Depressing Start

Another disappointing game for the Philadelphia Flyers, as they lost 3-2 on Tuesday to the Vancouver Canucks.

They started the game with great pace and poise and it looked as though from the beginning, that this game will be the breakout they have been waiting for. But, when the horn sounded and the boo birds started, the Flyers have fallen to 1-6-0. There was one big bright spot in the game, as Tye McGinn, the 23 year old 2nd year man, notched 2 goals to bring his total to 3 on the season. Sadly, the only player on the team with that many goals on the season. Fun fact, the Flyers are the only team in the NHL, to not have recorded 3 goals in a single game.

The Flyers played very well for the first 2 periods, going into the 3rd with the lead. The 3rd period has been one of the weak spots for the Flyers this season, and it was again a problem. The Canucks scored a goal at 7:31 into the 3rd period to tie the game at 2-2. The game winning goal came at 17:35 into the 3rd period and crushed the Flyers hopes of getting a point out of this game. Craig Berube, the newly appointed head coach of the Flyers, who are now 1-3 after the switch, had this to say after the game, "We're kind of sitting back and waiting for something bad to happen." Well Berube, something did.

The captain of the team, Claude Giroux, was seen hunched over after the game in utter disappointment, skating off the ice. During a post game interview he had an interesting comment, "We are getting better every game, that's how we all look at it. It's a fact," Giroux announced. "If anybody knows anything about hockey, they'll know we played a good game tonight. We played our best game, and it's a good thing coming right now." Well, anybody who knows anything about hockey will know that a game is 60 minutes and the Flyers only showed up for 40 minutes, which has become the norm with this team in recent years.

The Flyers need to shake this lose off because this Thursday marks a pivotal game for the Flyers as they host their bitter rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins, who are off to a hot start at 5-1-0. If they hope to get this season back on track and get this team back in playoff contention talks, then this game on Thursday is a make or break for them. As Giroux stated, "We'll start winning games here soon, and when we will, we'll be back in the playoff race." Here's to hoping for good things to come.



CroJack