Another first time playoff meeting.
As they did with round 1, the Canes kick off the league's 2nd round. The weak layoff did the injured some good. Nikishin cleared concussion protocol and Ehlers recovered from his lower body injury. He was the only player to play all 82 games, so the rest was probably more welcomed than the injury recovery. Both were full participants at practice yesterday. Carrier had the day off and we’ll see if that’s anything other then rest at the morning skate.
The Flyers won the Battle of Pennsylvania, taking out the Pens in 6 games. They’re wearing their underdog status on their sleeves, literally, wearing t-shirts with 3.8% on the sleeve, representing their playoff chances coming out of the Olympic break. But they went 18-7-1 down the stretch to grab 3rd in the division. They’ve gotten a boost from Porter Martone, last year’s first round pick. He joined for the last 9 games of the season, picking up 10 points. He and Travis Sanheim each has 2 goals in the first round. They pulled Dan Vladar off the Calgary scrap heap and he responded to his first year as a starter with a 2.42/.906 season in 52 games. He went 1.61/.937 in the first round. He went 1-0-1 against the Canes in the regular season, posting a 1.86/.932 stat line.
ABC for TV tonight. Mike Monaco, Chicken Parm and Emily Kaplan have the call. Mike and Tripp are radio only for the duration.
As they did with round 1, the Canes kick off the league's 2nd round. The weak layoff did the injured some good. Nikishin cleared concussion protocol and Ehlers recovered from his lower body injury. He was the only player to play all 82 games, so the rest was probably more welcomed than the injury recovery. Both were full participants at practice yesterday. Carrier had the day off and we’ll see if that’s anything other then rest at the morning skate.
The Flyers won the Battle of Pennsylvania, taking out the Pens in 6 games. They’re wearing their underdog status on their sleeves, literally, wearing t-shirts with 3.8% on the sleeve, representing their playoff chances coming out of the Olympic break. But they went 18-7-1 down the stretch to grab 3rd in the division. They’ve gotten a boost from Porter Martone, last year’s first round pick. He joined for the last 9 games of the season, picking up 10 points. He and Travis Sanheim each has 2 goals in the first round. They pulled Dan Vladar off the Calgary scrap heap and he responded to his first year as a starter with a 2.42/.906 season in 52 games. He went 1.61/.937 in the first round. He went 1-0-1 against the Canes in the regular season, posting a 1.86/.932 stat line.
ABC for TV tonight. Mike Monaco, Chicken Parm and Emily Kaplan have the call. Mike and Tripp are radio only for the duration.
