It was a special night in Carolina as beloved ex-Flyer and Hurricane Rod Brindamour had his number retired. No doubt inspired to honor Roddy with a victory, the Hurricanes, currently 8th in the East, were a little too much for the Orange and Black on this night. Aside from Roddy's inspiration, the absence of Mike Richards from the starting lineup thanks to flu symptoms, and an injury to Blair Betts during the game also hurt the Flyer's cause. Still, thanks to another 26 spectacular saves by Sergei Bobrovsky the Orange and Black were at least able to force the Canes to earn it.
The Flyers actually came out a little flat and found themselves down 2-0 after the first period. As usual, they did not give up. Early in the 2nd period Blair Betts scored shorthanded to cut it to 2-1, but he was lost to an injury shortly thereafter. Despite his departure the Flyers kept fighting and with about 5 minutes to play in the 3rd period Braydon Coburn wristed home a rebound to knot it up at 2. The tie didn't last long though. Just a couple minutes later Erik Cole broke away with Olli Jokinen and beat a sprawling Bobrovsky for a 3-2 lead. The Flyers fought hard the rest of the way but unfortunately they could not come up with the equalizer and fell 3-2.
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