Showing posts with label History Will Be Made. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History Will Be Made. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
This Bit Of Awesomeness Will Be Running On Your TV Starting Thursday
Surgery will be required to fix the damage this caused my mouth.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
NHL Network To Re-Air The Historic Flyers-Bruins Series
(Originally posted at Broad Street Hockey)
Starting this Monday, August 23, the NHL Network will be re-airing each game in the Flyers-Bruins game. While the OT games may be chopped a bit to fit it in the 2-hour window, all other games will be shown in their entirety.
The schedule is as follows:
Game 1: August 23 @ 6:00
Game 2: August 24 @ 6:00
Game 3: August 25 @ 6:00
Game 4: August 26 @ 6:00
Game 5: August 27 @ 6:00
Game 6: August 29 @ 7:00
Game 7: August 29 @ 9:00
For those who want to do nothing but kick back, relax, and watch history being made for 14 hours straight, on Sunday, August 29, NHL Network will be re-airing Games 1-5 in order starting at 9:00 AM which will directly lead into their 1st showing of Game 6 at 7 and their 1st showing of Game 7 at 9. Chances are because it is NHL-N the TSN broadcast will be used for Games 2-7 (which means Pierre), but it is still going to be worth it. My DVR is set!
Starting this Monday, August 23, the NHL Network will be re-airing each game in the Flyers-Bruins game. While the OT games may be chopped a bit to fit it in the 2-hour window, all other games will be shown in their entirety.
The schedule is as follows:
Game 1: August 23 @ 6:00
Game 2: August 24 @ 6:00
Game 3: August 25 @ 6:00
Game 4: August 26 @ 6:00
Game 5: August 27 @ 6:00
Game 6: August 29 @ 7:00
Game 7: August 29 @ 9:00
For those who want to do nothing but kick back, relax, and watch history being made for 14 hours straight, on Sunday, August 29, NHL Network will be re-airing Games 1-5 in order starting at 9:00 AM which will directly lead into their 1st showing of Game 6 at 7 and their 1st showing of Game 7 at 9. Chances are because it is NHL-N the TSN broadcast will be used for Games 2-7 (which means Pierre), but it is still going to be worth it. My DVR is set!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
History Will Be Made: 2010 Eastern Conference Finals Edition
The following is a collection of History Will Be Made videos from the NHL that were made of the Philadelphia Flyers during the Eastern Conference Finals. The last one is without a doubt the best. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the Flyers making history.
The only thing better than that Richards shortie is seeing it backwards and slo-mo.
Not really related to any of this, but if you want to read one of the funniest blog posts in the history of online blogging, check out the Puck Daddy Eulogy of the Montreal Canadiens written by Down Goes Brown and Bloge Salming. If you don't read that and bust a gut, then something is seriously wrong with.
The only thing better than that Richards shortie is seeing it backwards and slo-mo.
Not really related to any of this, but if you want to read one of the funniest blog posts in the history of online blogging, check out the Puck Daddy Eulogy of the Montreal Canadiens written by Down Goes Brown and Bloge Salming. If you don't read that and bust a gut, then something is seriously wrong with.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
What If Broad Street Didn't Fight Back?
The official Flyers "History Will Be Made" video from the NHL.
(Ed. Note: See the below post for the Conference Finals schedule with the confirmed Versus announcers).
(Ed. Note: See the below post for the Conference Finals schedule with the confirmed Versus announcers).
Friday, May 14, 2010
History Has Been Made
Words fail me right now.
I honestly am yet to wrap my head around the fact that the Philadelphia Flyers have just completed a comeback that only 3 other teams in all of American professional sports have ever completed. I will run down the list again.
The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs.
The 1975 New York Islanders.
The 2004 Boston Red Sox.
The 2010 Philadelphia Flyers.
Amazing. Unbelievable. Incredible. Wowzers. Insert your expression of amazed disbelief and it fits what just happened. I type this as I am texting my friend and I just told him it was "seriously stunningly awesome." Is that the best way to describe what happened tonight at TD Garden? And not only are they the 3rd hockey team to ever complete such a series comeback, but in the history of Game Sevens, only 2 teams have comeback from a 3-0 game deficit to win the game. Washington did it against Philadelphia in 1988 and Edmonton did it against Calgary 3 years later in 1991.
I guess the best way to go about this post is to tell you how I think this happened.
