Linesmen Brad Lazarowich (86) and Steve Miller (R) try to separate Pittsburgh Penguins Arron Asham (45), Philadelphia Flyers Scott Hartnell (19) and Flyers Zac Rinaldo (36) in the third period in Pittsburgh on Sunday. (Jason Cohn/Reuters)
If anyone forgot how much the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh
Penguins dislike one another, well - that person was the April Fool on Sunday.
The Flyers won 6-4, but not before a melee erupted with less than two
minutes
remaining, which included Peter Laviolette climbing onto the area separating the benches to give Penguins head coach Dan
Bylsma a piece of his mind - oh, and a Hulk Hogan impression from the Flyers' Scott Hartnell...to a Hulk Hogan impersonator.
If anyone forgot how much the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh
Penguins dislike one another, well - that person was the April Fool on Sunday.
The Flyers won 6-4, but not before a melee erupted with less than two
minutes
remaining, which included Peter Laviolette climbing onto the area separating the benches to give Penguins head coach Dan
Bylsma a piece of his mind - oh, and a Hulk Hogan imitation from the Flyers' Scott Hartnell...to a Hulk Hogan impersonator.
With the win, the Flyers almost assure themselves of a playoff date with the Pens (at the very least have one more regular season game against one another).
If they meet, one team will win the series, but the war they'll go through will also most certainly leave them covered in bruises, if not leave them limping into the second round.
Justin PiercyOriginally from Fredericton, NB, Justin has worked in newsrooms for Astral Media Radio, Brunswick News Inc., the Toronto Star and CTV. But now he's here at CBCSports.ca to report on the sports you care about while also showing you stuff from the internet he thinks you might like.
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Linesmen Brad Lazarowich (86) and Steve Miller (R) try to separate Pittsburgh Penguins Arron Asham (45), Philadelphia Flyers Scott Hartnell (19) and Flyers Zac Rinaldo (36) in the third period in Pittsburgh on Sunday. (Jason Cohn/Reuters)
Justin Piercy
Originally from Fredericton, NB, Justin has worked in newsrooms for Astral Media Radio, Brunswick News Inc., the Toronto Star and CTV. But now he's here at CBCSports.ca to report on the sports you care about while also showing you stuff from the internet he thinks you might like.
