The Danny Show: Flyers burn Leafs in Philadelphia return

by Travis Hughes on Jan 6, 2010 11:52 PM EST in 09-10 Game Recaps

Final - 1.6.2010	1	2	3	Total
Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	2	2
Philadelphia Flyers	2	1	3	6

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After a pitiful showing in Ottawa on Sunday, the Flyers fell back on their winning ways tonight as they returned to home ice for the first time since a really long time ago. Sure, it was against a really bad Toronto team that didn't really put up much of a fight, but the Flyers proved that they were in fact the superior team tonight.

The game was punctuated by the three Danny's: Briere, Carcillo, and Syvret. Briere notched his 500th career point on his second goal of the night, Syvret scored his second career goal in his second game in Winter Classic uniforms, and Carcillo was just the man. The team as a whole looked great on the power play, going three for six. Michael Leighton made 30 saves in his seventh consecutive start.

Meanwhile, the Leafs looked like a school of fish out of water, but they did at least show some semblance of life in the third period. Three fights -- or what Toronto GM Brian Burke would call 'truculence' -- were the result of some chippy play to end the second period, and as usual, Scott Hartnell was involved in the middle of it. He and Garnet Exelby were given 10 minute misconducts late in the third because Exelby decided to hit Hartnell while he was down. Exelby wasn't happy because he got beat down by Arron Asham early in the third, and he of course couldn't take seeing Hartnell beat down Jeff Finger several minutes after that.

The Leafs aren't good at hockey, nor can they stand toe-to-toe with our boys when it comes to this truculence thing, apparently. They'll have a shot at redemption in a week at Air Canada Centre, though. Oh, and inevitably Leaf fans will bring up the fact that Dan Carcillo was dropped by Jamal Mayers in the third. Well, yeah, but the kids a dangler, so he's got no more time for that fighting BS.

Back to hockey, though, the Flyers simply dominated an inferior team and earned the two points they should've. They're 5-1-1 in their last seven and we'll obviously take the win, but there's nothing to get excited about as the team heads to Pittsburgh tomorrow.

After the jump, comment of the night and a peek at the highlights. There was no preview of the game tonight so e don't have any questions to answer.

Comment of the Night

Never thought I'd type this, but tonight Carcillo is better at scoring than fighting

>> Prometheus74

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Good comment of the night

BUT… I was at the game with my brother who is a Leafs fan and as soon as Jason Blake got on the forecheck against Timonen he promptly yells, “LOOK, Blake is on Kimmo!”

by halx on Jan 7, 2010 12:25 AM EST reply actions

haha… oh. That’s not funny.

So maybe it is, but not in a mean spirited way of course.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jan 7, 2010 12:35 AM EST up reply actions

Yay for the Dannys! I missed this one tonight, but I’ll be sure to catch it on the 1:30am replay.

by doubleh on Jan 7, 2010 12:59 AM EST reply actions

i was at the game tonight, in 208, there was something happening in the lower bowl in the 3rd that had the fans chantin “asshole” for a minute. does anyone know what was going on?

you callin me a know-nothin? sir, i'll have you know i happen to know very little.

by hockey punk on Jan 7, 2010 1:08 AM EST reply actions

I sit in club box 11 which is right next to what happened. About 5 minutes prior to the asshole chant some Toronto d-bag launched a beer at a flyers fan. Security threw out the wrong guy. The beer tosser talked his way out of it, but I watched him throw the beer. About 5 minutes later he did something else and got ejected. He was so drunk and pretty fat so he put up a pretty good fight being removed. I don’t blame security though in those two section’s right at the top of the section Toronto fans took up the top three or four rows. Security was outnumbered there. There was another Toronto fan with one of those big camera’s taking pictures of the whole thing, so I imagine there will be something on one of their blogs talking about how our security is just as bad as our fans, because the dude was putting up a good fight til he got about halfway down the aisle when this huge black security guy ended all the commotion by just carrying him out. But it was fun. Most of them Toronto fans were awesome. But just like Philly fans a couple drunk idiots make them all look bad.

by burtonboypa on Jan 7, 2010 6:53 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

That Carcillo goal was nice – good example of “the first guy to commit loses.” As soon as his defender went to the ice, Danny moved and took him out of the play.