The Bruins and the Flyers are two similar hockey teams. That was not a secret coming in. They both play a similar hard-nosed, blue-collar style of hockey with similar types of players. In the first two games of the series, aside of a disastrous first period of Game 1 in which the Flyers were coming off of 9 days without playing, the Flyers proved to be the Bruins equal. The game, outside of that first period, was tightly contested and the Bruins pulled it out in overtime with a goal by Savard. The same can be said for Game 2, except there was no bad 1st period, the winning goal was scored by Milan Lucic, and it came in the dying minutes of regulation, not overtime. But through all the closeness, the Flyers never led in the series. Then in Game 3 they took a lead for the first time with Arron Asham scoring. What happened a few minutes later forever changed the course of this series.
Mike Richards laid a hard, but by all accounts, clean hit on David Krejci that broke his wrist and knocked him out for the series. The Bruins went on to score that play and would win that game convincingly by a score of 4-1, but, the Bruins were down their best player, and the Flyers were getting theirs back.
Enter Simon Gagne. Long labeled a playoff choker, he was coming off a Devils series that saw him have worse luck than cursed people. He hit the post at least 4 times and did not score a goal. His hard-luck series only got worst when he went out with a broken toe. But through the first 3 games, the one thing the Flyers missed was an extra forward with defensive responsibility. Laviolette had Briere trying to replace Gagne. Now Briere is a real good scorer, but he flat out sucks defensively. He was responsible for 3 of the 5 Bruins goals in Game 1. The return of Gagne, along with the elimination of Krejci, turned a close series favoring Boston, into something unprecedented.
The Flyers still needed to hang on to a lead and win though. Even with Gagne back, they still needed something. And after blowing it in the final minute of Game 4, Simon Gagne scored the game-winning goal in overtime.
The Flyers would not look back for Games 5 and Games 6, though there was one difference between the two. The Bruins did not show up for Game 5. They played very well in Game 6.
Then Game 7 started, and to say it was a microcosm of the series, is an understatement. If you gave Hollywood a script for this series and this comeback, they would have laughed out loud at you and say it was too corny.
The Bruins jumped up to an early 3-0 lead, most of them being weak goals on the part of Michael Leighton. Peter Laviolette then called the greatest timeout in the history of his career. The timeout settled the Bruins down and gave him the opportunity to give the Flyers a pep talk. As much as I think Andy Reid is one of the worst timeout callers in football, Peter Laviolette is one of the best timeout callers in hockey. He knows when to use the timeout so that his team can regroup and recover, and he used it to perfection tonight.
It worked almost instantly as late in the first period, James van Riemsdyk scored one of the ugliest goals I have ever seen. JVR is a 20-year old kid who has never played a schedule of more than 40 games in a season, and yet, he has been with the Flyers all year. Naturally, he played well to start the year, but he started wearing down and grew to be completely useless by the end of the season. This was his first goal of the playoffs, and frankly, when the rest of this team was down, JVR carried them through that first period and not with just that goal. He was the guy who wanted it the most out there.
The Flyers responded to that goal quickly in the 2nd, scoring 2 goals to tie it up at 3 before the game was even halfway through. The first of those 2 was Scott Hartnell, who is normally beyond useless and harmful to the team (and his idiocy showed in the way the Bruins got their 1st goal in this game), but for the past few games, has been serviceable and solid. That Scott Hartnell showed up for the 2nd. And then Briere tied it up.
Now here is where we were at. Marc Savard returned. The Bruins won the first 3 games after that. Simon Gagne returned. The Flyers won the first three games after that. The Bruins took a 3-0 lead in Game 7. The Flyers tied it at 3-3. It's been a complete microcosm of the series. Tied at 3 after 2. One period left. All this comeback shit has just been about tying it up. Now who wins it?
The answer:
Simon. Fucking. Gagne.
OMGagne.
History has been made.
I honestly am yet to wrap my head around the fact that the Philadelphia Flyers have just completed a comeback that only 3 other teams in all of American professional sports have ever completed. I will run down the list again.
The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs.
The 1975 New York Islanders.
The 2004 Boston Red Sox.
The 2010 Philadelphia Flyers.
Amazing. Unbelievable. Incredible. Wowzers. Insert your expression of amazed disbelief and it fits what just happened. I type this as I am texting my friend and I just told him it was "seriously stunningly awesome." Is that the best way to describe what happened tonight at TD Garden? And not only are they the 3rd hockey team to ever complete such a series comeback, but in the history of Game Sevens, only 2 teams have comeback from a 3-0 game deficit to win the game. Washington did it against Philadelphia in 1988 and Edmonton did it against Calgary 3 years later in 1991.
I guess the best way to go about this post is to tell you how I think this happened.
