Canadiens1958
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Not So
Extreme revisionist history.
Flyers won game 1 in OT at the Forum. Game 2 went into OT at the Forum, Flyers should have / could have won in regulation or OT, then Favell simply fanned on an unscreened shot from Larry Robinson, 55 footer, just inside the blueline.
http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19730026
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KQwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wKEFAAAAIBAJ&hl=fr&pg=1544,4883838
Favell's comments about the Robinson shot:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KQwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wKEFAAAAIBAJ&hl=fr&pg=2994,4889108
Games 3 & 4 the Flyers at worst played the Canadiens even but lost both at the Spectrum. Game 5 the Flyers led 3-2 going into the third period.
1973-74 Flyers with Favell go nowhere.
In 1972-73 the Philadelphia Flyers finished 2nd in the West Division and had their finest season to date. They eliminated Minnesota in a tough 6 game series and they battled Montreal hard in the semi-finals losing in 5 games.
The Flyers goaltender was Doug Favell who had been with them since their expansion year of 1967-68. Favell was known as a brilliantly talented goalie but one who could be terribly inconsistent. At his best, Favell could rival the elite goalie’s in the NHL. At his worst he appeared unable to make an AHL squad.
Favell played brilliantly in the 1973 playoffs. Philadelphia lost to Montreal not because Favell didn’t play well. He did – Montreal was simply better.
Now here is a “What If.” What if the Flyers don’t trade Doug Favell to Toronto for Bernie Parent in the summer of 1973? How far do the Flyers go in 1973-74 with Favell in net?
Craig Wallace
Extreme revisionist history.
Flyers won game 1 in OT at the Forum. Game 2 went into OT at the Forum, Flyers should have / could have won in regulation or OT, then Favell simply fanned on an unscreened shot from Larry Robinson, 55 footer, just inside the blueline.
http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/poboxscore.cgi?O19730026
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KQwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wKEFAAAAIBAJ&hl=fr&pg=1544,4883838
Favell's comments about the Robinson shot:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KQwyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wKEFAAAAIBAJ&hl=fr&pg=2994,4889108
Games 3 & 4 the Flyers at worst played the Canadiens even but lost both at the Spectrum. Game 5 the Flyers led 3-2 going into the third period.
1973-74 Flyers with Favell go nowhere.