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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Early Halloween Turns Philips Into BOO-Land
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If the Atlanta Thrashers could find a way to create a costume based on Tuesday night’s loss to the Philadelphia Flyers…you would see kids of all ages showing up at your door on Halloween wearing it to extort candy from you in the cruelest of ways.
Ding-dong….”Trick or Treat”!
“Why…what are you dressed up as young man”?
“I’m a replay of the Thrashers’ 7-0 loss to Philly…gimme some treats or I’ll make you watch it again”.
“Auuugh…NO! Here, have the whole %$#@& bowl…go on, take it…and leave this place in peace…I beg of you, just GO”!!
Normally when you see a final score that reads Philadelphia 7, Atlanta 0…you would think that the Eagles defeated the Falcons in a hard-fought defensive struggle. But not this time… it was indeed the outcome of the Flyers vs. Thrashers game.
To be fair, things started off well enough…I mean, the Thrashers’ starting five skaters took to the ice and lined up just as nicely as the Flyers did…then the puck was dropped.
After that, it was pretty much all Flyers.
Before many had even made their way from the beer stand to their seats…it was already 1-0 and Atlanta was down one defender as Zach Bogosian suffered an injury from a hit by…I believe…Darroll Powe. Bogey left the ice for good having played but 52 seconds.
Trailing 2-0 late in the second Atlanta had a chance to worm back into this game. Braydon Coburn…remember him?…had just taken a hooking penalty and the Thrashers were on the…POWER PLAY! But Ilya Kovalchuk’s pass at the blueline was intercepted. Seconds later… it was 3-0 with 15 seconds remaining before the second intermission.
Kovy then felt inclined to see how far he could throw his stick. He was awarded a 2-minute penalty for conducting himself in a less-than-sportsmanlike manner. He decided to conduct a discussion session with the official on his way across the rink after the horn sounded and was given an additional 2-minute time-out for his efforts.
By the time he was eligible to play hockey again in the third period…the score was 5-0…one of those goals deflecting into the goal off of the skate of our own Ron Hainsey.
Then Simon Gagne kicked in a sixth goal for Philadelphia before Glen Metropolit…remember him?…added the extra point with 2:40 remaining in the game.
Seven to goose egg!
The crowd then turned into ghosts and goblins, shouting…BOOOOOOOOO!!!! …before vanishing into the cold October night. In voicing their displeasure, they displayed more passion and energy than the boys in blue did all night. It was truly a team effort, this loss.
Kari in the goal…un-good.
The blueline…un-good.
O-fense…un-good.
(Insert any particular observation or stat here)…un-good.
Of his team’s dominant win Mike Knuble said, “We got a great result…we scored every which way. These are the treats”.
Indeed…and the Thrashers were dishing out the treats all night to those in the black and orange Flyers costumes.
