FLYERS NEWS

So far this month with one of their top goal scorers, Simon Gagne, on ir the Flyers had struggled. They hadn't been getting many shots on goal ,and very few goals. The defense had likewise begun to slow down somewhat, leaving Marty Biron to fend for himself against a barage of shots. So all that said, as the Flyers traveled to Charlotte, to face the Carolina Hurricanes and their former comrade Rod Brindamour, they sorely needed a win and a clean performance to restore their own belief in themselves. Thanks to a hat trick by Daniel Briere and 32 saves from Biron the Flyers got their win and perhaps some much needed confidence. In the first period Brindamour put the Canes ahead 1-0 with a power play goal late in the period. In the 2nd period the Flyers forged ahead 2-1 on goals from Mike Knuble and Kimmo Timonen. The 3rd period was a sea saw battle. First Briere scored 21 seconds in for a 3-1 Flyers lead. Eric Staal answered for the Canes with a power play to cut the lead to 3-2. Briere responded with his 2nd goal 1 minute later for a 4-2 lead. A couple minutes later Matt Cullen scored another power play goal for the canes, cutting the lead to 4-3. Briere responded again late in the period with his 3rd goal for a 5-3 lead. later with under a minute to play Scott Hartnell fired yet another goal into the Canes empty net to cap off the 6-3 Flyers victory. So the Flyers improve to 12-7-1(the one refers to an overtime loss, rather than a tie) overall but remain 2nd in the Atlantic division two points behind the NY Rangers.