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Hatcher won't play, but he's still a presence for Flyers players

By Scott Burnside

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

A familiar face was on the ice for the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday morning, but he won't be in the lineup at any point in the series. In fact, it seems all but certain veteran defenseman Kevin Hatcher, 36, has played his last NHL game, a victim of a bad knee and the wear and tear of 1,045 regular-season games and 133 playoff contests, mostly played with an aggressive edge. Hatcher, the eighth overall pick in the 1990 draft, missed almost a month at the end of last year's regular season, bu ...

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