LeClair ties Game 4

[ThePhilosophizer8488]

this was quite possibly one of the best playoff series in recent memory. Granted my beloved flyers lost but Tampa was a sick, dirty team that year and we took it to game seven. Great Series.

[ResQ198]

JOHN F'N LeCLAIR!

[Flyers20Fan]

arguably the best american fanbase, the only ones that contend are the red wings or wild, its a joke to hear fanbases like pittsburgh, boston, washington, or chicago claim there good when they suck, all of these fanbases has some of the worst attendances like 5-6 years ago

[Eaglesbabysuperbowl1]

best fans in hockey

[sipesey15]

wow, just wow

[ECWnWWF]

that crowd was so loud you couldn't hear Tortorella say "shut your yap" - but Torts got the last laugh as the Bolts raised the Cup.

[cougrhocky30]

hahahaha John Leclair coached a bunch of my practices :)

[phishtrey]

@ripits247 Absolutely... he has a fantastic voice for hockey, and he knows when to say things and when to shut up and let the play speak for itself. A true professional.

[ys0ser10usss]

@phishtrey I heard rumors he's coming back on Versus. Whether there's any truth to them I don't know but he's so much better than stupid Doc Emrick.

[phishtrey]

@ys0ser10usss Just about anybody is better then Emrick. I'd rather have John Madden come out of 7-legged turkey retirement and announce hockey games. He can talk about Bret Favre for all I care. Anybody but Emrick.

[Letsgoflyerzzzz]

@phishtrey i almost agree haha, the person worse than emrick is joe beninati, i remember watching highlights of our games vs montreal in the ECF's last year and he got excited when they scored, and was like monotone when we did. if look at game 5 highlights you'll see what i mean.

[MWit90]

This was the best orange crush we've ever done in Philly. So proud to be from broadstreet

[Swantanbomb35]

what is this announcers name?

[ripits247]

Gary Thorne needs to be doing hockey again ASAP

[NuclearPotatoSalad]

That crowd...

[xenokinetic]

I was like LOL Hartnell wasn't on the team back then and then I was like LOL NVMD THAT'S HANZUZ.

[Dmn720]

03-04 Flyers. Best team I've ever watched

[OneBigmutha1109]

This was the team my fellow Flyer freinds, this was the team. We are now down 2-0 to Boston, and the series looks like shit, again. This team, should have been there, and would have won it all. God, I want this team back again. Not just big names, look at the bench, guys like Bronco Rad, Hanzy, Malakov.. This was it.

[nova1mike]

@OneBigmutha1109 things look a bit different after a week don't they?

Flyers vs Habs ECF.

Go Flyers!

[sortman94]

ahahaha look how small little sami kapanen is compared to the other guys

[cowboyzsuk81]

Remember the hit he took from darci tucker? he wobbled back to the bench and took it like a man haha. then Roenick netted the series in OT and sent the flyers to this series

[sortman94]

yeah man he got nailed. primeau put his stick out and guided him to the bench. had it not been for kapanen getting up and getting to the bench, i dont think the flyers would have taken that game

[intoodeep941]

@sortman94 and had a heart bigger than most on the ice

[Philly2002]

Flyers suck this season, unfortunately.. these were the good old days..

[seaofwhoas]

it's still early. hold your horses.

[mitchoner]

@Philly2002 truly. they just had a four game win streak. the team is clicking we just need to get some goalies healthy. don't give up on them this year unless they can no longer make the playoff picture.

[JohnLeClairFan]

Thats my man!!!!!!

[damnit20]

nothin like philly fans

[cowboyzsuk81]

its so loud, that the sound is delayed hahaha i wish we had this kind of noise now. LETS GO FLYERS!

[bbkids20]

The thing that sucks is it is just as loud now but the horn drowns everyone out they need to bring the old one back ha

[cowboyzsuk81]

yea i know haha i wish the old one was back. it just sounded better than this obnoxious one tone horn. if you listen closely, this one has multiple tones and isn't as In your face. the fans can handle the In your face mood haha. the fans are loud as it is so yea haha

[PhillyFanatic2]

Flyers 4 Ever !

We will win the cup with Pronger !

LET'S GO FLYERS !

[Hiei2k7]

With Gaptooth Cheapshot, you'll ding up Crysbaby and co who are BORROWING our cup for a year so he can STFU.

Go Wings Baby!

[Chipoffurblock88]

Just look at that crowd...

[stealthman154]

LeClair goes to my dentist

[CittenX3]

jesus dude, did anybody watch suprimeau just dance through three people? he was un-fucking-believable that year...that cup should have been ours.

[cowboyzsuk81]

i know. we woulda shat all over calgary

[iheartbong]

dude they played well was a good series tampa just had em

[BobndNickSOn]

I love the old flyers

[collectivegooblossom]

Man, Primeau made that play. Great shot by LeClair, but Primeau would not be denied.

[GHicks2]

Talk about some great vision to drop it back for LeClair who was WAYYYYY out of the picture when Primeau first laid off the pass

[intoodeep941]

yea man, what a bomb too by leclair god damn i miss him

[brnxbm]

4 games left till playoff hockey

[naes101010]

The crowd is the best in hockey, seriously, can you get any better??

(the answer is rhetorical and NO)

[simondiamond21]

@naes101010 the montreal canadiens fans are better they make more noise and they rock even in preseason game or when the team didnt make the playoff

[naes101010]

@simondiamond21 Same with the flyers, in 07 when the team didn't make the playoffs, we still sold out our rink despite being eliminated from playoff hopes. You obviously don't know philly fans.

