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Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh

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106Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:54 pm

asq2


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davetherave wrote:Bylsma has put Sid and Geno back together

And yet Dupuis is the one who makes the magical play near the end there. If Crosby puts that in, the Pens might have won.

They're still alright, though.

107Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:09 pm

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if philly wins the next game pitt might be in some trouble its never good to let a team come back after being up 2-0

108Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:25 pm

PTFlea


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Great game.

Am I the only one who thought Kunitz's hit was a little high and dirty?

109Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:28 pm

Hockeyhero22000

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504Heater wrote:Great game.

Am I the only one who thought Kunitz's hit was a little high and dirty?

no it was very reminiscent of downies hit on mcammond

110Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:24 am

PTFlea

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Hockeyhero22000 wrote:
504Heater wrote:Great game.

Am I the only one who thought Kunitz's hit was a little high and dirty?

no it was very reminiscent of downies hit on mcammond

That's what I thought too. I was surprised at how fast Kunitz came at Timonen. He must have charged at him for 10 strides.

And yet...people are cheering this hit. Yay! Nice hit! :KKK: When this is IMO, exactly the kind of hit that's gonna flat out kill someone soon.

Meh...whatever. As long as it doesn't happen to one of our guys. Shrug

111Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:06 am

wprager

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Fleury will have to play better. That wasn't "first overall" type goaltending, not by a longshot. Philly is stil in trouble, though, because they still cannot contain Malkin.

112Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:17 am

shabbs

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Just caught the highlights - yeah, Fleury was out of position so many times and looked real slow. He'll need to snap back in Game 4 if they want to get the job done.

113Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:20 am

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There are goaltending issues on both sides...Biron gave up his share of bad goals yesterday...Fleury just gave up more of them LOL...but to be fair Philly was in a must win position and they were rockin'.
:##:

114Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:30 am

shabbs

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Yeah, they needed to get pucks in the net and they did.

115Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:45 am

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Final

3:00 PM ET, April 19, 2009
Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Giroux, Flyers' offense dazzle to cut Pens' series lead in half

PHILADELPHIA -- The Flyers opened to a throwback video from the Stanley Cup glory days, then displayed a quick fuse that showed flashes of the old Broad Street Bullies spirit and revved up the crowd.

The bond with the past and the rowdy home fans gave a nice emotional lift, but it was Jeff Carter and Mike Richards that jolted the offense early and really got Philadelphia back in its playoff series against Pittsburgh.

Carter and Richards scored their first goals of the series early for a sorely needed fast start on home ice. Claude Giroux and Simon Gagne put the Flyers ahead for good in a 6-3 victory over the Penguins on Sunday.

Pittsburgh leads the opening-round series 2-1 and Game 4 is Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

"It was a huge game. We didn't want to go down 3-0 because that's a tough task," Flyers center Daniel Briere said. "We have to enjoy it for a few minutes here."

Unlike last season's Eastern Conference finals when the Flyers flopped at home against the Penguins in Game 3, this year's team came out charged from the opening faceoff.

Carter, the NHL's second-leading goal scorer, scored his first of the postseason 3 minutes into the game, and Richards made it two goals on two shots for the Flyers 2:15 later.

The Flyers put the pressure on early for the first time and were determined not to get outmuscled against the Penguins. The Flyers, the most penalized team in the NHL, and the Penguins never stopped scrapping and put on quite a show for the energized crowd.

"You look at Game 1, and I thought we sat back too much and let them dictate the pace," Briere said. "We can't sit back and let them dictate because guys like Crosby and Malkin are going to hurt you."

Evgeni Malkin scored two goals for the Penguins, who are still waiting for Sidney Crosby to catch fire. Crosby had two assists in Game 3, but has only one goal in three games.

While the shoving and punching invigorated the atmosphere, it was the rapid goal scoring after a punchless first two games that really made the difference for the Flyers.

The two goals in the first period were only one less than the Flyers scored in the first two losses. After the Penguins tied the game with goals 25 seconds apart over two periods, the Flyers came right back at them.

Giroux, the 21-year-old rookie, made all the difference in the second period. Briere swiped a rebound off Marc-Andre Fleury's pad and fed it across the ice to a streaking Giroux, who punched in the puck for a 3-2 lead.

Playing short-handed midway though the second, Giroux controlled the puck behind the net. The Penguins defense swarmed him, but the former first-round pick was able to fend off Kris Letang and slip the puck to Gagne. Gagne scored the short-handed goal to make it 4-2 and their first of the series after they scored 16 that way during the regular season.

"I never anticipated them getting two back on us right away," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said.

Martin Biron stopped 26 shots and played like the goalie who led the Flyers to the conference finals last year. Keeping up that kind of play in net along with the steady scoring and the series could come back to Philly for Game 6.

