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Escorts in Philly love their Flyers! - The Philadelphia Flyers: A Team of Destiny
In the 82nd and final game of the NHL regular season, the Philadelphia Flyers needed a shootout victory to earn the 8th and final playoff berth in the Eastern Conference. The shootout itself held major implications, as it was involved with the Rangers, the other team which happened to be battling for that final spot. It was a storybook type showdown, and Philadelphia earned the final spot, luckily, as the shootout typically produced a random result, unreflective of the game that proceeded.
It would be a whirlwind of a next 6 weeks, as Philadelphia overcame huge odds to upset the strong favourites in the 1st round, the New Jersey Devils. The Devils had a premier goalie, experienced and confident, Martin Brodeur; and the trade deadline day catch, Ilya Kovalchuk. Philly disposed of the Devils relatively easily, and faced a tough opponent in Boston for the 2nd round. Boston had just upset Buffalo, and was looking to gain momentum as they got Marc Savard back from injury. Savard even scored the overtime winner in game 1, and Boston took a 3 games to 1 stranglehold on the series. But Philly wouldn’t give up. They rallied back to get to a game 7. After the crushing Mike Richards hit on David Krieje, Philly gained a mental edge, and the confidence which would ultimately win the game 7, after even being down 3-0 in that 1st period.
After those 2 arduous series, Philly had plenty of edge to defeat the Cinderella Habs in the Conference finals. Montreal had defeated Washington and Pittsburgh, and probably had nothing left in the tank, after they lost their best defenseman to injury. Philadelphia won in 5 games, and now faces the young Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup Finals! Philly’s run to this point has been especially magic, since they lost Brian Boucher to injury, and have had Michael Leighton step up so much. Mike Richards has also played like a warrior, and Chris Pronger has been playing like a Conn Smythe winner, but Johnathan Toews will have something to say about that.
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