The Penguins won in a shootout and the Flyers lost in overtime. That means it all comes down to Game 82. Again. The Flyers play the New York Islanders Saturday night. The Penguins play the Thrashers Sunday afternoon. If the Flyers beat the Islanders in regulation, they will clinch the Atlantic Division title and the #2 seed. If the Flyers lose in regulation, they will need Pittsburgh to lose in regulation in order to claim the division title. If the Flyers lose in overtime/shootout, they will need the Penguins to not get 2 points in order to clinch the Atlantic Division. In short, the Flyers can prevent a crisis by beating one of the worst teams in the NHL on Saturday night.
The Flyers have not won the Atlantic Division since the lockout. That can change with a home win against the Islanders tomorrow.
Showing posts with label New York Islanders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New York Islanders. Show all posts
Friday, April 8, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Live From The Nassau Coliseum, It's Friday Night Fights!
Flyers-Senators Version 2.0? Bruins-Habs earlier this week? Before today, those games were considered the fight games of the year. Not anymore. Remember 9 days ago when Brent Johnson KO'd Rick DiPietro in 1 punch, fracturing some of DP's bones and knocking him out for 4-6 weeks?
Well for the Islanders tonight was all about revenge, and boy oh boy did they ever get it. Admittedly, a lot of the stunts the Isles pulled tonight were dirty, but I have a hard time gathering any sympathy for the Pittsburgh Penguins, a team that employs Matt Cooke. While there were many more scrums than this, here are the big fights courtesy of hockeyfights.com.
And if all those fights were not enough, the Islanders won the game 9-3. Here are the NHL.com highlights.
Oof. Now that's what I call a revenge game. Currently, the number is 351 PIMs, but the number has continued to rise as the night as gone on. It is unlikely that this will ultimately surpass the 2004 Senators-Flyers game which featured 419 combined penalty minutes thanks to 5 end of game fights/brawls in the span of a minute, but over 300 is closer than I ever thought anyone would ever get to touching that record.
This Penguins loss means the Flyers remain 3 points ahead of the Penguins in the Atlantic Division and with some Penguin players sure to be suspended because of this fiasco on top of their semmingly endlessly mounting injuries. The Flyers have to feel they are in a good position right now as long as they continue playing at the high level they have been playing at and to continue to successfully avoid the injury bug that has plagued the Penguins.
Update: Here is a video with the Islanders announcers calling every fight/skirmish in the 1st period. Here is a video with the Islanders announcers calling every fight/skirmish in the 2nd period. Here is a video with the Islanders announcers calling every fight/skirmish in the 3rd period. I can assure you these are much easier on the ears.
Well for the Islanders tonight was all about revenge, and boy oh boy did they ever get it. Admittedly, a lot of the stunts the Isles pulled tonight were dirty, but I have a hard time gathering any sympathy for the Pittsburgh Penguins, a team that employs Matt Cooke. While there were many more scrums than this, here are the big fights courtesy of hockeyfights.com.
And if all those fights were not enough, the Islanders won the game 9-3. Here are the NHL.com highlights.
Oof. Now that's what I call a revenge game. Currently, the number is 351 PIMs, but the number has continued to rise as the night as gone on. It is unlikely that this will ultimately surpass the 2004 Senators-Flyers game which featured 419 combined penalty minutes thanks to 5 end of game fights/brawls in the span of a minute, but over 300 is closer than I ever thought anyone would ever get to touching that record.
This Penguins loss means the Flyers remain 3 points ahead of the Penguins in the Atlantic Division and with some Penguin players sure to be suspended because of this fiasco on top of their semmingly endlessly mounting injuries. The Flyers have to feel they are in a good position right now as long as they continue playing at the high level they have been playing at and to continue to successfully avoid the injury bug that has plagued the Penguins.
Update: Here is a video with the Islanders announcers calling every fight/skirmish in the 1st period. Here is a video with the Islanders announcers calling every fight/skirmish in the 2nd period. Here is a video with the Islanders announcers calling every fight/skirmish in the 3rd period. I can assure you these are much easier on the ears.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
O.M.G.
The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs.
The 1975 New York Islanders..
The 2004 Boston Red Sox.
The 2010 Philadelphia Flyers are one win away from joining this club in the annals of history.
The 1975 New York Islanders..
The 2004 Boston Red Sox.
The 2010 Philadelphia Flyers are one win away from joining this club in the annals of history.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
What You Might Hear At Peter Laviolette's Next Press Conference
It's the 1st period. The New York Islanders, a team the Flyers have beaten 15 straight times, are beating the Flyers 3-0. Kill me now.
When commenting on this post....don't talk about PLAYOFFS!
Update: 2 end of game garbage time goals by the Flyers somehow gave this game a respectable score. But the bottom line is the Flyers still lost to the Islanders 6-4, their 15-game win streak versus the Isles is snapped, and the Flyers played a piss poor hockey game in the midst of contending for a playoff spot. The defense in front of Boucher and bad bounces completely destroyed his confidence leading to 2 soft goals. At that point the Flyers pulled Boosh in favor of Doosh. But not even Jeremy "Just Last Night With The Phantoms I Gave Up A Center-Ice Goal" Duchesne could stop the juggernaut Islander offense as they racked another one up on him. The amazing thing is though that both the Bruins and the Thrashers lost so the Flyers end the night where they began, in 6th place in the Eastern Conference. Amazing. Tomorrow they have a huge game against Montreal.
Regardless of all that, Laviolette should still channel his inner Jim Mora.
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