A ridiculous 10-3 game in Philadelphia featured seven power-play goals – four by the Penguins, who chased Ilya Bryzgalov and scored five unanswered goals in the second period to take control of Game 4.
The Penguins avoid an ignominious sweep and head home for Game 5 on Friday.
In Ottawa, a 2-2 goaltender’s duel between Henrik Lundqvist and Craig Anderson ended with Kyle Turris’s spectacular wrister 2:42 into overtime.
Line of the Night from habsfanO: Flyers played tonight like this Dick Clark thing really upset them
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I’m predicting a baker’s dozen for the Penguins tonight.
Usually when you pull your crummy goalie you don’t replace him with someone worse.
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galley still going on with his mancrush on Karlsson..oooh his young pink lungs…ok i made up the pink part..but you get the zest of it
Hey Boone, the crowds’ chanting for DanielF is not Bob’s only dim view!
His dim view started 3 games ago!
Doesn’t look like the Penguins are missing Aaron Asham.
—Hope Springs Eternal—
Whew!Thems some ugly puppies! Old Fishface deserves an honourable mention I’m sure!
10…
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driving a beer truck LOL
and he is only getting a verbal agreement to drive the truck and he needs assistants
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so i saw a documentary a few years ago and they said Bob is an odd little man who does the games with his pants undone…thought you all might like to know that..oh and Mark Recci is not ugly…
Mark Recchi, Mike Ricci, Joe Reekie…
Brian Bellows, Stephane Yelle, Kevin Haller…
Jaromir Jagr, Mike Richards, Randy Wood…
Sidney Crosby, Cory Stillman, Rick Nash, Scott Young…
Niklas Backstrom, Nicklas Backstrom, Ralph Backstrom…
Wayne Presley, Little Jacques Richard, Bob Berry, Braden “Buddy” Holtby…
ugh.
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Jack Edwards is a clam, Bruins are gutless weasel pukes.
The Halakian Jaroslaves’ constant BS make me anti-Halak
Mark Recchi, Mike Ricci, Joe Reekie love those 3 in a row classic
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Phili can still come back. Thats how bad Fleury is
Sources do confirm that Roy has already reached verbal agreement with Molson and is already looking for his assistants.
Can you provide a link,please?
To drive a Beer truck I hope
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I said this week it was a done deal, his assistants are the guy from Gatineau and another from the Q.
The big question is who will be the GM ?
Knowing Roy,he would demand the dual role of GM/coach.
Why the hate on Bob Cole?
He still calls a great game so what if he doesn’t call the players by name, it’s TV, man, we can see for ourselves.
The guy is HNIC, the last of the greats and he stills ramps up the excitement.
I’d like to see you all doing this in your 70s
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The Halakian Jaroslaves’ constant BS make me anti-Halak
He is bad man I am sorry
Is Bob Cole really ever at any games anymore time to retire good for a few laughs every game though
The other night goalie made glove save on a breakaway, and Cole blurted did he get a piece of that or did it just go high over the net and glass. The puck was in the Goalies glove as he dropped it to his D man
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Yeah I know but come on, he’s the last of great HNIC play-by-play guys, Jim Hughson’s awful and Mark Lee and Dean Brown (“winds, fires”) suck worse…
I miss Don Wittman.
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The Halakian Jaroslaves’ constant BS make me anti-Halak
His voice still reminds us that HNIC is on, i will say that for sure.
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Hughsons 10x better than Cole
I miss Don as well. His call on Donovan Bailey was the best ever.
Richard R
Price is an oyster. Unfortunately not all oysters produce pearls.
“The HIO Decision Desk has redirected live-blog to the Ottawa-Rangers game for their third period.”
Dave Hodge just threw his pencil in the air again.
what the hell are these fools booing now….
So are we to expect a Draft Day and Free Agent blog from Boone too?
I’m personally looking forward to “The First Lawn Cutting of the Season” blog. One of his annual high points.
***Subbang Baby!!!***
Of course!
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Ok my top 5 hard to look at NHLers of all time
1- Mike Ricci
2- Gino Odjick
3-Ken Danyeko
4-Tim Hunter
5- a former hab Lyle Odelein
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Dale Rolf
Boobie smith.
