FLYERS NEWS

The Orange and Black got their season underway tonight against the Rangers at the Wachovia center. The Rangers, already having played and won 3 games this season, before even taking the ice, came in with a full head of steam. They scored 3 goals in 4 minutes in the middle of the 1st period and never looked back, eventually hanging on for a 4-3 win despite a furios Flyer's comeback. So it was not a good start to the season for a Flyer's team with high hopes. They went 0 for 6 on the power play and the usually steady Marty Biron allowed all 4 Ranger's goals on just 14 shots. Just 4:12 into the 1st period Nikolai Zherdev put the Rangers up 1-0. A minute later Zherdev assisted on a Blair Betts goal for a 2-0 lead. Then Betts assisted on a Fredrik Sojstrom goal for a 3-0 lead just 8 and 1/2 minutes into the game. Finally Micheal Rozsival scored late in the period for a 4-0 lead. Scotty Hartnell scored early in the 2nd period to cut the lead 4-1 and Simon Gagne scored late in the period to cut the lead to 4-2. Early in the 3rd period, the captain, Mike Richards scored as Danny Briere collected his 2nd assist to cut the lead to 4-3. Unfortunately the Flyers could not get the equalizer and so our now 0-1 to start the season. Of course there are still 81 games left, so there is nothing to worry about for now.