Six years ago, Boston was celebrating one of the greatest comebacks in sports history as the Boston Red Sox became only the third team in professional sports history to win a playoff series after losing the first three games.
The Red Sox came back to win four straight games against the Yankees en route of winning their first World Series title since 1918, snapping an 86-year championship drought.
That was 2004, this is 2010.
With Wednesday night's 2-1 win in Game Six against the Bruins, the Flyers have inched closer to cementing their names in the record books as only the fourth team in sports history to win a playoff series after losing the first three games.
By the way, can you name the other two franchises that accomplished aforementioned feat? The 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders—who lost to the Orange and Black in the Stanley Cup Finals, just sayin'.
It also means that the Flyers are one win away from reaching the Eastern Conference Finals, and five wins away from getting to the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1997, which is pretty remarkable considering they needed a s ...
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Philadelphia Flyers are a Game Seven Win Away from Making History
May 14th, 2010 by Tom Dougherty Leave a reply »
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