win or season is over

In overtime, showing the patience of Jobe, the virtuous Curtis Brown, to no one's surprise, looks upstairs for salvation. After he finds it, he gallops down the ice with some help from jockey Jay McKee's whip to the backside and photo-finishes past Dominik Hasek, who is spinning on the ice -- where else?! -- along the Buffalo blue line. Out of nowhere comes one of the … [Read more...] about Sabres-Flyers Game 4 "To the Point"

'Added Flyers' coach Bill Barber, "One team would turn it on, and five minutes later it's the other way around. I have no idea why it's happening. I don't know what to say."' … [Read more...] about Sabres flying high now

'But the reality is, Brown saved Buffalo's bacon. You see, after the Sabres tallied two goals in the initial 2:18 of the game - the second fastest pair of game-opening scores in Buffalo playoff history - coach Lindy Ruff's team began playing as if this one was over.' … [Read more...] about Brown's OT goal saves Sabres

'"I know the stats are there," Sabres defenseman Jay McKee said. "Everyone is going to start looking at the odds now of them coming back. But either team could have won all four games that we've played so far. By no means have we walked away with any game. It looks like it's in our favor, but we have to go out and work the way that we … [Read more...] about Brown leaves Flyers blue

'But after Philadelphia battled back from a 2-0 first-period deficit and a 3-2 third-period deficit only to lose in overtime Tuesday night, the Flyers' luck, if not their pluck, appears to have run out.' … [Read more...] about Flyers' resilience faces huge test now

'The most remarkable thing wasn't the way Curtis Brown swept out in front of the net with the puck on his stick, or the wicked wrist shot he fired into the top of the net for the game-winner. The real wonder of it was that Brown even had a stick at all.' … [Read more...] about Flyer hopes shatter on Brown's stick

'Ask him about how sweet it must feel to repeatedly stick it to a team he has bad memories of playing for and he will dismiss any such notion.' … [Read more...] about Gratton keeping emotions under wraps

There was no doubt that the Sabres' new defensive ace was on a mission last night, not only to contain the Flyers' top guns but to burn them offensively with chances of his own. … [Read more...] about Sabres-Flyers Game 4 "Sharpening the Swords"