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6C THE NEWS JOURNALDELAWAREONLINE.COM When he thinks back on it, the irony to Rod is that the biggest part his legacy with the Flyers may also be hat ended his career in Philadelphia. he 6-foot-1, 205-pound center was trying to find new ways to put his left skate on in September 1999 that be as painful. He had a streak on the line ironman stint of 484 games for the Flyers, which is still the longest in franchise history that he want to break. Instead, a fracture in his foot required screws and weeks off the ice. you really break it down because I roke my foot in a preseason game, and me trying to keep the streak alive, I kind of pushed it way too soon to get back and my foot ended up being way worse than it would have recalled Saturday on a conference call.

Iwould have just missed the first week of the season and got healthy I probably would have come right back in there, but the injury happened because I did try to get back into that streak, and who knows? I was out for three months, and then ended up getting traded so interesting how things work was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes in January 2000, where he won a Stanley Cup under ex-Flyers coach Peter Laviolette in 2006. Now an assistant with the Hurricanes, mour will be inducted into the Flyers Hall of Fame Monday night when Carolina comes to visit. left Philadelphia and it felt kind of said who had 601 points in 633 career games with the Flyers. day I was there and the next day I was gone and that was it. I never got the chance to thank the people that meant so much to me there.

This is a long time coming for that, but it is great for me to be able to thank the people that made Philadelphia great for In 1991, he came to the Flyers in what he still calls a trade with the St. Louis Blues because was just a 21- year-old kid and you take trades personal when young. You think something is wrong with Clearly, nothing was. became one of the best second- line centers. He was the pivot on the first line until Eric Lindros edged him out.

Before his parts of nine seasons with the Flyers had expired, racked up all kinds of honors. He ranks ninth in Flyers history in points (601), seventh in assists (366), 10th in goals, (235) and eighth in shorthanded goals (18). is defense was something mour prided himself on. needed someone who could fit in the other role and I think I just kind of fell into said. knew also I wanted to play a lot and get on the ice a lot then I better be good at playing defense and killing penalties, and doing the other things because I was playing behind Eric Lindros and so when Icame here (to Carolina) and I had to play behind Ron Francis, then we drafted Eric Staal.

So it was kind of a good thing that I had that in my game, otherwise I know if have ever seen the also was known for his off-ice training. Earning the nickname the figured the weight room was a chance for him to gain a competitive edge. started that kind of trend when I was he said, it was just instilled to me as a kid that I wanted to make the NHL or just to be good at it as a hockey player I knew that I had to do more than the next kid. The one thing I could control was how hard I worked. I just never wanted to leave anything on the table on that end, so I just always found myself kind of finding the hardest working guy and trying to make sure I was working harder than ne of the more popular players on the team at the time, Flyers career ended Jan.

23, 2000 when then general manager Bob Clarke broke a moratorium the team had on trades. There was supposed to be a hold on any moves for another month, until Roger Neilson, the late Flyers coach, was done with bone marrow transplant. The Flyers brought in Keith Primeau from the Hurricanes and Brin- was shipped out. think there was ever any animosity. Honestly, I was just really disappointed to be traded from Philadelphia.

It took me awhile to get over it. I should have known better. Hockey is a business and I had been traded once before. I was really tight with a lot of the old Flyers and those guys played there their whole careers (in Philadelphia). The Bill Barbers.

Personally what I wanted to do was to stay there for the rest of my career. I was trying to do the right things and be a great Flyer. Iwas disappointed when I got traded, but there was no animosity. I understand the business side of it. There was no animosity, at least for me.

For me just an honor and grateful that even having this Dave Isaac; (856) 486-2479; dis- Rod heads into Flyers Hall of Fame DAVE ISAAC (CHERRY HILL) COURIER-POST GETTY IMAGES Former Flyers center Rod will be inducted into the hall of fame on Monday. BALTIMORE Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco will miss the remainder of the season after tearing ligaments in his left knee.The injury occurred late in the fourth quarter of Sund 16-13 win over the St. Louis Rams. Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Flacco at his ACL and I think, his MCL as Flacco was wearing a brace on his left nee after the game.Flacco has never missed a game since starting the season opener in 2008. His run of 122 straight tarts will end next week.

He played the final series Sunday despite being injured and moved the offense to set up the winning field goal by Justin Tucker. Flacco went for 27 for 44 for 299 yards. The Ravens also lost running back Justin Forsett, who broke his right arm. Forsett was stopped for a 5-yard loss on a first-and-10 from the St. Louis 41.

The tackle was made by defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who drove Fors ett into the turf. After being tended to by team medical personnel for a few minutes, Forsett was helped off the field. He had four carries for 26 yards. I the second quarter, Rams guard Andrew Donnal hurt one of his knees and had to be helped from the field. He as later ruled out for the game.

NFL Ravens QB Flacco out for year ter, which set up 4-yard TD to ussell Shepard for a 21-7 advantage. just have those Davis said. allow hile those miscues were inexcusable, the Bucs were still able to take advantage of seemingly sound defense. first touchdown pass, a 4- yard fade to Mike Evans in the corner of the end zone in the first quarter, was well defended by Nolan Carroll, but four-inch height advantage was too much to overcome. hen there was Charles 14-yard ouchdown catch late in the second quarter.

