Historical Friday?

by gallagher on May 12, 2010 9:37 PM CDT

The Philadelphia Flyers earned a huge win tonight to come back from down 0-3 in the series with Boston to tie it 3-3. Game 7 is on Friday and it has the chance to be a truly historical event. The last time an NHL team won a series after trailing 3-0 it was 1975 and it was the not-yet-a-powerhouse New York Islanders who did it.

Our buddy Dominik broke down that comeback a few days ago over at Lighthouse Hockey for you all to peruse. I know I'll be watching to see if the Flyers can be the third team in history to pull off the feat. It has been 35 years since we've seen it happen... if they can do it, would that make you a Philly fan for May?

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You'll also be watching ...

… so you can see Mike Richards.

St. Louis Game Time

by averagejoe on May 12, 2010 9:43 PM CDT reply actions

Admit I'm right.

Dude is a stud.

SWYD

by gallagher on May 12, 2010 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions

Oh he's a fine player

I just don’t have a mancrush on him. I prefer to give my love to third-line defensive-minded centers.

St. Louis Game Time

by averagejoe on May 13, 2010 2:21 AM CDT up reply actions

My kid and I are with you.

For his birthday the Son of GT requested a new Blues jersey. Number 18, McClement.

I might copy off him and get one of my own; it looks awesome.

SWYD

by gallagher on May 13, 2010 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I'll be watching

and routing for Philly (which is odd for me since most of the fans make me want to go with Boston (I can actually draw alot of parallel’s between them and Detroit fans) but you gotta go with history.

Speaking of which when was the last time an 8th seed made the conference finals? Boy that East sure is wacky this year.

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by Maverides on May 12, 2010 9:47 PM CDT reply actions

Weren't the 2006 Oilers an 8th seed?

Lost to Carolina in the Finals…

SWYD

by gallagher on May 12, 2010 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions

2006....

dark, dark time

"I wanna be an achiever like Bad Horse.... I meant Ghandi" ~ Dr. Horrible

by Carnie on May 13, 2010 2:21 AM CDT up reply actions

I actually dont mind the fans too much

i’ve been to Philly, I liked it more than New York, and it was full of drunk Italians, coming from The Hill you cant mind one of the few other cities outside of the Midwest to embrace toasted ravioli, get drunk, and cheer on their team a little too passionately

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I havn’t had any exchanges with Flyers fans either, however, so I really cant say too much

"I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game."
-Barry Sanders
(Soon to be the Detroit RedWings - Henrik Zetterberg '11)

by DasBlues74 on May 13, 2010 6:28 AM CDT up reply actions

Boy that East sure is ~~wacky~~ filled with horrible teams this year.

Edited for clarity.

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by Dominik on May 13, 2010 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I really hope the Habs...

beat whoever comes out of this series because I don’t think either of these teams will last more than 5 against either team from the West.

I think the Habs can go at least 6 or 7 against either of those two…

by stlfan on May 12, 2010 9:53 PM CDT reply actions

I have been rooting for Philly so far

although I must say, with the Pens losing, I wouldn’t mind seeing a Habs-Bruins conference final.

I know it's time for hockey because I've started singing "Don't Stop Believing" with the words "...born and raised in FUCK DETRIOT!!!"

by J-Mill on May 12, 2010 10:03 PM CDT reply actions

I'd rather see Wideman move on to the next round

than Pronger.

by Mr. Particle on May 12, 2010 10:12 PM CDT reply actions

The Hockey Gods don’t like me. If the Habs win, I’m never going to hear the end of it

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by Kevin Sellathamby on May 12, 2010 10:29 PM CDT reply actions

At this point . . .

I’m rooting for mass destruction.

Go ahead, Flyers. Take this.

St. Louis Game Time . . . I need another beer.

by Donut King on May 12, 2010 10:34 PM CDT reply actions

the funny part is...

the Eastern Conference winner would not’ve made the playoffs if they were in the Western Conference.

Married men should forget their mistakes. Why should 2 people remember the same thing?

by OffIceMan on May 12, 2010 11:45 PM CDT reply actions

I think that's a testament to how craptastic the East was this year.

I can’t see any of the three standing taking out either the Sharks or the Blackhawks, unless Nabby has some huge meltdown.

Screw Philly – I would like to see a Habs/Bruins final, with the Habs moving on just to lose in the Finals. I’d kind of like to see what happens to the city of Montreal… it’s just a lot of morbid curiosity.

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by hildymac on May 13, 2010 8:32 AM CDT up reply actions

It would probably be destroyed. That and I’m still going to have to listen to “Habs are the best team in the league”

by Kevin Sellathamby on May 13, 2010 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions

NO

Fuck Pennsylvania teams.

Go Bruins, then Go Habs because they seem to be the better team.

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by Bman21212 on May 13, 2010 2:19 AM CDT reply actions

I just blindly hate Boston

"I quit because I didn't feel like the Detroit Lions had a chance to win. It just killed my enjoyment of the game."
-Barry Sanders
(Soon to be the Detroit RedWings - Henrik Zetterberg '11)

by DasBlues74 on May 13, 2010 6:30 AM CDT reply actions

I hate Hart~~less~~nel. and I dislike Pronger.
So I root for Boston. Plus they got Mr. Shootout.
But overall, I am on board the Montreal Bandwagon now..
They grew on me this post season, especially after they
choked it up big time during their “100 year celebration.”

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by DanGNR on May 13, 2010 10:33 AM CDT reply actions