"It was more than another game for us today, coming back home in the hole that we were in," Biron said. You saw the desperation that carried on through the game. The emotion was definitely there and that's the way we've been successful all year."

Jared Ross scored his first NHL goal in the third to make it 5-2 and Gagne added his second on an empty-netter with 1:36 left to secure the win.

Each team spent so much time fighting in the first period, the penalty box could have used a corner man. Philadelphia's Scott Hartnell stuck up for a flattened Kimmo Timonen when he threw punches at Chris Kunitz. Kunitz landed a flying elbow hard into Timonen's head and sent him to the ice. Flyers defenseman Andrew Alberts scuffled with Malkin on the other side.

The bell sounded much to the delight of the sold-out crowd and the Flyers showed they still had plenty of fight left in this series.

By the midway point of the first period, the officials had their hands full. Giroux and Tyler Kennedy mixed it up at center ice, and the refs couldn't stop Flyers center Darroll Powe and Letang from throwing punches along the boards.

The Flyers had 30 penalty minutes and the Penguins recorded 28.

The Penguins surprised Biron when Malkin took Ruslan Fedontenko's feed from the corner and used a slapper on one knee for a goal with 12 seconds left in the first.
Rob Scuderi needed 13 seconds into the second to tie the game at 2 on shot into traffic from the high slot.

Malkin scored his fourth goal of the series to make it 5-3.

The 19,975 orange T-shirt-wearing fans erupted when Lauren Hart, the daughter of longtime former Flyers broadcaster Gene Hart, sang "God Bless America," alternating lyrics with Kate Smith, who was on a video image. Smith's rendition of the song has been a rallying anthem for the Flyers since the mid-1970s and the team uses the song sparingly.

The Flyers didn't waste the energy from the amped-up crowd. Carter backhanded the puck into an empty net and Richards caught a break when his shot from the goal line appeared to knock off a Pittsburgh stick and shoot in for a power-play goal.

"We knew they would come out charging in the first period and that's what they did," Crosby said. "We expected that. I would have liked to weather it a bit, but we still got ourselves back in the game."

The Penguins also got themselves a flight back to Pittsburgh.

Fast Facts

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• Simon Gagne scored twice for Philadelphia (he has three goals in the series) as the Flyers snapped a 2-2 tie with a pair of second period goals.
• Evgeni Malkin scored twice for Pittsburgh in the defeat.
• The game started with four fighting penalties and two roughing penalties in the opening period.
• Sidney Crosby stretched his postseason scoring streak to seven straight games.
-- ESPN Stats & Information


Game notes
Flyers F Daniel Carcillo returned after serving a one-game suspension for his whack to Penguins forward Maxime Talbot's head in the waning seconds of Game 1. ... The Flyers have fallen behind 0-2 14 times in playoff history and have won Game 3 eight times.

116Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:04 am

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boys oh boys... What a game that was last night.

How long can the Flyers maintain this energy and level of desperation? Hopefully, for another 3 straight games at least! Wink

117Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:30 am

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IMHO this energy level will go seven...these young men have lots of PandV LOL.

Great hockey!

:D:

118Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:55 am

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davetherave wrote:IMHO this energy level will go seven...these young men have lots of PandV LOL.

Great hockey!

:D:

The broad street bullies return, with the exception of briere, he couldn't scare kindergarten kids out of their lunch money. Laughing3

119Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:56 am

Cronie

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LMAO!! Kindergarten kids out of their lunch money! JEBUS!!
I just spat Tim's coffee all over my keyboard... Thanks SF!! Wink

120Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:08 pm

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Cronie wrote:LMAO!! Kindergarten kids out of their lunch money! JEBUS!!
I just spat Tim's coffee all over my keyboard... Thanks SF!! Wink

I aim to please and I apologize to your employer for the keyboard, if its beyond repair, send me an invoice Laughing3

121Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:56 pm

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Cronie wrote:LMAO!! Kindergarten kids out of their lunch money! JEBUS!!
I just spat Tim's coffee all over my keyboard... Thanks SF!! Wink

Laughing3 I literally did the same thing when I read a Sharks fans reaction to Marleau:

"He couldn't lead an ******* to a toilet".

122Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:13 pm

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504Heater wrote:
Cronie wrote:LMAO!! Kindergarten kids out of their lunch money! JEBUS!!
I just spat Tim's coffee all over my keyboard... Thanks SF!! Wink

Laughing3 I literally did the same thing when I read a Sharks fans reaction to Marleau:

"He couldn't lead an ******* to a toilet".

he he he that is even funnier Laughing3

123Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh - Page 8 Empty Re: Round One: Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:26 pm

PTFlea

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LOL. They are soooooo pissed in SJ right now. They want to trade Thornton, Marleau, Nabokov ( :****: ) etc. etc. etc....

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