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It has been 22 years since the Chicago Blackhawks have won a regular-season hockey game in Philadelphia.And the way things are going for the Blackhawks these days http://www.hurricanesshoponline.com/authentic-jeff-skinner-jersey , that streak may continue Saturday when the Blackhawks visit the Flyers in a matinee.The Blackhawks, who will be playing their second game since firing three-time Stanley Cup winner Joel Quenneville, have lost 14 straight regular-season games (since Nov. 9, 1996) and are 1-for-their-last 17 at Wells Fargo Arena. The only win came when Patrick Kane scored the goal no one saw enter the net to give the Blackhawks the 2010 Stanley Cup.Article continues below ...Flash forward to Saturday, when the Flyers, 4-0-1 in their last five and coming off an overtime win over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night, face a team that fell behind 4-0 and lost 4-3 at home the same night — in the NHL coaching debut of Jeremy Colliton.The Blackhawks fell behind the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 in the first 16 minutes of the 33-year-old Colliton’s tenure, then couldn’t quite make it all the way back.“We’ve played with the same guy for 10 years, so obviously any type of change is going to be different,” Kane said. “But I thought for (Colliton’s) first game, he was very calm and seemed like he had a powerful message there in the first and second, just to clean up some things and have a better response.”The loss was the sixth straight for the Blackhawks (6-7-3).The Flyers don’t have a similar problem. They did at one point, but a 3-0-1 western trip turned things around and Thursday saw them win despite blowing an early lead, allowing a power play goal for the ninth straight game — and, oh, yielding two short-handed goals on the same power play.It was the third time in franchise history the Flyers allowed two shorties on the same power play. It was the first time they ever won such a game. And they won by getting the first goal of the season from Dale Wiese with 2:13 left in regulation and Shayne Gostisbehere’s overtime winner.“We’re a confident team http://www.hurricanesshoponline.com/authentic-justin-williams-jersey ,” coach Dave Hakstol said after the game. “Guys in the room are tight. You either blow apart or come together. This was a good sign tonight. This was a character win.”Brian Elliott, who had missed the last two games because of an upper-body injury suffered in a practice collision, relieved Calvin Pickard and stopped all 16 shots he faced to raise his season record to 5-5-0 — the team improving to 8-7-1 to go over .500 for the first time since winning the season opener.Elliott is 8-9-1 with a 2.39 goals-against average and .917 save percentage lifetime against the Blackhawks. Pickard, 3-1-1 this season, is 2-3-0 with 2.83 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage in his career against the Blackhawks.Corey Crawford, 3-5-0 this season, is 2-4-0 with a 2.85 goals-against average and .910 save percentage lifetime against the Flyers. Cam Ward, 3-2-3 with his new team, is 12-12-6 with a 2.67 goals-against average and a .904 save percentage lifetime against the Flyers.The Blackhawks announced Friday that Marcus Kruger will miss the game with a left leg injury.James van Riemsdyk, out of the Philadelphia lineup since the second game of the season with a lower-body injury, is back at practice and expects to return in “a week or so,” which is right on schedule.Philadelphia’s Oskar Lindblom has a five-game points streak (two goals, five assists), and Claude Giroux had two more assists Thursday and is one of six players since 2011-12 with at least one point per game (546 points in 546 games). He played in his 754th game with the Flyers, moving him into fourth place on the team’s all-time list. CHICAGO (AP) When Joe Serpico closes his eyes, he can go right back to that day in 1961.Serpico’s big Italian family gathered for cake and coffee for his 10th birthday. On a table full of presents Minnesota Wild Hoodies Womens , there was one unwrapped Wieboldt’s department store box from uncle Jerry ”The Barber” Del Giudice – a pair of game-worn jerseys from Chicago Blackhawks stars Bobby Hull and Glenn Hall – a moment of pure joy that stayed with Serpico forever.”I knew their birthdays, I knew these guys, this was my whole life, was hockey,” he said, ”and at 10 years old to get a gift coming from the two of them was phenomenal.”Serpico, born and raised in Chicago, grew up, got married and had five children with his wife Linda, four girls and one boy. The jerseys went along for the ride, tucked away for safe keeping. But that changes this weekend, when bidding on the signed Hull jersey comes to an end as part of Heritage Auctions’ Platinum Night Auction.Serpico, 66, wore the Hull jersey when he touched the Stanley Cup a couple years ago – a surprise present from one of his daughters – and something changed.”That was on my bucket list,” he said, ”and I feel like Rod Brind'Amour Jersey , maybe I could share it with somebody else. I hope it ends up in the right hands. I don’t know. … I’m having a hard time letting it go.”Serpico’s uncle was a colorful character who served as the team barber for decades, becoming friendly with Hull, Hall and several other players. He went to the old Chicago Stadium to cut their hair on Wednesdays, or they would come to one of the family barbershops on the weekend on occasion, creating lines of kids looking for autographs that ran around the block, according to Serpico.Hull and Hall were packing up after the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 1961 when Del Guidice mentioned Serpico’s birthday was coming up.”He was down there and he said `Hey, you know in a couple weeks is Joey’s birthday. It’d be nice if I brought him something,’ and Bobby and Glenn threw him a jersey,” Serpico said. ”That’s the story that was given to me.”Hull was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1983, and there is a statue of him outside of the United Center in Chicago. The high-scoring forward played 15 of his 23 seasons with the Blackhawks, but Chris Ivy, the director of the sports category for Heritage, said game-worn Hull jerseys from his Chicago days are ”pretty scarce.””I’d say there’s only a handful of them known in the hobby,” he said. ”Now there is some from his other teams. There’s some from the Jets and from Hartford. But the Blackhawks jerseys, there’s not a whole lot.”Heritage analyzed Serpico’s jersey – looking at the numbers, the fonts and other parts of the sweater – and determined it’s from the 1958-59 season Womens Scott Darling Jersey , Hull’s second year in the league.”This may be one where his uncle asked either Hull or the equipment manager, you know, Hull said `Hey, I want to give a jersey away to my buddy. Do you have an old one laying around?”’ Ivy said, ”and I suspect that’s how they got a jersey in ’61 that had actually been used a couple years previous.”Decades after Serpico got the jerseys from his beloved uncle, he got each of them signed.Hall asked Serpico to try on his No. 1 sweater one last time, and the Hall of Fame goaltender later sent Serpico a hand-written letter thanking him for being a fan. Hull’s No. 9 was retired by the Blackhawks – like Hall and No. 1 – but the jersey up for auction is No. 16, which Hull wore for a short time at the beginning of his career. And Hull was impressed by Serpico’s knowledge of the numbers from his career.”Bobby looked at me and he started laughing. He’s like `OK, so you do remember a lot of the history,”’ Serpico said.Del Guidice died a few years ago at age 81, and Serpico said he wishes his uncle was still around to share his own stories. Serpico’s family lived in the same Chicago neighborhood when he was growing up, and his uncle served as his godfather for confirmation and a consistent resource in his life.While the Hull jersey is heading for another home – ”I don’t even know if I’ve done the right thing about it,” Serpico said – Hall’s sweater is staying put. Probably forever.”My son’s comment … if he was here, he’d tell you `My dad’s going to be buried in that jersey and only that jersey,”’ a chuckling Serpico said.—Online:Heritage Auctions: https://www.ha.com—Jay Cohen can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/jcohenap
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