The arena had to raise the music volume to drown out the booing. Some have claimed they also piped in cheers. Awesome. Notice the Obama/Biden signs at the 44-second mark. Big thanks to whoever that is holding them. I guess Pennsylvania isn’t a swing state anymore. Update: Palin has said she put her 7-year-old daughter Piper in a Flyers jersey to discourage some of the booing. Wow.
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Crosby reaches 50 for first time- ties for NHL lead
Sidney Crosby put on a show of his own Sunday and nearly skated off with another scoring title. He settled for a share of his first goal championship.
For Philadelphia, the season will continue through at least one playoff round. The Rangers are done. A late-season surge fell a shootout short.
Both the Flyers and Rangers faced the same Game 7 reality on Sunday in Game 82 of the season. Win and you’re in. Lose and go home. Henrik Lundqvist starred for New York by making 46 saves through overtime, but he was beaten twice in the shootout and took a 2-1 loss.
“Both teams had to go through it, they are not going to whine about it. That’s how it is,” Rangers coach John Tortorella said. “When we got to that point we thought we had the advantage. No disrespect to their shooters, but with Henrik there we felt good.”
Philadelphia clinched the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference and became the NHL‘s last participant
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