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Flyers scratching their heads after Sabres' shocker

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

PHILADELPHIA -- In the hours leading up to what would be the Philadelphia Flyers' final game of the season, coach Ken Hitchcock said he was looking for heroes to step forward, to seize the moment. There were heroes, to be sure. Unfortunately for Hitchcock and the Flyers, the heroes' names were Grier, Roy, Miller and Kotalik, and they wore the jersey of the Buffalo Sabres. And when it was mercifully all over, the 7-1 drubbing Monday night, when the fans had hurled their last venomous "You guy ...

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