Raise your hand if you had written the Flyers. C'mon, you know who you are.
The losers of eight straight games in Madison Square Garden, the Flyers were looking up from a 2-0 hole early in Sunday's Game Two of their opening Stanley Cup playoff tilt vs. the Rangers.
Fans already were saying, 'See you Tuesday night' and preparing to tackle the Easter ham when a wondrous thing happened.
The Flyers looked deep inside themselves and rallied for an improbably 4-2 win to even the series at one game apiece and swipe the home-ice advantage.
They play again Tuesday night.
You can get all the details on Game Two from Rob Parent here and columnist Jack McCaffery here.
The Flyers now face a most interesting dilemma. Steve Mason was held out of Game Two with lingering issues from the infamous "upper body injury," according to the Flyers, who keep their injury reports a lot more secure than all that data gathered by the NSA.
Ray Emery played well in Thursday night's Game One loss, but was outstanding in stopping 31 Rangers shots yesterday.
So is there a goalie controversy? Mason may be ready to roll Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center. But do the Flyers interrupt the mojo they are building behind Emery.
For Emery, this is a bit of deja vu, all over again, but in reverse.
Last year he went 17-0-1 for the Blackhawks but found himself on the bench in favor of Corey Crawford, who led Chicago to a Stanley Cup crown.
So let's see a show of hands. Emery or Mason? Post a comment with your vote.
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