Flyers are still alive in the play-offs. Ice Hockey.

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My assimilation into the fabric of american sports has continued. After American Football I now take Ice Hockey as my second sport in this continent.I have really taken the sport on in a big way and now especially during the play-offs where an already fast game has somehow ramped up to a faster and faster game in the play=offs. Of course I have to support the local team the Philadelphia Flyers and having dispatched the Washington Capitals and Montreal Canadiens in 7 and 5 games respectively in the first two rounds of the play-offs they have come to tackle the Pittsburg Penguins. The flyers being a 6th seed had beaten the 1st seed Canadiens in the second round and now must keep the series alive today against the 2nd seed Penguins. The Penguins have an outstanding home ice record and with their first two games in the series at home in each game they have taken the initiative in each game and while the flyers came back to make them close games the Penguins have gone on to win taking a 2-0 lead in a best of 7 series for the right to be Eastern Champions and semi final for the whole Stanley Cup. The third game saw the flyers trying to overcome a 0-2 hole. Again through some small luck the Penguins took the lead through a slight deflection and the flyers did not play well losing 4-1. Last Thursday the flyers had to stop the Penguins from making it a sweep and not letting them take it on home ice. Watch the video to see what happened...you will get a great sense of the speed and physical pounding the players take plus some fights which Marc loves to watch, its quite funny. Needless to say the Flyers won and have extended their season by another game. That game is today in Pittsburg and the flyers have to weather the storm that the Penguins will bring. They will want to finish the series and get that 4th game under their belts to move on to the Stanley Cup Final having won the Eastern conference. There have only been 2 comebacks from the 0-3 situation in an eastern conference final 1942 and 33 years later in 1975....well guess what? 2008 is another 33 years later! The flyers are getting a few guys back healthy and today will fight like they did last Thursday to extend the series. Having been in Philadelphia yesterday (story coming soon) I have seen their support in the city and the city are behind them. Good luck Flyers and I hope the series can be taken back to Philadelphia for a 6th game. They trail 3-1 in the series.