Flyers battle back to upset Canadiens

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Flyers won their second straight game thanks to a solid game from Igor Grigorenko as they defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-3.

Igor Grigorenko finally broke out of his scoring drought as he scored 2 goals, including the games tying goals, to lead the Flyers to a 4-3 victory over the Canadiens. The Flyers trailed by 3-1 in the 3rd period and scored 3 goals within 8 minutes to rally the huge comeback win. Kyle Wellwood and Brad Leeb scored the other goals with Leeb getting the winner at 15:01. Jamie Lundmark continued his hot hand picking up another two assists in the game and setting up the game winner.

The Flyers were expecting a big game from Martin Gerber and he did not disappoint, stopping 10 of 11 shots in the 1st period, 8 of 9 in the 2nd and 10 of 11 in the 3rd for a total of 28 saves.

Philadelphia has also announced that the team has acquired 24 year old defenseman, Brendan Bell from the Atlanta Thrashers for the rights to Danny Richmond and junior Matt Christie. Bell appeared in 44 games this year for the Thrashers picking up 19 points, 4 goals and 15 assists, having 51 hits, 21 penalty minutes and being a -14. Bell will be expected to be a top 4 defenseman for the Flyers and will most likely play alongside Carlo Colaiacovo.

The next game for the Flyers is expected to be a rough one as the Flyers visit the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA to take on the Penguins tonight. The Flyers have dressed some extra toughness just incase things are to get out of hand. The war begins in just a few hours; this will be a bloodbath.