When the Recchin Ball Comes For You

In case you missed it last night, the Flyers 8th leading scorer of all-time basically won the game for his Bruins with some savy play in the third period. The 50 year old vet knocked 13 year old Tim Kennedy off the puck in the corner and then fed Patrice Bergeron for what would hold up as the game winner.:   Can you recall a weaker display of defense since Steve Eminger did the curl-up-like-a-bear-is-trying-to-steal-your-lunch-money defense? I assume Kennedy thought that he and Recchi would just ride each other into the corner and wait for someone else to come dig the puck out of their skates. But then he got taught a lesson in playoff hockey by a 32 year vet who has his name etched into the Stanley Cup. That lesson being ‘run youngin’s over and take the puck.’ The sad thing about the play is that the almost 20,000 people that were there probably don’t remember it. Yesterday was Patriot’s day in Boston. A day celebrated for early drinking, sporting event watching, and eventual fighting.

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