Pronger & Flyers Shutout Canadiens

Sand, dirt or whatever it was the Canadiens insiders used in the Flyers tunnel leading to the ice failed! Leave it to Canadiens to pull such a PATHETIC stunt. The skates of the Flyers were being dulled and the visiting Flyers were losing their skating edge on the ice, before our trainers threw towels down to prevent this.

Back to the game, which was dominated by puck control from the start by Philadelphia.  Talk about a 180 degree turn around  from Thursday’s meeting!  This is the Flyers third shutout in a series, which no other Flyer club in history can boast!

It was such a plus having the fresh legs of Jeff Carter and Ian Laperriere back after injuries sustained in the first-round series against the Devils.  Even with their hometown fans cheering and frenetically waving white towels,  the French-Canadien Frogs were hapless against this determined, nitty-gritty band from Philadelphia.  Chris Pronger turned in an A+ effort,  ruling the defensive end, while making several long-ice passes, one of which was a bullet to Ville Leino who scored the Flyers second goal.

Coming back to Philadelphia on Monday, I expect the defense to stand tall, our forwards to be aggressive and the Flyers to put this series away in 5 games, like we did 2 years ago against Montreal.  The major difference this year is we will be playing against Chicago for the Cup, not Pittsburgh in the Conference finals.

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Series Became a Battle Last Night

For most of this hockey clash, we appeared headed for another shutout between the Flyers and Canadiens in this best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals.  Problem is, as Flyer’s fans, we got a taste of our own medicine with an absolute drubbing at the hands of the quick-skated and very aggressive Canadiens.  The 5-1 score was really not even that close.

Aside from another Gagne tally for the Flyboys this could have been an 8-0 blitzkrieg.  The Canadiens resembled angry hornets swarming around to protect their own nest, which they did almost flawlessly.

I kind of expected this to be a letdown game for the Flyers as well as a charged Canadien team facing a 3-love series deficit. Tonight’s game really didn’t suprise me.  Does it make me rattled?  No, but as a fan it wakes me up to the fact that this series is far from over.

I expect a much stronger match come Saturday.  I can’t promise a Flyers win, but it should be a close one.  The Flyers HAVE to match Montreal’s intensity or this series will quickly be tied a 2 games a piece.

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