I still feel that way following last night’s 3-2 loss to the Flyers at Wells Fargo Center. However, there’s one fact I neglected to mention. That vintage Pens team, which finished in second place, actually had a losing record of 26-38-12 (and were shutout a whopping 14 times). In those days, the six 1967 expansion teams were grouped in the East Division, more or less assuring them of at least some level of success. But I digress.
As for last night, our hosts wasted little time in getting the jump on the undermanned Pens. Less than two minutes in, Scott Laughton beat Joel Blomqvist through the five-hole and the Flyers were off and running…sort of.