[killerskillet]

@naes101010 Philadelphia is the biggest and best hockey market in all of the NHL. This obviously includes Montreal, Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh, etc. It should also help to explain why we're getting the Winter Classic again in 2012.

[k2197]

look at that crowd. incredible.

[ebox1010]

amazing! Almost time to break out the orange crush t-shirts again.

[sortman94]

i cant wait. last year was my first playoff experience. i hope its even better this year.

[cougrhocky30]

do you want to hear something cool? John Leclair ran practices of mine, and they were hard... very hard

[GHicks2]

Want to know something even cooler? He's my cousin and he would invite us to all his charity events in Vermont at the Radisson. My grandpa would golf with him and we'd go to the banquet that night and meet Martin St. Louis, Sami Pikanin, Gagne, Eric Lindros was there a long time ago, my parents say he was there but I can't remember.

[autopilotoff3323]

what'd he have you guys do??

[cougrhocky30]

run plays with pucks that are two times heavier than normal ones, i dont know it was hard though it was a while ago

[hockeyiscool22]

A john leclair slapper should be a death penalty option

[I24MBO]

If so then MacInnis shot should be am option for army cannon =D

[orangecrush21]

That is pretty cool Kevin62013.

Flyerman102, way to prove how much of a tool you are. "Blah.... I am dead" are you in elementary school?

[andpalm1]

of course everyone stood. it was the ecf game 4. what else wud u expect from flyers fans?

[njdevilssuk]

those were the days. when everyone stood up and cheered for a goal. now i feel like only a handful of the truly faithful stand for the goals. it makes me mad. anyone else notice?

[ParabolH]

i was just watching this and comparing it to the ECF run last year. you rarely see all orange in philly at this point. too much black. i want to see the orange crush come back this year.

[orangecrush21]

Yeah I agree with you bigtime. Since the lockout I have noticed a drop off in the way goals and wins are celebrated.

I was at this game and my head was pounding after it, by far the loudest I have ever heard the Wach. LeClair was my favorite player because he could shoot so hard and this goal couldnt have showcased his shot any better. That sea of orange, the noise, my adrenaline pumping, one of the best memories in my life.

[GregGumbel]

NHL on ESPN, fuck Versus.

[flyerman102]

So... that's the best you could come up with? wow I'm really hurt, excuse me while I go commit suicide of the awesomeness of your last comment.

Blah.... I am dead.

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Not

Go fuck yourself

[flyerman102]

aww... someone is a bit irritable, aren't they? it must be that time of the month for you, huh? I could care less

[flyerman102]

I have a friend who's his 2nd cousin, haha beat that

[sortman94]

Look at how tiny Kapanen is compared to the other 4 guys around him!

[TheburnerTurner08]

everytime i watch this i get goosebumps. theres nothin like the passion of philly hockey. one of the best playoff runs i ever seen fuckin A man.

[sortman94]

No doubt. I couldn't have put it any better myself. Great playoff run!!

[flyerman102]

man John leclair was my hero, I can't belive he was traded to the Pens

[Flyersfn18]

Just look at the crowd when he scores. Jesus.

[RockinFlyers]

i know! the crowd is great

[ltcurry]

Lecair will be missed. A wonder to watch on the ice, his speed and size made him unstoppable. And his shot was always one of the hardest when he let it rip. But just his sheer presence on the ice was enough to make most defensemen cringe at knowing they had to stop him.

[letsgoeagles123]

FLYERS=STANLY CUP CHAMPIONS fuckin pens suck ass

[twodayslatertdl]

anyone else miss the old flyers horn? the new one is so generic.

[bbkids20]

Definatly the new one sucks

[ParabolH]

i like both but ill tell you no matter what horn it is there is nothing like a huge goal in the playoffs for the flyers.

[srhiser13]

I miss the old horn big time. The new one sucks.

Also...this is one of my favorite goals in Flyers history.

[orangecrush21]

Yes I hate it. The old horn was brilliant. I wrote a letter to the Flyers because I was so displeased with the new horn, they told me according to there "in arena poll" fans preferred the new one.

[TMAN910]

im with ya on the old horn. i also wish theyd go back to the old song after goals. rock and roll part two i think its called

[BenjaminGay]

Also they had to switch because Calgary has had the horn longer and although the flames didnt make thim switch or anything, flyers were trying to have a horn unlike anyother.....that didnt work out either because the bruins and the lightning have almost identical horns.....best horn in NHL - Dallas Stars No question

[orangecrush21]

Well St. Louis and Tampa had that horn before the Flyers changed to it, now the bruins and leafs got the same one too and it has become the most generic horn in the league. I like the Dallas horn, but I put Buffalo and Calgary way up there too.

[bbkids20]

wow chills..... hockey needs to be back on espn/abc

[Randildo]

man do i miss johnny leclair, one of the best players to ever wear a flyers jersey. hell one of the best american players ever

[LordofDarkness87]

Yea woohoo Orange Crush. w/e you guys lost the series. you guys suck

[FlyersGuy3]

Ah, the good, old days.

[sortman94]

best playoff run ever

[jk59beads]

"Back into the middle DROP-SHOT-SCOOOOOORE!"

Brilliant...I miss Gary Thorne

[dozerking]

oh yeah , orange crush! i was at that game, still have my orange towel :P

[phillies26116]

orange crush baby