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03-06-2004, 05:39 AM | #1 |
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Broad Street Bullies are back....
Man This was an awesome game to watch. Right out of the movie Slap Shot
http://philadelphia.comcastsportsnet...504-flyers.asp Philadelphia general manager Bob Clarke had to be stopped from going into the Ottawa Senators (news)' dressing room. The record-setting melee he just watched must have brought back memories of his playing days with the Flyers in the 1970s, when he was captain of the Broad Street Bullies. The Flyers were less than two minutes from finishing off a 5-3 win over visiting Ottawa on Friday night when five consecutive fights resulted in an NHL-record 419 penalty minutes. "We're not scared of Ottawa and we're not intimidated by their talent," said Flyers goaltender Robert Esche, who fought Senators goalie Patrick Lalime. Philadelphia enforcer Donald Brashear and Rob Ray started the fighting with 1:45 left. Once all the brawling was done, the Flyers were left with seven players and Ottawa had six. Officials needed about 90 minutes after the game ended to sort out the penalties. The previous record for penalty minutes was 406, set by the Minnesota North Stars and Boston Bruins (news) in 1981. The Flyers had 213 minutes, and Ottawa had 206. The hard feelings between the teams stems from Senators forward Martin Havlat hitting Mark Recchi in the face with his stick last week. Havlat played his first game after being suspended two games by the NHL. He sat in the penalty box while the fights took place. "Obviously, my teammates didn't forget what happened last week," Recchi said. Claude Lapointe and Recchi scored 30 seconds apart in the first period for the Flyers. Danny Markov, Kim Johnsson and Alexei Zhamnov also had goals for Philadelphia, which snapped a five-game winless streak (0-3-2) against Ottawa. The Flyers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Senators the last two seasons, and were 3-10-3 against them since a 1-0 victory in Game 1 of the 2002 Eastern Conference quarterfinals. Philadelphia remained tied for first place in the East with Tampa Bay. "We wanted to win the game in every department," Brashear said.
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