Dan Carcillo was certainly the rock star for the Flyers' first home game of 2010.
Few words could describe the whooping the Flyers put on the Maple Leafs tonight. Perhaps, all you need to say is, “Old time hockey,” but that wouldn’t be entirely fair. Wednesday Night Throwdown met a quick trip to the Red Light District as the Flyers netted six.
Leighton had 32 shots against and only let in two thanks to another spectacular outing by the blocking crew of Betts, Laperriere, Powe, and the blueline core. Gustavsson, the “Monster” of a goalie for Toronto, let in six as the Flyers took 32 shots of their own.
Pronger earned three assists, and vanRiemsdyk finally got himself back on the scoresheet with a goal. Richards also added a goal, and a few more assists were spread around.
Still the story of the night was the trio of Dan’s on the Flyers roster.
Danny Briere scored two goals for his 499th and 500th career points. Danny Syvret, who scored in the Winter Classic, also got a goal. Then there was the Dan “the Madman” Carcillo who decided to make the ice his personal playground.
There were plenty of hits, plenty of fights (including a Carcillo leaving a nice little mark on Jamal Mayers’ face), and plenty of goals. The goal of the night however belongs to the man himself even though Briere did his best to take over the night.
Hopefully all this energy carries over to a big away game against the Penguins tomorrow night.
Still those Winter Classic jerseys, which will be the team’s away jersey next season according to sources, are awesome right? Say what you will about the aesthetics of the black name-plates, but I certainly can’t wait to get my hands on one.
In other news, Ray Emery claims he will be back Saturday barring any setbacks. When he does return the Flyers will either send Ryan Parent, who will be out for a bit, to the long-term injured reserve (LTIR) or Mika Pyorala, who has been scratched lately, will be dropped to the minors.
Regardless, the organization says they will carry three goalies until Parent is healthy, which could be a couple weeks. No one knows what will happen to Leighton or Boucher at that point. Any theories would just be pure speculation.