Eddie Johnstone – New York Rangers (1979)….
Jim Roberts
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Hunter over Odjick by a nose.
Richard R
Price is an oyster. Unfortunately not all oysters produce pearls.
her….and yes it is…young skywalkers
I am watching this report on the NY Rangers. The Americans know how do sports.
Is Bob Cole even at the game?
His commentary makes you wonder.
Is Bob Cole really ever at any games anymore time to retire good for a few laughs every game though
The other night goalie made glove save on a breakaway, and Cole blurted did he get a piece of that or did it just go high over the net and glass. The puck was in the Goalies glove as he dropped it to his D man
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and Pizza head makes an amazing recovery….faker
The hate in this one is strong …
The Force must be with him.
The Dark Side, that is.
Mike Ricci has the all ugly MVP by a mile.
Don’t forget Jim Roberts involvement with Tuuk skate blades!
So why is Laviolette a jerk ?
Just look at ‘im, he’s textbook, did you watch any of the 24/7 thing?
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Nope..The only thing I remember is that he said something like “typical Montreal“ or something to that effect.
Smart move HIOdesk, let’s go NYRangers!
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The Halakian Jaroslaves’ constant BS make me anti-Halak
very good idea
If you remove the asinine actions of players after whistles and the odd thuggery during the game, this has been great offensive hockey played during this series. Unfortunately, too many idiots trying reciprocate NHL hockey from the 70s. Just play the friggin game.
Suspend Rinaldo for the rest of the series… If you do it to Asham, do it to Rinaldo. Rid the teams of knuckle-scrapers…
It hasn’t been great offense. It’s been horrible defense and goaltending.
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Put lauren hart in net I say..
I second that!
Nah. Too many would go between her legs.
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It is patently clear that the NHL is fixing games via officiating. This is corruption and collusion of the highest order and it is endemic of the Bettman era.
It’s not wonder Chris Lee is moving up the ranks. And I do mean rank.
just like the NBA now
Didn’t Buttman start in the NBA?! Hmm…
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I’ve got a feeling
Fleury’s getting hot. Hasn’t given up a goal this period.
More cheap shots coming.
***Subbang Baby!!!***
Now I am just curious if this will get to double digits.
Wow 9-3, didn’t expect to see that.
Who gets number 10?
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I’ve got a feeling
9-3 and it begins….what took them so long
No self-control by Rinaldo.
Boone called Flyers’ GM Paul Holmgren a genius.
Maybe,but not when it comes to goalies.
Wow, talk about neither team understanding a concept of defense. Told ya, a snooze fest.
that Rinaldo is a real piece of work.
My over under of 18 i posted earlier as a joke looks pretty accurate now
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Neither of these two teams would be able to compete with The System™. Time to bring back Jacques Martin.
*ducks*
Both of them could use JM as a defensive coach. And MAB. But then everyone could use a MAB.
You can’t replicate “a MAB”.
***Subbang Baby!!!***
Ronaldo. Such an idiot.
geez guys, save some goals for the next three games.
Chris Lee as “The Controller” was a masterful stroke to turn this into a passionless, stunted, special teams marathon. Kudos to Senor Bettman for destroying an entertaining series with such authority, perhaps we put him on the North Korea file next.
They already have a new leader. Better luck next time, Gary.
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Beauty! Drunk flyer fan flipping off staal after his Hattie goal.
Lol….fan giving Staal the bird!
Jimmy Roberts Mr Clutch in the playoffs
and possibly the ugliest player of his generation.
horse head for sure
Bobbie Smith.
still,Roberts was good looking standing next to Pascual Perez and Otis Nixon.
…7-3 Flightless Ones half-way through the second ??? …incroyable !!!
…well, I guess I will actually turn on My TV to watch
……I know ! …I’m nuts
…but, aren’t We all ?
Edit: AND, I miss an EIGHTH by wasting My time typing a comment no one cares about …I’m nuttier than I thought
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What I WANT ! is an aircraft carrier at centre and nuclear destroyers on each wing going to the net like bats out of Hell !, …NO MORE rubber duckies !!!
