The Flyers vs. The Hurricanes

Erik Cole's game winning goal.

On Friday night, February 18th the Flyers squared off with the Hurricanes, a team who is looking at points and opportunities to keep their spot in the playoffs. The Flyers, a team that currently holds first in the Atlantic Division and Eastern Conference and second in the whole NHL, looked for some points to maintain a first spot in their division and conference and some points to jump on top of the Vancouver Canucks, who currently maintain a slight lead over the Flyers for first place in the NHL.

Carolina was the team who hit the back of the net first with a goal at 4:12 in the 1st period scored by Chad LaRose with a tip-in that barely made it past Flyer's goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. The Hurricanes struck again at 6:37 in the 1st period with a slap shot from Jeff Skinner that barely made it by the Flyer's goaltender once again. The Flyers, after much desperation and hard work, found the back of the net with a beautifully placed shorthanded goal, at 2:57 in the 2nd period, over the glove side of Hurricane's goaltender Cam Ward scored by Blair Bretts. After a poor cycle, the Flyers struck once again. A goal scored by Braydon Coburn at 14:47 in the 3rd period, a shot that Cam Ward never saw because he was screened by his own players. The last team to hit the back of the net was sadly, Carolina, with a well placed goal over the glove side of Sergei Bobrovsky. The goal was scored by Erik Cole at 16:57 of the 3rd period.

Ultimately, it was a well fought game for the Flyers, but the Hurricanes got some breaks that gave them the advantage and the two-point, regulation win over the Flyers.