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by The Dark on Jan 7, 2010 7:48 AM EST reply actions

Well a win is a win is a win, but that team stunk bad. Games like that either build confidence or breed over confidence and with a real test tonight, even the though the Pens have been slumping recently, they need to play a reserved, smart game against a quality team. As for the game last night I find it really amusing that Berube is placed directly behind Carcillo on the bench all night for no other reason then keeping Carcillo in mental check. Yea, Berube, Classic!

by MJDII on Jan 7, 2010 8:02 AM EST reply actions

So, did anyone else read the Toronto blog’s write-up of this game? Man, they are an angry, bitter bunch. I suppose I would be too, if I were a fan of The Leaves….but still, they took some pretty nasty swipes at Philly and our fans.

One question from last night though: Why did Hartnell earn a 10 minute misconduct? At most, all he did was defend himself from multiple cheap-shots to the back of the head.

by KevinEdward on Jan 7, 2010 8:42 AM EST reply actions

I think CoburnsCuddleBuddy said it best last night. The entire league still sees this organization as a wild pack of goons, both the players and the fans. When opposing teams see fighting they already have the perspective that in most cases they were defending their honor against the big bad Flyers who must have been in some way instigating all that happened. On some of the other sites I visit there are a lot of comments from neutral parties who didn’t even see the game making comments like “typical Flyers” from reading the box score alone. It is just the way it is, sometimes, unfortunately, perception is some peoples reality.

by MJDII on Jan 7, 2010 9:09 AM EST up reply actions

Everyone seems to love to take potshots at the Flyers and their fans. We’re probably the second most hated fans around the league after the Habs.

Some think too much, then come too soon
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by jello44 on Jan 7, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

I think a lot people believe Habs fans are just pompous but everyone seems to believe the Flyers and their fans are downright degenerate thugs. The lure of the 70’s grows as the years go by and the climate of the NHL and real truth about those teams gets more and more blurred. Truthfully I believe fans in this town are way to proud of the bullies mentality and enjoy the reputation way to much. It really accomplishes nothing to want to win the fights because you don’t want to look at the team and say we are just not good enough. That leafs team looked like the Flyers of years past, when being outclassed by your opponent start fighting and it makes the team look simple.

by MJDII on Jan 7, 2010 1:25 PM EST up reply actions

I think it was so the game wouldn’t get out of hand. By that time it was getting a bit chippy, and the refs didn’t want to lose control, so they gave them both 10 minute misconducts.

Some think too much, then come too soon
I just curse the sun, so I can howl at the moon

by jello44 on Jan 7, 2010 1:15 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah, don’t read too much into what they say, though. I’ve met those guys and they’re good people. Half the stuff they write is sarcasm, and I think readers of their site know that. For the most part.

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by Travis Hughes on Jan 7, 2010 4:15 PM EST up reply actions

That was definitely a fun game last night, but I’m not getting all jacked up yet. We are 5-1-1, but the 5 wins were against clearly inferior opponents. They should have beaten Ottawa and the NHL took care of the Winter Classic 2 points, so I’m not fooled by the record.

The Pens are slumping right now and this is the time for this team to step up and get 2 points by beating a team they clearly need to beat. If they win tonight, I might be willing to think this team may have turned the corner.

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by HockeyOutsiders on Jan 7, 2010 10:05 AM EST reply actions

Second all of that! Not to mention after tonight 3 of the next four should be patsies as well.

by MJDII on Jan 7, 2010 10:08 AM EST up reply actions

Yep agreed I wish we had some of this “patsies” mixed in earlier are early season schedule was ridiculous I been saying so for 2 months and the Pens especially had a cake walk and now things are turning around the Pens just got rolled by the Panthers 6-2 and Tampa Bay 3-1 back to back on the road at home before breaking a 5 game losing streak against Atlanta on Tuesday. Their schedule has gotten more difficult over the last month now having played the 5th most difficult schedule in the East way up from the where it was at 14th on December 17th. The fact that both our Flyers and the Rangers have played a lot better as of late has something to do with it but either way the Pens are 4-6 since they beat us in a shootout. A big win against the Pens will hopefully prevent them from turning their game around.

by chrislanci on Jan 7, 2010 11:21 AM EST up reply actions