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Hurricanes coach Peter Laviolette is using five forwards when his team has an extra skater.

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Parise's AHL history played a role in Laviolette's thinking.

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Karmanos called Laviolette a "nice person" and said he "liked him a lot."

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The aim of this tactic, Laviolette said in an interview later, was to force Tampa to drop the defensive style it had used to such great effect before.

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Laviolette said the strategy he broke out in this game was something he'd thought up specifically for Tampa Bay.

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What Laviolette didn't anticipate is that the Lightning's forward, Martin St. Louis, would never go anywhere near Coburn.

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Though the Flyers didn't use their stall tactics last week when they beat the Lightning 5-2 at home, Laviolette wouldn't rule out using the approach when the teams meet Dec. 27.

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On the evening of Nov. 9 in Tampa, during their first regular-season game against Tampa Bay, the Flyers, led by coach Peter Laviolette, deployed an unusual strategy: They sat on the puck.

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After watching Coburn do nothing for close to 30 seconds, referees Rob Martell and Chris Rooney blew their whistles to stop play, then told Laviolette that his players have to keep the puck in motion.

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By having Coburn stand still, Laviolette hoped to draw the Tampa forward at the top of the 1-3-1 alignment out to challenge the puck-carrier—thereby taking Tampa's defense out of the trap.

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