A familiar foe
If there's a franchise that Terry Murray associates with, other than the Kings, it's tonight's opponent, the Philadelphia Flyers. As a defenseman, Murray played in the Philadelphia system for parts of six seasons (1975-81) and played 115 games with Flyers in parts of four seasons. Then, Murray was head coach of the Flyers for three seasons (1994-97) and led them to the playoffs each season, and to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1997. After a three-year stint as Florida's head coach, Murray returned to Philadelphia in 2003 as an assistant coach and remained there until the Kings hired him last summer. Here are Murray's thoughts about facing the Flyers tonight...
MURRAY: ``It's always good to play against your old team. You want to play well and have success against them. All the game are meaningful from our side of it. We're trying to get ourselves into a better position in the standings, and we want to win every game that we play. So from that side of it, it's the same, but yeah, there's a little extra push of adrenaline there. Just a little bit.''
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On a side note. How great is it to have the Captains of both teams fighting for the Gold in The World Jrs be members of the Kings Organization?
His beloved Flyers team that is.
He probably wishes he were behind their bench.
KingzzFan said: "How great is it to have the Captains of both teams fighting for the Gold in The World Jrs be members of the Kings Organization?"
A little presumptuous, but probably right.
nothing presumptious about it. it's a done deal Moller vs Hickey.....
kingzzfan...
you were about 5 seconds away from eating your words. what a goal by canada to tie up the score.
congrats to canada. what a come from behind, 2-0 shootout victory. sweden vs. canada on monday. moeller vs. teubert and hickey.
boo canada.
worked the game plan to perfection but couldn't score on the power plays.
russians undone by fatigue. They were spent.
one player doesn't make the right decision and get to center ice before shooting for the empty net and a great team effort goes down the drain.
eberle was freakin' great though.
i love that gap-toothed little bastard.
he's a great competitor and not a nasty piece of work like some of his team-mates.
who shot that puck at the russian about 10 seconds after the whistle when the refs turned away? what was that all about?
I hope the Swede's dismantle these cheaters...
Here's how they do it:
http://deanbrownblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/ducks-are-right-kind-of-dirty.html
...which would be fine if it were professional, I guess, and non-injurious.
Rich,
Have you watched any of the WJC's?