The Spectrum in Philadelphia came alive again last night as the Philadelphia Flyers skated out onto the ice of their old stomping grounds in front of 17,077 fans to play a pre-season game against their AHL affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms. The Phantoms skated to a 4-2 victory over the parent club. The current Flyers have a bunch of Phantom alumni with the big club, starting with Flyers coach, John Stevens, now in his 3rd year at the helm. Stevens was team captain of the Phantoms back in 1998 when they won their first Calder Cup and was coach of the team in 2005.
Simon Gagne opened the scoring at 12:11 of the first period from the slot after being fed by Danny Briere. The Phantoms Jared Ross picked up the rebound from Sean Curry's point shot and Ross stuffed it past Flyers goalie Martin Biron with 2:48 left in the second. Patrick Maroon swept another rebound past Biron at 9:07 of the 3rd, and then Jonathan Matsumoto scored at 14:11 in the third period which proved to be the game-winner. The Flyers Scottie Upshall knocked one in from mid-air to bring the Flyers to within one goal, but Andreas Nodl potted an empty-netter with 18 seconds remaining to seal the win.
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