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Finishing the preseason
The Flyers finished the preseason after their game with Chicago with 3 battles against the Rangers and 2 versus Montreal.
9/9: NYR 4, PHI 2; NYR- O'Connor, Kullman, Watson 2; PHI- Schriner, Pratt, A- 11,717
Flyers get outshot 44-27 as the Rangers pull off the win.
9/11: PHI 5, MTL 2; PHI- Smith (2), Giesebrecht (1), Strain 2, Albright (1), MTL- Richard (1), Blake (1); A- 6,741
Philly gets out to an early 3-1 lead after a period and holds on for the victory. Montreal peppers Johnny Bower with 25 3rd period shots.
9/12: NYR 3, PHI 2; PHI- Brown, Bieler; NYR- Watson (3), Raleigh (1), Kullman (2); A- 12,208
Rangers come back from a 2-0 end of 1st period deficit to score 3 times in the 3rd period and earn the victory.
9/14: NYR 6, PHI 3; PHI- Smith 2 (SH, ES), Strain (3); NYR- O'Connor 3 (4), Watson (4), Warwick (2), Raleigh (2); A- 7,674
A crazy 118 shots in this game, 78-40 Rangers leading, as there are only 6 PIM in this one.
9/15: PHI 3, MTL 2; PHI- Giesebrecht (2), Pratt (2, PP), Kyle (1), MTL- Fillion 2 (ES, SH); A- 9,963
The Flyers win their final preseason game inside the Montreal Forum, providing a boost of momentum headed into the regular season, starting the earliest in NHL history, September 20 against the Rangers. That game will also air on WFIL-TV starting at 7:30pm.
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