Sims was covered both underneath and over the top, but Winston somehow dropped the ball right in between the bracket and Sims squirmed away from both defenders for the score. Byron Maxwell had the coverage on top of the play, and like his thoughts on the performance as a whole, was flabbergasted how he make the interception. I know how he got the he said. thought it was a pick for ure. I went up, when you look at it, ver the top of him, like, a pick, he ust snatched the ball.

I hile that first half was rough, there a lower moment for the defense han the opening drive of the third quarter. he Bucs marched 80 yards in 15 he Bucs punted on their first possession, but then scored on four of their next five to go into halftime up 28-14. While Winston capped each of those drives with touchdown passes, it was a pair of long Martin runs that paved the way for two of those scores. he first was a 58-yard scamper on a hird-and-1on the Bucs second drive. he Eagles had made a stop on third- a nd-6 the play before, but Brandon Grah am jumped offside, providing another pportunity.

It cost us seven he said. Martin also had an 84-yard jaunt with he Bucs leading 14-7 in the second quar- three offside penalties. know The defense was beat in every facet, giving up 521yards, which was the second-best total in Bucs history and third most allowed by Philadelphia under Kelly. uarterback Jameis Winston tied an FL rookie record with five touchdown passes also matching the most the Birds have ever allowed in a game. Doug Martin surpassed the most rushing yards the Eagles have ever given up before losing five yards late in the fourth quarter, leaving him with 235, two shy of Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith and Jim Brown.

And the Bucs dominated on third down, converting 10-of-16 attempts. all day, started with me, the whole thing was said Davis, who alled it the worst game since been with the Eagles. not ews to anybody out there. We top the run, we stop the pass, we ill get it fixed, but got to move on rom it. not a guy to point at or a osition or anything, all of us collectively.

We play good as a team and we layed awful as a team lays, ending a 9-minute, 47-second rive on 8-yard TD to Cameron Brate for a 35-14 advantage. But because of penalties, the Bucs actually ade it a 102-yard possession, which included conversions on second-and-14, third-and-8, third-and-4, third-and-16, second-and-20 and third-and-3. The Eagles also had their 12-man penalty on the possession, which provided a free first down. trying to scrap our way back into the game and on third down a nd we have 12 men on the safety alcolm Jenkins said. embarrassing because it has nothing to do with football.

You just have no clue as to what doing. It looks bad on the coaching staff and it looks bad on the players as individuals, especially at that time because holding onto every ounce of enthusiasm and momentum that you have, and you just give it back by having areally elementary brain fart. The Eagles have time to dwell their issues though as they take the ield again on Thanksgiving against the etroit Lions. A game like that will shake your con- idence and our biggest enemy ight Davis said. got to make ure it destroy Josh Friedman; (856) 563-5257; Defense Continued from Page 1C KYLE NEWS JOURNAL Buccaneers running back Doug Martin cuts etween Eagles cornerbacks Walter hurmond III (26) and Nolan Carroll II (23).

COLUMBUS, Ohio Joe Pavelski cored twice and the San Jose Sharks allied late for a 5-3 win over the Col umbus Blue Jackets for their sixth straight victory on Sunday night. San Jose won its seventh straight road game by completing a perfect six- game trip. Patrick Marleau had a goal and an assist, and Brent Burns and Brenden Dillon also scored. Joel Ward added two assists and Alex Stalock made 28 saves. Ryan Johansen, Boone Jenner and Cam Atkinson scored for Columbus.

ergei Bobrovsky finished with 24 saves. Columbus led 3-1after goal 1:23 into the third, but the Sharks stormed back with help from several key offensive zone faceoff wins. They took the lead by scoring three times in a 7:02 span, including go-ahead score with 6:45 left. Canadiens 4, Islanders 2: Alex Gal- chenyuk broke a tie with 3:29 left and Max Pacioretty added an empty-net goal to lift host Montreal over New York to complete a weekend home-and- home sweep. Galchenyuk one-timed a pass from P.K Subban for this third goal of the season during a power play.

About 2 minutes later, the Islanders were called for too many men and Travis Hamonic was given a game misconduct penalty, setting up power-play empty-netter. David Desharnais also scored on the power play for his seventh goal and Tomas Fleischmann added his seventh this season for Montreal. Carey Price made 21saves and the Canadiens followed a 5-3 win over the Islanders on Friday night with another victory. John Tavares gave New York a 1-0 lead late in the first period, and Anders Lee made it 2-1Islanders with 8:07 left in the third. Hurricanes 4, Kings 3: Justin Faulk scored two power-play goals and host Carolina snapped a five-game losing streak by beating Los Angeles.

Brett Pesce scored his first NHL goal and added an assist, and Jeff Skinner also scored for Carolina, which led 3-0 in the second period. Faulk scored each of his goals in the second, giving him an NHL-best eight with the man advantage, and Cam Ward made 26 saves for the Hurricanes. Anze Kopitar scored two goals, including one 58 seconds after Dustin Brown scored on a penalty shot, for Los Angeles. Jonathan Quick allowed four goals with 17 saves in two periods before Jhonas Enroth replaced him and made eight stops. The Kings have lost two straight after winning three in a row.

NHL ROUNDUP Sharks rally late, bring out 5-3 win ASSOCIATED PRESS San Jose Sharks celebrate a goal against the olumbus Blue Jackets during the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday. ASSOCIATED PRESS ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) uring a game against the St. Louis Rams in Baltimore, Sunday. Knee injury in fourth quarter cited as cause ASSOCIATED PRESS.