Atlanta 1 - Philadelphia 0
Not a lot of offensive highlights in this one, but another fine performance by the Thrashers. Obviously, Peverly's 2nd period powerplay goal was the most significant event of the night but there are several others worth mentioning.
- Boulton set the tone for the contest early when he challenge Cote to a fight a little over two minutes in. Typical of Boulton he waited a bit before throwing his first punch. Once he unleashed, he pummeled Cote into submission and sent the message that the Thrashers weren't going to be pushed around in this contest. Judge for yourself.
- Hedberg played superb in net and was a deserving #1 star. He made several key saves early and held up as the Flyers peppered him with shots in the third.
- The penalty kill was fantastic. No small feat against a very good Flyer powerplay. All the penalties, especially late, made for some nervous moments but the Thrashers played very good positional hockey, got their sticks in lanes and fought hard for loose pucks.
- Neither team had much luck with the puck in this game. A lot of bouncing pucks couldn't be corralled and passes were just a bit off the mark. The passing decisions were great just the execution was the smallest bit off.
- The Thrashers finally beat a Philly team that had won 14 in a row against them. Here's hoping they can win the next 13 and even it up.
- There were a bunch of Flyer fans in attendance but they were pretty humbled by the result. More than one of them gave props to the Thrashers for a well played game. Must not have been a Philly native.
I took full advantage of the Thrashers 2 for 1 ticket offer over Thanksgiving weekend and purchased a bunch of tickets throughout December and January. That ought to keep the blog going for awhile.
