FLYERS NEWS

The Orange and Black continued their season tonight at the Wachovia center against the Canadiens. After a tough loss to the Rangers saturday they were still looking for their first win of the season. Early on it looked like they would get it but the injury depleted D could not close the door and Montreal rallied for a 5-3 victory, despite 22 saves by Marty Biron and a 2 point night for Mike Richards. Richards and Jeff Carter each scored goals within minutes of each other late in the 2nd period for a 2-0 lead. Andrei Kostitsyn slipped one in in the final seconds of the period to cut the lead to 2-1. Then Sergei Begin and Simon Gagne traded scores early in the 3rd for a 3-2 lead. From there it was all Canadiens as Robert Lang, Mike Komisarek, and Roman Hamrlik each scored down the stretch for the 5-3 win. So the Flyers drop to 0-2 overall. Sure it's still early in the season but this isn't the way you want a start season, especially not after reaching the Eastern Conference finals last season. They will have to pick it up and soon.