FLYERS NEWS

The Flyers welcomed the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Wachovia center tonight and politely blew them out 6-2 as Danny Briere scored his 500th career point and Micheal Leighton had yet another solid night in goal with 30 saves. Briere got it going early with a power play goal just 4 minutes into the 1st period for a 1-0 lead. Later in the final seconds of the period Danny Syvret added his second career goal for a 2-0 lead. Midway through the 2nd period Dan Carcillo made it 3-0. Finally in the 3rd period the Orange and Black scored 3 times in the first 7 minutes to put away the Leafs. Mike Richards and James Van Reimsdyk scored on the power play, and Briere scored to knotch his 500th point. So all in all it was a heck of tonight to be a Flyer's fan and here's hoping the Orange and Black keep it going tonight against those darn Penguins. As of right now with 43 points overall, they are 10th in the East, but just 2 points out of 8th, so a win tonight could put them back up 8th which would be nice.