Who wants a mustache ride?

The Philadelphia Flyers got the offense going on Saturday when they defeated the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 at home.

Claude Giroux, sporting his bright red mustache, played like a madman the whole game and it paid off for him and the team, netting his first goal on the season and his first in 21 games, in the third period. Eric Cartman's nightmare came true because ginger's apparently do have souls and are real, Scott Hartnell also netted a goal during the win at home. He had this to say after the game,

 "It's great," Hartnell said. "We didn't hear a boo all night here at home, first time in a long time. Our efforts haven't been great at home and we wanted a big effort 60-minute game and that's something we did tonight. We have to continue that and carry that forward."

The team played very well together and it seemed they had it all figured out for that game. Granted, the Oilers are not that good of a team, but are a very well disciplined fast paced team and it was good for the Flyers to get a much needed victory. Moving forward Giroux was happy of his play and made clear what is expected,

"It was obviously a lot of relief," Giroux said. "To see all the boys on the bench being happy too, I think that was really fun. But you know what, it's a big win for us. And we go on the road now, and we've got to get on a roll here."

A few side notes before the game started on Saturday. There was a lot of trade rumors flying around on Friday and early Saturday morning between the Oilers and Flyers. Jordan Eberle, 23 year old RW for the Oilers, was mentioned heavily in those rumors. Names attached to the trade rumor on the Flyers side were, Giroux, Simmonds, Coots, and Luke Schenn. Thankfully none of those rumors came to fruition and those players were still in the orange and black come game time. Well, maybe Luke Schenn can go, he has been a turn over machine all season long, and the Flyers do have depth on defense. Lastly, Ilya Bryzgalov made some noise this Saturday, when he signed with the Oilers. Many thought they might start him immediately against his former team, but that did not happen. "I'm not afraid of anything-except bear, but bear in the forest." Yup, that guy.


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