texan
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Flyers 3-0 in series
Sticks and helmets littered the ice as often as pucks filled the nets. The Philadelphia Flyers’ 8-4 victory, which put them
on the verge of reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals with a three-games-to-none lead, was bookended by chaos.
A first period that featured 18 penalties and 3 ejections devolved into third-period mayhem. James Neal’s blindside hit
on the Flyers rookie Sean Couturier sparked a series of scuffles at the 15-minute-18-second mark that produced
55 penalty minutes and ended with Scott Hartnell and Craig Adams dueling at center ice.
Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen, ejected in the first period with Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang because they
fought after an altercation elsewhere on the ice, said that it was disappointing that the game deteriorated into
fight-filled madness, but that he had seen the same thing happen in other series.
Of the Penguins, who outnumbered Philadelphia in game misconducts (4-2) and penalty minutes (89-69), Timonen
said: “If they think they’re going to win that way, it’s not working for them. Hopefully, they do it one more time.”
The Flyers, viewed as underdogs entering the series, are now one victory from sweeping their intrastate rivals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/sports/hockey/nhl-hockey-roundup.html
Sticks and helmets littered the ice as often as pucks filled the nets. The Philadelphia Flyers’ 8-4 victory, which put them
on the verge of reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals with a three-games-to-none lead, was bookended by chaos.
A first period that featured 18 penalties and 3 ejections devolved into third-period mayhem. James Neal’s blindside hit
on the Flyers rookie Sean Couturier sparked a series of scuffles at the 15-minute-18-second mark that produced
55 penalty minutes and ended with Scott Hartnell and Craig Adams dueling at center ice.
Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen, ejected in the first period with Pittsburgh defenseman Kris Letang because they
fought after an altercation elsewhere on the ice, said that it was disappointing that the game deteriorated into
fight-filled madness, but that he had seen the same thing happen in other series.
Of the Penguins, who outnumbered Philadelphia in game misconducts (4-2) and penalty minutes (89-69), Timonen
said: “If they think they’re going to win that way, it’s not working for them. Hopefully, they do it one more time.”
The Flyers, viewed as underdogs entering the series, are now one victory from sweeping their intrastate rivals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/sports/hockey/nhl-hockey-roundup.html
