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11-30-11

(Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Flyers will try to stay alive in the Eastern Conference semifinals once again when they host the Boston Bruins tonight at Wachovia Center in Game 6 of the best-of-seven series. Cincinnati Bengals Bernard Scott Jersey. The seventh-seeded Flyers lost the first three games of this set, but have stormed back with back-to-back victories to stave off elimination. If Philadelphia is able to post a third straight win tonight, the Flyers and the sixth-seeded Bruins will meet Friday in Boston for a decisive Game 7. Philadelphia is trying to become just the third team -- and first in 35 years -- to overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a series. The last time it happened was in 1975, when the New York Islanders charged back to defeat Pittsburgh in the quarterfinals. The Detroit Red Wings were on the wrong end of the other 3-0 comeback, losing the 1942 Stanley Cup Finals against Toronto. The Flyers would be just the sixth team in NHL history to force a Game 7 after being down three games to none. After winning Game 4 in overtime on home ice, the Flyers stayed alive with a 4-0 victory in Boston on Monday. Simon Gagne scored a pair of goals while Michael Leighton returned from a long layoff and filled in for the injured Brian Boucher, helping the Flyers dominate the Bruins in Game 5 at TD Garden. Leighton, who hadnt played since March 16 and missed almost eight weeks with a high left ankle sprain, held off the home team for the final 35:25 of the contest by stopping all 14 shots he faced. Boucher, the starter, left early in the second period with a knee injury after making nine stops, but nonetheless received credit for the victory. Boucher was hurt when teammate Ryan Parent fell on him during a goalmouth scrum with the Bruins Miroslav Satan 4:35 into the second period. The defensemans full weight appeared to come down on Bouchers left leg, causing the 33-year-old to writhe in pain. An MRI revealed that Boucher has a Grade 2 MCL sprain in his left knee, as well as an injury to his right knee, and is expected to be sidelined for a month. Leighton will get the start tonight and Johan Backlund will serve as the backup. Leighton, after a couple of months, comes in there and plays shutout hockey for a period and a half, Flyers forward Scott Hartnell said. It doesnt matter whos in the pipes for us. Ville Leino added a goal and one assist while Hartnell also tallied for the Flyers. It obviously feels a little bit different now, Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger said. Theyre still sitting in the drivers seat, so weve got to come out with the same intensity in Game 6. In addition to Boucher, Flyers forward Claude Giroux also suffered a shoulder injury in Game 5, but he is expected to play tonight. Giroux has five goals and four assists in 10 playoff games this year. Tuukka Rask allowed all four goals on 31 shots in defeat for the Bruins, who suffered their first home loss of the 2010 postseason after five straight wins. Boston, which is trying to make the conference finals for the first time since 1992, was also dealt its first home playoff shutout loss since Game 2 of last years conference semifinals against Carolina. They came out and slapped us in the face. Now we have to realize its a series, Bruins forward Mark Recchi said. We werent on top of our game. We didnt play well. When youre not playing well, it doesnt matter who was in the net or who youre playing. The Flyers are 3-1 at home in the playoffs and were 24-14-3 as the host during the regular season. Boston is 2-3 on the road in the postseason after recording a respectable 21-13-7 record as the guest during the regular season. Boston and the Flyers are meeting in the playoffs for the first time since 1978. Each team has won twice in the four all-time playoff series between the clubs. The Flyers won the most notable matchup, beating Boston in six games to win the Stanley Cup in 1974. The Bruins have won the last two encounters, including a five-game series win over Philly the last time clubs met in the 1978 Stanley Cup semifinals. The Flyers and Bs split four games this year in a season series that included Bostons 2-1 overtime victory in the Winter Classic at Fenway Park. Both the Bruins and Flyers had 2-1-1 records in the series. Premier New York Jets Jersey. According to the story, CFL commissioner Mark Cohon will appear before a House of Commons finance committee on Wednesday along with Chris Rudge, CEO of the 2012 Grey Cup festival, and former CFL players Michael Clemons and Pierre Vercheval. Texans Schaub Jersey. 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ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - With a huge night from their second line, the Manitoba Moose earned a road win over a division rival. Mike Keane, Guillame Desbiens and Mario Bliznak picked up five points as the Moose beat the Abbotsford Heat 5-2 in American Hockey League action Monday night. Rookie Jordan Schroeders third goal of the season early in the second stood to be the winner as he picked up the bounce off the end boards and put it past Leland Irving, who was out of position on the play. We had an okay start, said Desbiens They scored on a 5-on-3, but then we took over in the second and third period. Thats our type of game - I think we played our game play to a key and weve got to do it (Tuesday) again. Desbiens, Bliznak and Schroeder each had a goal and an assist, while Taylor Ellington and Aaron Volpatti also scored for the Moose (36-32-6). Staffan Kronwall and Andy Delmore replied for Abbotsford (34-29-11). Earlier Monday, Heat coach Jim Playfair was fined an undisclosed amount for a screaming, stick-breaking meltdown during a game Saturday night against Hamilton. Playfair became enraged following a call by referee Jamie Koharski,and a video on the Internet shows Playfair violently shattering two sticks and ripping off his jacket while screaming at officials. The video had drawn more than 600,000 views on YouTube as of Monday afternoon. It even made CNN. Playfair received a loud cheer from the crowd Monday as his name was announced with the Abbotsford coaching staff. Baltimore Ravens Lardarius Webb Jersey He had no post-game comment about the crowd reaction prior to the opening face-off. Abbotsford opened the scoring, and led after 20 minutes on Kronwalls fifth goal of the season. The second period was all Manitoba, as the Moose outshot the Heat 8-1 through the first half of the period and scored three unanswered goals. We started to put the puck in behind their (defence) with soft chip-ins and putting a lot of pressure, said Desbiens of Manitobas second-period success. When we cycle the puck down low you force them to take penalties and we scored a couple goals on the power play that were pretty big. Ellington tied the score at one when he ripped a shot from the point past Irvings blocker. The Moose took their first lead of the game as Keane and Desbiens worked the puck around to Bliznak, who had a wide open net and made no mistake picking up his ninth of the season. Schroeder made it 3-1 in the second, then Desbiens and Volpatti added third period goals to secure the win. I thought we had a good first period, Playfair said. I thought we had a few missed assignments in the defensive zone on two (Manitobas) goals. The third goal went off of (Yan) Statsny, off the back of the net and into the empty net. That turned the game in a hurry for us. Irving 20 saves for his 17th loss of the season while Manitobas Corey Schneider made 17 saves in the win. ' ' '

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