Capitals Coach Barry Trotz: 'It Wasn't Good For The Game'
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It looked like it was going to be a magical night. Emotion, electricity, a bracelet-giveaway pre-game light show. Kate Smith and Lauren Hart. Orange shirts everywhere. Remembering and honoring Ed Snider.
Playoff hockey was back in Philadelphia.
But then it all went sour. The Capitals took over the game in the third period and went on to route the Flyers 6-1, taking a 3-0 series lead. In the final minutes of the game, a dangerous hit from Flyers center Pierre-Edouard Bellemare on Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov coupled with fans throwing bracelets on the ice created an ugly ending.
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"I just thought it wasn't good for the game. Plain and simple," Caps coach Barry Trotz said after the game. "We were on national television. I don't think it displays our game very well. You never want to see that. That's … it is what it is. I really don't have any comment on it. Anything good, anyways."
"We pulled the game away and they weren't interested in playing anymore," Trotz continued. "And so we ended up on the power play for the last seven or eight minutes."
The Flyers received a bench-minor for the bracelet throwing catastrophe.
"I think that was kind of the worst part about it," Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds said. "We take some penalties, fans throw the stuff on the ice. Our guys are going out there, and they're battling, giving everything they've got. You've got [Nick Schultz] standing there taking one-timer after one-timer after one-timer off different body parts."
