Flyers Force G7: Shipping Up To Boston....Again...

The Boston Bruins had three chances to put the Boston/Flyers series away, and they failed all three times to do so.  With the 2-1 win in Game Six, they are shipping up to Boston....again....

Only two teams have ever come back from a 3-0 hole, and if the Philadelphia Flyers win Game Seven in Boston Friday night, they will be the third to do so.  Not a prospect that the Bruins are relishing.

Overall, Boston out played the Flyers for most of the game, but a rebound from a puck cleared by Johnny Boychuk in the 1st period resulted in Mike Richards nailing the first goal. And then Danny Briere's goal?  You couldn't even script this one.  He shoots it and goes on Johnny Boychuk. The puck then comes right back to Briere, who skated from Rask's right to left and when he shoots, it goes off a diving Boychuk's stick to go top shelf over Rask's left shoulder.  WOW!  Both goals clearly not Rask's fault.

Boston got one back right at the last minute marker but it wasn't enough to force OT, and this series has now gone to sudden death.

Someone told me that the Flyers will not get this series.  Tell that to the Montreal Canadiens who did the unthinkable.  Never mind coming back from a 3-0 hole.  Try coming back from a 3-1 deficit against the best team in the league and then performing the same feat against the defending Stanley Cup champions.  Comebacks are a plenty in these playoffs.

Now, that doesn't mean I have written off the Boston Bruins.  They are playing Game 7 in their barn and, compared to Game Five, they were 200 percent better in this game.  The scoring chances were a plenty, but the puck decided to bounce off the post twice and the Flyers played a solid defensive game.  If anyone did not see the puck bouncing all over the place, then they are truly blind.  Also, the amount of whiffed shots by the Bruins didn't help matters much either.  Getting five out of nine penalties was not the sign of discipline that I had hoped for, as they did go down five-on-three and Briere got the game winner on the power play just when it got back to five-on-four play.

Milan Lucic did end a looooong scoring drought, as the last goal by the Bruins had come from Mark Recchi in the last minute of play in Game Four...that is just under two games of play since they had scored, and if the sour scoring touch has hit the Bruins now, it couldn't have come at a worst time.  With Marco Sturm and David Krejci out, it is up to Wheeler, Savard, and Ryder to get fired up, as they need to step up if the Bruins want to move on.

It will be up to the Bruins to determine their fate.  Win and play the Habs on their unbelievable trip in the playoffs, or be the 3rd team in league history to lose the series after leading it 3-0.

This is Cory Ducey saying "Hit Hard, But Keep It Clean "