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Columbus Prepares for Home Playoff Game, Brassard Cleared for Contact

The Columbus Blue Jackets are getting ready to play the first home playoff game in franchise history on Tuesday night, and while they find themselves in a 2-0 hole against the defending Stanley Cup Champion Detroit Red Wings, some good news might be on the horizon. Hopefully, for the Blue Jackets sake, it's not a case of...

FanHouse Chats With Blue Jackets Beat Writer Aaron Portzline

Thursday night, the Columbus Blue Jackets will begin their quest into the strange new world that is the NHL playoffs. To get an idea of the atmosphere around town, and to continue to learn more about this once anonymous franchise, we discussed its upcoming series against the Detroit Red Wings with Aaron Portzline, beat...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Jamie Langenbrunner is on Fire

For the second game in a row Jamie Langenbrunner scored the game-winner in overtime, leading the Devils to a 4-3 come-from-behind win against Pittsburgh. Langenbrunner has now scored two goals in three consecutive games, while registering seven points. It's the Devils' eighth win in a row, as they overcame a 3-1 deficit...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Columbus' Steve Mason Finally Gives Up a Goal

Columbus goalie Steve Mason entered Friday's game in Colorado having registered three consecutive shutouts. He managed to keep the Avalanche off the board for 17 minutes, until Darcy Tucker snapped Mason's streak with his fifth goal of the season at the 17:20 mark of the opening frame. The 20-year old rookie posted 199...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Hats Off to Petr Sykora, Pascal Dupuis, and Scott Hartnell

Entering Thursday's game against the Islanders, Pittsburgh found itself with a three-game losing streak. Consider the streak over, as the Penguins systematically dismantled New York with a 9-2 thumping at Mellon Arena. The Penguins received hat tricks from both Petr Sykora and Pascal Dupuis (each player's first ever hat...

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Flyers Beat Penguins In Overtime: Voracek Scores Game-Winning Goal (VIDEO)

Jakub Voracek beat Marc-Andre Fleury from in close 2:23 into overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 4-3 comeback victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.

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05/11/12 Voracek Unable To Play for Czechs at the World... Source: CBSSports.com Sure it's a cliche to say, but the Flyers rookie isn't playing like a rookie.
05/09/12 Devils put the clamps on Flyers' wingers Source: Courier-Post - Cherry Hill NJ PHILADELPHIA One of the biggest keys to the Philadelphia Flyers success during the 2011-12 regular season and the first round of the playoffs was the scoring depth provided by its core of wingers.
05/07/12 Voracek happy to be a playoff participant Source: Courier-Post - Cherry Hill NJ Flyers right wing Jakub Voracek was reminded where he was this time a year ago and smiled.
05/04/12 Flyers' line changes provide mixed results Source: Courier-Post - Cherry Hill NJ After going with the same line combinations in the first two games of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette juggled all four of his forward combinations in the teams 4-3 overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils in Game 3.
04/30/12 Goal for van Riemsdyk is to crash Brodeur's crease Source: Delaware County Daily Times - Primos PA Jakub Voracek pointed out Monday that joining with James van Riemsdyk and Danny Briere for an effective second Flyers line was something that began in Game 6 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.