And Another One!

The Philadelphia Flyers have won three straight games, as they knocked off the Pittsburgh Penguins last night, 2-1.

Brayden Schenn scored both goals for the Flyers and goalie Ray Emery stopped 30 out of 31 shots he faced. Schenn was interviewed after the game having this to say,

"Obviously, we're working on trying to put some wins together right now and playing pretty sound defensive hockey. We're waiting for our opportunities to score and right now we're scoring when they're there, so we have to keep it going."

Say whatever you want about the Flyers start, which was 1-7. The team is now, 6-3-1 in their last 10 games and have collected points in five of their last six games. Flyers are now, 9-2-1 at Consol Energy Center since the arena has opened. Sean Couturier played shut down defense on both Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, which really seemed to frustrate Malkin, as he threw some cheap shots on Couturier's face. Head coach Craig Berube was very pleased with the win,

"I like the fact that we grinded the win out. We played the night before and did a lot of the little things right tonight."

Another little fun fact. Remember the brawl? The one that people said was so disgusting and disrespectful to the game of hockey and the city of Philadelphia. Well the Flyers are now, 4-1-1 since that brawl and it seems it has sparked this team to another level. They are now playing much more sound defense, winning all the puck battles and winning the battles along the boards. To top it all, they have now scored 14 goals since the brawl, which was missing to start the season.

Next up for the orange and black, the Winnipeg Jets. Another tough road game for the boys, but if they go out and execute the way they have been on this winning streak, they will be just fine.


CroJack