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I’m no expert, but I don’t think the Conn Smythe trophy winner this year will be a Flyers or Penguins goalie.
ottawa fans chanting someting..not sure what it is..highway? byway..frito lays? its not leafs suck, I think they realize now they are playing the rangers now
Mission accomplished for the NHL they have managed the officiating sufficiently to ensure the series will not end in a sweep!
Memo to Mario well done!
So. Many. Goals.
Bring back parent…..
So what time does the gooning start?
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ottawa ties it…galley completely loses it…
Lmao…crazy..
are you kidding me? they actually have shirts that say “guess what we don’t like you either” just another reason to pray for the flyers to lose
Way to go Halifax great come back. On the other hand Roy’s mind may not have been in this series. They will introduce both GM and Roy as coach toghter at the start of the second round of the playoffs. Hey Flyers your the next team to blow a 3-O lead.
Don’t kid yourself, if the Flyers were the Habs, we would be going crazy on here about how we were going to blow it.
Yes Stormin,Roberts was a defensive specialist. I think it was Bowman who said “He is built like a mooring post for a battleship”
The Flyers must be terrified anytime the puck is in their end. How can a team have so much bad luck in net for so many years? It’s only place they can’t get it right.
Exciting game.
Still would like to see Lauren Hart on ice again.
She handles the microphone nicely.
Her father, Gene, was sort of…Humpty Dumptyish…but she’s a dish! Somewhat better looking than Kate Smith too.
Gene was flyers radio guy.
Yup…still remember listening to him on WCAU radio in 70′s…talking about “a case of Tasty Cake” when Philly went on power play.
Has to be some of the worst gkeeping I have seen or some of the best finish…sitting back lovin it.
Who here hates letang as much as I do?
He’d look great on Habs blue line.
Flyers in 5
Flyers in 7 …double OT
Kris Letang should get 2 minutes for being Kris Letang
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Why’s that ?
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D Mex
Because he’s a French modeling diver
I wasn’t asking you actually but, since you’re typing without thinking, how about letting us know where you attend grad school ?
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I wasn’t aware there was something called “grad” school.
More of a joke DMex, but i met him at the rinks working out in the summer and he just sort of rubs me the wrong way
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No surprise there – but the response above to my question is moronic.
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Not me. He is ridiculously good.
That he is – comes with all the tools.
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ottawa scores and galley just about wets himself..and they complain about Bob…
Refs have been told to call everything, even if you high stick yourself your going to the box
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These two teams are the definition of “goal support”
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Bob is in.
idk how this didn’t happen earlier.
Bob is out – lol
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This is starting to resemble a Steelers Eagles game.
The Flyers sure know how to pick their goalies.
Sweet pass by Sid, and a sweet wrister by Letang.
I’m surprised there are no fights yet
Could care less about the penalties….the offense is just tremendous.
Yes, very offensive.
***Subbang Baby!!!***
Speaking of offensive…where is timo.
Saw him here earlier…must be off plotting with Molson to get MAB reinstated as a Hab.
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Serious man crush on mab.
Missed the first period.
Seems to me either Price OR Halak would be better than these two stiffs.
You can take both these teams out of a cup hunt with keepers like this. Pffft.
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oh and checking in on the blog
watching rangers/sens..streaming pens/flyers…taping american idol..and doing some work I brought home…i can multitask
Why is Chris Lee in charge of the Pitts-Philly series? That guy loses control of regular season games… Way to go NHL.
And Tim Peel is also an official in the playoffs…
When I saw that Lee reffing in the playoffs I just shook my head in disbelief. This tool is either so incompetent or he’s on the take. That Peel douche is another winner.
The way the playoffs have gone this year, I hope the Canadiens sign a few more fourth liners and goons, and when Shanahan and Bettman lose control again, the Habs can win the battle of attrition (literally).
Not that I like goon hockey, but the NHL does not call plays by the rules and does not suspend players effectively.
$2500 fine for Weber?
One game for James Neal?!
Brad Marchand and Ryan Kesler OBVIOUSLY diving and no calls on the ice or no warnings from the incompetant and inept league.
The Habs need players who can give brutal cheap shots and won’t be missed on the ice. The dinosaurs in charge at the NHL’s head office are not going to change, so I say if you can’t beat them, join them.
The Flyers/Penguins need Halak in goal.
He’s free right now.