OK. On to the finals.
The Flyers played hard and valiantly but lost to the younger, faster, better conditioned team. After all my dissing of Esche, he really proved himself in the last couple of games. he almost singlehandedly kept them in the game. Basically still a rookie, the Flyers have a keeper for a while now.
After 8 or 9 minutes of nervousness, the Lightning basically 'did what they do' for the rest of the game. At about the ten minute mark I kept saying 'don't even look at the clock, just keep playing like you are, the refs will tell you when to stop'. The atmosphere was unbelievable. Fans were on their feet for the last 5 minutes solid. Certainly a game 7 that lived up to the hype.
A couple of photos.....
Final Score
Trophy Presentation
Lightning girl (gotta love that profile ! )
