Flyers-Penguins: Rick Tocchet Is Ready For The Hate To Begin
The Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins rivalry is set to be reunited, and coach Rick Tocchet is ready to throw away past feelings and allow the hate to take over.
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The Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins are getting ready for the Battle of Pennsylvania.
Hi, everybody.
I'm Sam Carchidi for the Hockey News, and you may remember several years ago, a young Sidney Crosby said he hated everybody on the Flyers.
Well, now Rick Tocchet, the Flyers' first-year coach, says he wants the Flyers to have a lot of hate and to feel the hate in this Flyers-Pittsburgh Penguins rivalry.
It'll be an interesting match-up.
Match up the aging Pittsburgh Penguins, still dangerous, and the youthful, surging Philadelphia Flyers.
It all starts Saturday night at 8:00 PM.
In one corner, we have a Penguins team that is very strong in special teams, and that could very well be the difference in this series.
In the other corner, we have the Philadelphia Flyers, as I said, very youthful, very hungry, and they have a very hot goalie in Dan Vladar.
Could that be the difference?
Well, it should be a good, hard-fought, and long series.
Again, the Flyers are young and hungry.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are aging, but very, very dangerous, and they also have the X factor.
That would be Sidney Crosby, who has been phenomenal against the Flyers.
In fact, he scored more points against the Flyers than any opponent has scored against Philadelphia in the franchise's history.
Crosby has a hundred and thirty-nine points in ninety-three games, including sixty goals.
Sid the Kid is no longer young, but he's still very dangerous.
So are the Flyers.
Get ready for the Battle of Pennsylvania.
You can read my story in the Hockey News.
And for the Hockey News, I'm Sam Carchidi.
