Coyotes Battle Back to Win Against Flyers
“Wayne came in and fired us up a little bit … we looked good on paper, we won the shots, but we were just fooling ourselves. We weren’t playing the way we should …”
The difference was the goal scored by Scott Hartnell.
However, in the second period, the Coyotes slowly took the momentum back. Even though Mike Richards scored the second goal in the second period against Ilya Bryzgalov, the Coyotes still kept at it.
Then, Keith Yandle saw his opportunity and capitalized by knocking a goal in behind Flyers’ netminder Martin Biron after the puck deflected off of Biron’s mask and ricocheted towards Yandle’s stick. Yandle shot it in the net and scored his first career NHL goal to cut the deficit in half.
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Mueller now has nine goals and 17 points. Only Jonathan Toews, the NHL leader in goals scored for rookies, has more. It seems that the kids are alright.
After a tough loss against the New York Islanders, the Coyotes have made short work of the New Jersey Devils and the New York Rangers. Starting with the Los Angeles Kings and ending with the win against the Flyers tonight, they have outscored their opponents a whopping 18-9, and have won four of their last five games.
The win against the Flyers is the first time the Coyotes won a game while trailing after the first period.
They now return to San Jose to find a way to earn their first victory against the only team in the Pacific Division that they have not beaten.
The quote from Sjostrom was great! He just has a great knack for telling it like it is.
The Coyotes stayed tough, stuck with it, and were able to come out with a win.
My favorite part of the game was when they had the mad scramble in the crease and Bryzgalov pops up with the puck in his blocker-hand. So cool. And he had that amazing glove save earlier. How could you not feel confident playing in front of that guy? I know I would feel confident…and I haven’t been on ice skates in 20 years.
Let’s see if the Coyotes can keep this momentum as they head into San Jose!
Good post, and a nice win for the Coyotes…love the effort and resiliency, even if it has to come at the expense of my Flyers (god, I wanted this game to go to OT).
So much to be excited about with this team – Mueller, Sjostrom, Hanzal…the list goes on and on.
I know I’ve been hearing rumors about moving Morris, but I really hope we can move Jovo…he has shown flashes of his offensive talents recently, but the defensive lapses are just too great. It was a great play by Richards (my absolute favorite player right now), but Jovo does this stuff all the time.
Let’s carry some momentum into San Jose and then home against Vancouver…I want to see a win before I take off for the holidays!!!
I’m not sold on moving Jovo Cop just yet. I think the Coyotes should keep him unless there is a deal out there where Don Maloney simply cannot refuse. At this point, he’s still better than most defenseman around the league at both ends of the ice despite his flaws.
What an awesome win! I was discouraged when the Coyotes fell behind 2-0 and were able to rally back for the 3-2 victory. Shows a lot of character with this team under Wayne Gretzky.
I truly believe if they’re able to finally dispose San Jose, they’ll finish a very successful six-game road trip at 5-1 heading home, only bettered by Calgary’s perfect 6-0 trip. Maybe the a lot more fans will come out for the next home game, too (with hardly any Canucks fans there to spoil the fun either).
Hey Annie, you haven’t been on ice skates in 20 years? Time to break them out!
Hey Paul:
Before lacing up the ol’ ice skates, I would definitely need to make sure my health..and life…insurance is up to date, and plan the best route from the ice rink to the nearest emergency room. Also…it would be a great idea for someone to catch me on video as I attempt to ice skate because I am sure it would be hysterical!
But it might be fun to give it a try!