The Philly Sports Blog

Flyers tonight played one hell of a game. They came out and played with life, and when they need it to, they banged heads and dropped the gloves. It was one hell of a game until 3 minutes left in the game.

The Flyers had a 3 on 0. That’s right, a three on zero. As they drove to the net, they were up 4-3 and were dominating Buffalo. Need less to say, Calder, who was having a good game, shot the puck right into the Goalie. Buffalo came back up the ice and scored.

Literally seconds into over time, Buffalo got the puck past Niitymaki for the win. What a heart breaking loss. But the Flyers have to look at the positives. They competed against arguably the best team in the NHL for 60 minutes. They banged heads, they played as a team. It was an wonderful game, until the last 3 minutes. Let’s hope they can build on this effort.

Game Notes:

Before the game, the Flyers took the interim tag from Paul Holmgren’s GM title and made him the GM for the rest of the season. After the season, don’t be surprised if they go on a GM hunt…Petr Nedved’s two assists put him at the 400 assist mark for his career. Give it up to Nedved, he showed life and had the best gave of his Flyers career.

# posted by Bill Lutz @ 10:12 PM