Hockey

DATE: Sunday, March 21 at 7 p.m.

PLACE: Wachovia Center, Broad Street Atrium, 3601 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148

DETAILS: In an effort to help find homes for numerous unwanted pets, the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) will showcase their adoptable furry four-legged friends to Flyers fans when the team hosts the Atlanta Thrashers.

BOUCHERVILLE, Wednesday, March 17, 2010 – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League today released the list of nominees for the 2010 Golden Puck Awards. Every year, the QMJHL honours its most deserving athletes, teams and personalities at its awards Gala. The awards banquet will be held on Wednesday, March 31, at the Hyatt-Regency hotel in downtown Montreal.

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have recalled goaltender Jeremy Duchesne (DOO-shayn) on an emergency basis from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, according to club General Manager Paul Holmgren.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Binghamton Senators left wing Josh Hennessy has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Mar. 14, 2010. Hennessy led the Senators on their four-game road trip with four goals and five assists for nine points.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The University of Denver, which went 2-0-0 against Michigan Tech University last weekend, returns to the top spot of the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Men's College Hockey Poll. The Pioneers, who enter the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Final Five with a 27-7-4 record, collected 507 points and 31-of-34 first-place votes.
This Week's Top-15 Match-ups:

New York - - The New York Rangers came into today’s contest against the Philadelphia Flyers knowing that they needed two points. One point at home wasn’t going to cut it against a team that is fighting to make the playoffs as well so the two forces collided and it was an entertaining game.

Philadelphia - - With time ticking down in a tie game, Chris Pronger took a pass right to the open part of the net and he buried it to give his team the 3-2 lead with 2.1 seconds left! Claude Giroux found him and the veteran did the rest. The Flyers had scored two goals 2:01 apart for the big comeback win against the Central leading Chicago Blackhawks.

Philadelphia – The Boston Bruins didn’t have a scoring problem against the Philadelphia Flyers. They got a three-point night from Patrice Bergeron and a 5-1 win as a result. They have a five point lead over the Rangers for the eighth and final playoff spot.

CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada announced on Wednesday that all of Sidney Crosby’s equipment from the gold medal game at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games has been recovered and is in the process of being returned.

East Top Three as of 3/9
Capitals – 37%
Penguins- 39%
Sabres– 54%

Bottom 3
Leafs – 26%
Islanders – 39%
Carolina – 33%

I took a snapshot of the teams in the East to see what I could find out. After looking at this I would have to say the magic number is anything over 30%. Now all this does is guarantee some form of regular season success. Why? Continuity. The lower the percentage the less familiarity linemates have with each other.