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All together now: We wuz robbed
The Flyers were 28 seconds away from stealing Game 1 of their Stanley Cup playoff series with the Canadiens.
Less than a full minute of action later, they were skating off the ice with the weight of a crushing loss on their shoulders.
In the process they managed to once again cough up a two-goal lead. And no doubt two key calls that went against them are likely to be debated until the puck drops for Game 2 Saturday night.
You can read Anthony SanFilippo’s game story here.
I’ll give you the short version.
The Flyers, coming off their dramatic OT win in Game 7 against the Caps, get out to a two-goal early lead, stunning the Canadiens and the faithful in the Bell Centre.
But the Habs scratched their way back to a 2-2 tie at the end of the second period.
This is where the controversy starts. The Canadiens’ tying goal looked for all the world as if it had been batted behind Marty Biron with a high stick by Alex Kovalev. The refs reviewed the video and ruled it a goal. Many curse words muttered by Flyers fans across the Delaware Valley.
The Flyers then come out in the third and take a 3-2 lead. Time for more controversy. With less than two minutes to play, Mike Richards appears to put a shoulder into Kovalev, upending him. Up goes the right hand of referee Mike Hasenfratz. Apparently he saw it as more of a knee, and called it as a tripping penalty.
Montreal pulled their goalie for a two-man advantage, and it paid off. This time there was no debate about it. Kovalev took the puck off a faceoff and fired a laser over Biron’s shoulder. Tie game. Just 28 seconds away from the thrill of victory, the Flyers and their fans instead were left to deal with the agony of a tie, a blown lead, and an OT stanza.
Just 48 seconds into the extra period, the Canadiens sealed the deal for a 4-3 win.
Flyers’ faithful no doubt will say they got jobbed. They might even have a point. But it’s not going to change what happened. The Flyers are down 1-0 in the series.
Next time maybe they shouldn’t take their foot off the neck of a team whey they’re up 2-0.
Less than a full minute of action later, they were skating off the ice with the weight of a crushing loss on their shoulders.
In the process they managed to once again cough up a two-goal lead. And no doubt two key calls that went against them are likely to be debated until the puck drops for Game 2 Saturday night.
You can read Anthony SanFilippo’s game story here.
I’ll give you the short version.
The Flyers, coming off their dramatic OT win in Game 7 against the Caps, get out to a two-goal early lead, stunning the Canadiens and the faithful in the Bell Centre.
But the Habs scratched their way back to a 2-2 tie at the end of the second period.
This is where the controversy starts. The Canadiens’ tying goal looked for all the world as if it had been batted behind Marty Biron with a high stick by Alex Kovalev. The refs reviewed the video and ruled it a goal. Many curse words muttered by Flyers fans across the Delaware Valley.
The Flyers then come out in the third and take a 3-2 lead. Time for more controversy. With less than two minutes to play, Mike Richards appears to put a shoulder into Kovalev, upending him. Up goes the right hand of referee Mike Hasenfratz. Apparently he saw it as more of a knee, and called it as a tripping penalty.
Montreal pulled their goalie for a two-man advantage, and it paid off. This time there was no debate about it. Kovalev took the puck off a faceoff and fired a laser over Biron’s shoulder. Tie game. Just 28 seconds away from the thrill of victory, the Flyers and their fans instead were left to deal with the agony of a tie, a blown lead, and an OT stanza.
Just 48 seconds into the extra period, the Canadiens sealed the deal for a 4-3 win.
Flyers’ faithful no doubt will say they got jobbed. They might even have a point. But it’s not going to change what happened. The Flyers are down 1-0 in the series.
Next time maybe they shouldn’t take their foot off the neck of a team whey they’re up 2-0.
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