RALEIGH, N.C. _ Flyers center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare was feeling bad for himself because an injury had sidelined him for the last eight games.
And then he was jolted by the horror that took place Friday in his homeland, Paris.
Bellemare, 30, will return to the lineup Saturday in Carolina for the first time since Oct. 27.
"I'm excited. Somehow, this whole news kind of put my game into perspective," he said of the killings. "Whatever happened to me the last two weeks....it's kind of somehow less important You don't think about yourself anymore at all. I don't even think about the game so much tonight.