FLYERS NEWS

Hurricanes 2 Flyers 1

It Was over When....

The final buzzer sounded. Although the Hurricanes were seemingly in control for most the game, it was a tight and hard fought contest throughout. In fact, in the 3rd period the Flyers were able to mount a furious comeback, cutting the Hurricanes lead to 2-1 and only when the buzzer sounded was it clear that the Flyers would not force overtime.

The Game Puck Goes To....

Hurricanes goalie Cam Ward who came up with 29 saves on the night and allowed only 1 goal. Of course against the Forsbergless the Flyers that may not seem like much but it is considering Flyers goalie Antero Niittymaki had 40 saves on the night but allowed 2 goals and took the loss all because of Ward.

The Stat Of The Game Is....

42, as in 42 shots on goal on the night for the Hurricanes, to just 30 for the Flyers. Basically if you fire that many shots at the goalie, some of them are bound to get in the net and they did tonight.

The Bottom Line Is....

It's obvious why the Flyers lost tonight, Peter Forsberg was not in the lineup and this team simply isn't very good without him. Do you really need me to say more?