The Flyers welcomed the San Jose Sharks to the Wachovia center tonight, as they looked to get their 3rd straight win. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Since the Flyer's were playing on back to back nights, Brian Boucher subbed in for Ray Emery, for his first start in goal this season and he was less than stellar, allowing 4 goals on only 28 shots, including a few that were a bit weak. Considering this was his 1st start of the regular season and that he barely played at all in the preseason, it's not totally surprising that Boucher wasn't sharp in this one. You just have to hope he can pick it up and be effective again, before the season moves to much further along. Anyway, thanks to the weak play by Boucher, the Flyers ultimately fell 4-1, despite outshooting the Sharks 38-28. The Orange and Black was probably also a little tired coming off the win over the Panthers last night. Darroll Powe, who has quietly been making a name for himself on the Flyers, accumulated the only Flyer's only score of the night in the 1st period. After that it was all San Jose skating past the tired Flyers. With the loss the Flyers drop to 5-3-1 overall but remain 7th in the Eastern conference.
2 comments:
I guess that wasnt really what John Stevens was expecting from Boucher but I would have been fine with just keeping in Emery
-to ph1llysports
yeah but Emery can't start every night, and especially not on back to back nights
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