Fresh off a disheartening loss to the Rangers,the Flyers looked to get back on track tonight as they welcomed the Florida Panthers to the Wachovia center. Coming in Florida was holding the 8th spot in the Eastern conference, 5 points ahead of the Flyers, so this was a big opportunity for the Orange and Black to pull closer and make up some ground, especially the Flyers were the winners the last time these two teams met. Unfortunately, the Orange and Black couldn't duplicate that same success this time around. Florida just took it to them from the get go and never let up. They were more physical than the Flyers, and played with far more spirit and energy and it showed. The Flyers also killed themselves by taking 8 penalties while the Panthers only took 7. The Panthers' however killed off all 7 orange and black power play opportunities, while the Flyers allowed Florida to score 3 times on the power play and that was really difference. Early on things were okay as the Flyers just trailed by 2, 2-0 after the 2 periods of play. Then Brian Boucher had to leave the game with an injury leaving recently acquired backup Micheal Leighton to finish the game for the Flyers. Ultimately, he couldn't as Florida scored 2 more early goals on the Flyers in the 3rd period for a 4-0 lead. Finally Braydon Coburn got the Flyers on the board with a little under 8 minutes to play, but it was too little too late as Florida rolled to the 4-1 win, dropping the Flyersto 15-18-2 overall and now 7 points out of 8th in the Eastern conference. What a team.
2 comments:
Is that a hint of sarcasm? Thats what I like to do when there just seems to be no hope left and that seems to be the case.
-to ph1llysports
well its hard to keep hope with micheal leighton in goal for who knows how long
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