It was so exciting to have Flyers hockey back in South Philadelphia after a devastating season that last season was. The young guys on the Flyers really went to work against the Boston Bruins at the Wells Fargo Center, as John Tortorella viewed from up top. Ian Laperrière was the bench boss yesterday.
With 1:42 in to the opening period, Flyers’ forward Morgan Frost made a one timer shot by the left side of the puck drop circle and the puck spun away from the Bruins goalie that made left wing, Noah Cates have the ability to make a great wrist shot power play goal that gave the Flyers a 1-0 lead.
It was really quiet offensively for the Flyers in the second period where they couldn’t handle a good chance to score, and vice versa Boston made it very difficult for them to have open opportunities to score.
Although, the Flyers weren’t thriving in the second period, they definitely made it up with a Jackson Cates tip-in shot from defenseman Egor Zamula. Zamula slapped the puck near mid ice and it was deflected by Jackson on the left side of the net, which slipped by for a goal that made the score 2-1 Flyers five minutes in to the final period.
The Cates brother’s had an awesome performance in South Philadelphia on Saturday evening.
Flyers goaltender, Felix Sandström followed the Cates’ path to greatness as he did an incredible job in the net. Sandström played for thirty plus minutes and stopped all seventeen shots he faced. The Flyers gave Sandström some time off during the game, and brought in AHL standout from last season, Troy Grosenick. Grosenick gave up one goal which was the game tying goal by Bruins’ Center, Jakub Lauko with seven minutes to go in the game.
The Flyers won 2-1
NEXT UP: The Flyers will travel to Buffalo for their second Pre-Season match up, as they will take on the Sabres on Tuesday, September 27. Puck drop will be at 7:00pm EST. The game can be seen on NBC Sports Philadelphia.
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