The Flyers Are Proving To The World They Are The Comeback Kids

I could tell early on that the team was on point.  They were aggressive up front and solid in the back.  The New York Islanders had to work, as they should.  The first period ended without a Flyers goal, but I was happy with the team’s performance.

That all changed shortly into the Second Period. Matt Barzal scored on a power play.  It was a messy goal so Alain Vigneault challenged it. The referees barely glanced at it and deemed as a good goal so we were penalized. Ironically enough, later in the game the referees would take it upon themselves to review a play that neither coach challenged. They reviewed that play for about 15 minutes and you could see our coach fuming. The referees stated it was not a goal and the game continued. Coach was furious, you could see it. Can someone say no more coach challenges please?? However, Ivan Provorov tallied the winner in the second overtime, and sent the Isles back to Hotel X scratching their heads.

I have been using the Boston 2010 series as an example and as you all know, the Flyers won that series. Every game was do or die, and they killed it. The energy was intense for Game 6. Mike Richards and Danny Briere each scored a goal, while the Bruins only tallied one. Of course, the Flyers forced a Game 7, and then the rest was history.

Or we could use the 1975 Flyers v. Islanders series as an example. The Flyers won the first three games, and then lost the next three forcing a Game 7. They came out strong and dominated on both ends of the ice. The final score was 4-1, and of course the Flyers moved on. As you all know that was the year the Flyers repeated, they won Lord Stanley’s Cup.

The boys wore their big boy pants on Thursday. They better wear them again tonight because I am not ready for this insane ride to end.