The Flyers and Bruins met at the Wachovia center tonight for game 6 of their conference semifinal series. With a win the Flyers would complete their improbable turn around from 3-0 to 3-3 and force a game 7. In their history the Orange and Black had never even gotten this far, back to 3-2, when trailing 3-0 in a series. So just playing tonight was special for them but they didn't allow themselves to get caught up in moment. Once again Boston did not perform up to same standard they set for themselves early in this series, mostly thanks to the Flyer's swarming defense. Even when they were able to control the puck in the Flyer's zone for a while, Boston couldn't get off quality shots. Of the 31 shots they did get off, 30 were swallowed by Micheal Leighton who spent the night looking surprisingly calm and confident in his first ever playoff start.
While the Flyer's defense continued to frustrate Boston, Mike Richards and Danny Briere took care of business on the other side of the ice. Early in the 1st period Richards slapped in a rebound for a 1-0 lead. Late in the 2nd period Briere broke into the Boston zone on his own lost the puck for a moment, had it bounce fortuitously right back to him, and then quickly lifted over Tuuka Rask for a 2-0 lead. Later with Milan Lucic poking one in with a minute to play, Briere's score turned out to be the game winner. So there will be a game 7 and once again I can't wait to see it. In other news the Montreal Canadien's completed another shocker tonight knocking off the defending stanley cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in game 7 of their conference semifinal series. That means if the Orange and Black win game 7 on Friday they will host the Eastern conference finals which would incredible. Go Flyers!
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