Flyered Up!

I watched about two and a half periods of the Flyers this weekend, which is about two periods more than I had watched all season until this point. Apparently, I picked a pretty good weekend to jump back on the Flyers bandwagon, as they took care of the Islanders 5-1 at home on Saturday and then embarrassed the Rangers 5-2 at the Garden on Sunday. That's a combined 10-3 bludgeoning of both New York teams in just over 24 hours. It doesn't get any better than that.

I'm the furthest thing from a hockey analyst. So, I can't really say much more than what's already been said. Marty Biron played exceptionally well in back to back starts. He stopped 38 of 39 shots in Saturday's win against the Isles. He, then, followed that performance by stopping 35 of 37 total shots. Rookie Claude Giroux looked impressive as he chipped in with a total of two goals and two assists over the course of the weekend. Plus, Mike Richards set an NHL record on Sunday by netting his third career three-on-five shorthanded goal. Overall, not a bad weekend.

Maybe now that we're creeping up on March and the playoffs are around the corner, I'll start to get a little more Flyered Up. I just needed to force myself to sit down and watch some hockey to realize how much I've missed the Flyers since last May.

Anyway, I don't think I've posted a decent hockey fight yet on this blog. So, without further ado, here's a pretty nice Arron Asham beatdown from Saturday's game. I guess when you can't think of anything else to say about hockey, you might as well end with a good hockey fight.