PHILADELPHIA -- Someone put the needle in the Blackhawks' doll before Friday's Game Four. Maybe it stuck Niklas Hjalmarsson, the defenseman who had two pucks knocked off his stick for goals in the span of 10 minutes. Maybe it stuck Antti Niemi, the goalie who didn't notice that Flyer forward Claude Giroux was behind him, about to put a puck into an empty net. Maybe it struck the entire team, which committed three solo penalties in the offensive zone. Give the Flyers credit for the hard-earned 5-3 victory that squared the series at two games apiece. But look at the inexperienced 'Hawks who have come unglued at key moments and now find themselves on the edge of another Flyer rally.
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06-06-10, 05:23 AM
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