Who would have thought a timeout could live so fondly in a franchise’s history.
The Flyers have one they’ll never forget.
Peter Laviolette is famously remembered in Philadelphia for his timeout during Game 7 of the Flyers’ 2010 second-round playoff battle against the Bruins. The Flyers made history that postseason by erasing a 3-0 series deficit, punctuated by overcoming a 3-0 hole in Game 7 to win, 4-3, at TD Garden.
Laviolette’s intermission came after Boston’s third goal in the first period.
“Lavy called his epic timeout and got everyone refocused,” Scott Hartnell said in an interview on SportsNet Central. … “He was such a good motivator.”
Wednesday marked the 15-year anniversary of the Flyers’ storybook Game 7 victory.
Simon Gagne scored the game-winning goal. Laviolette’s message helped make it possible.
“It was a great timeout,” Gagne said, “to help us relax and focusing on one thing at a time, like we did in the whole series against Boston to come back to that point.”
You can relive the series comeback in the video above. We recently highlighted the 25-year anniversary of the Flyers’ five-overtime playoff victory from 2000 in Pittsburgh. NBC Sports Philadelphia will have more Flyers flashbacks coming up on SportsNet Central, which airs from 6-10 a.m. every weekday.