The Bruins and the Flyers are two similar hockey teams. That was not a secret coming in. They both play a similar hard-nosed, blue-collar style of hockey with similar types of players. In the first two games of the series, aside of a disastrous first period of Game 1 in which the Flyers were coming off of 9 days without playing, the Flyers proved to be the Bruins equal. The game, outside of that first period, was tightly contested and the Bruins pulled it out in overtime with a goal by Savard. The same can be said for Game 2, except there was no bad 1st period, the winning goal was scored by Milan Lucic, and it came in the dying minutes of regulation, not overtime. But through all the closeness, the Flyers never led in the series. Then in Game 3 they took a lead for the first time with Arron Asham scoring. What happened a few minutes later forever changed the course of this series.
Mike Richards laid a hard, but by all accounts, clean hit on David Krejci that broke his wrist and knocked him out for the series. The Bruins went on to score that play and would win that game convincingly by a score of 4-1, but, the Bruins were down their best player, and the Flyers were getting theirs back.
Enter Simon Gagne. Long labeled a playoff choker, he was coming off a Devils series that saw him have worse luck than cursed people. He hit the post at least 4 times and did not score a goal. His hard-luck series only got worst when he went out with a broken toe. But through the first 3 games, the one thing the Flyers missed was an extra forward with defensive responsibility. Laviolette had Briere trying to replace Gagne. Now Briere is a real good scorer, but he flat out sucks defensively. He was responsible for 3 of the 5 Bruins goals in Game 1. The return of Gagne, along with the elimination of Krejci, turned a close series favoring Boston, into something unprecedented.
The Flyers still needed to hang on to a lead and win though. Even with Gagne back, they still needed something. And after blowing it in the final minute of Game 4, Simon Gagne scored the game-winning goal in overtime.
The Flyers would not look back for Games 5 and Games 6, though there was one difference between the two. The Bruins did not show up for Game 5. They played very well in Game 6.
Then Game 7 started, and to say it was a microcosm of the series, is an understatement. If you gave Hollywood a script for this series and this comeback, they would have laughed out loud at you and say it was too corny.
The Bruins jumped up to an early 3-0 lead, most of them being weak goals on the part of Michael Leighton. Peter Laviolette then called the greatest timeout in the history of his career. The timeout settled the Bruins down and gave him the opportunity to give the Flyers a pep talk. As much as I think Andy Reid is one of the worst timeout callers in football, Peter Laviolette is one of the best timeout callers in hockey. He knows when to use the timeout so that his team can regroup and recover, and he used it to perfection tonight.
It worked almost instantly as late in the first period, James van Riemsdyk scored one of the ugliest goals I have ever seen. JVR is a 20-year old kid who has never played a schedule of more than 40 games in a season, and yet, he has been with the Flyers all year. Naturally, he played well to start the year, but he started wearing down and grew to be completely useless by the end of the season. This was his first goal of the playoffs, and frankly, when the rest of this team was down, JVR carried them through that first period and not with just that goal. He was the guy who wanted it the most out there.
The Flyers responded to that goal quickly in the 2nd, scoring 2 goals to tie it up at 3 before the game was even halfway through. The first of those 2 was Scott Hartnell, who is normally beyond useless and harmful to the team (and his idiocy showed in the way the Bruins got their 1st goal in this game), but for the past few games, has been serviceable and solid. That Scott Hartnell showed up for the 2nd. And then Briere tied it up.
Now here is where we were at. Marc Savard returned. The Bruins won the first 3 games after that. Simon Gagne returned. The Flyers won the first three games after that. The Bruins took a 3-0 lead in Game 7. The Flyers tied it at 3-3. It's been a complete microcosm of the series. Tied at 3 after 2. One period left. All this comeback shit has just been about tying it up. Now who wins it?
The answer:
Simon. Fucking. Gagne.
OMGagne.
History has been made.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
A Truer Portrait Of Philadelphia Sports Fans
People will talk about a pair of idiots running onto the field and getting tasered (in addition to Santa Claus and Irvin) in talking about Philly fans, but somehow, in future discussions about us, I am thinking this video will be left out of those discussions.
Presented without further comment.
Presented without further comment.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Flyers Vs. Devils: 10 Years Ago.
Forget Super Bowl XXXIX, the 2009 World Series, and any NFC Championship game the Eagles lost in the last decade, the darkest moment of my Philly sports fandom came sitting less than 100 feet behind Brian Boucher in the First Union Center as I helplessly watched Eric Lindros get taken out at center ice and then Elias score the game-winning goal with 2:32 left in Game 7 of the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals.
The Flyers got some semblance of revenge in 2004, but this one feels a bit different to me. Flyers vs. Devils: 10 Years Later.
History will be made.
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