Flyers-Habs Could Get Rough Tonight

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The Flyers return home to host game 3 of an exciting second-round series with Montreal tonight, after splitting the first two contests in Montreal. The fans in South Philly, myself included, are in for a great matchup, with both teams starting to get under each other's skin, but also managing to play some solid hockey in between. Saturday night's game got rough toward the end, most notably with Montreal's Tom Kostopolous sucker punching Kimmo Timonen, and all signs point toward some of that angst carrying over into the Philly leg.

Habs coach Guy Carbonneau justified his team's role in the rough play, stating the Flyers deserved it for not being sportsmanlike in the later stages of what appeared would be a game 2 win. He also trotted out the old "they had more suspensions than any other team this year" BS, even though (A) Timonen wasn't one of the players suspended, (B) all that stuff happened months ago, and (C) none of it involved Guy's team. Still, I don't fault Carbonneau, who was a great player and continues to be a standup guy; he's just doing what every coach does in the playoffs and standing by his players, making villains of the other side. The league looked at Kostopolous's punch to determine if it warranted disciplinary action and decided against it. We tend to agree, although we also think punching someone who isn't looking is a bitch move. Video of the punch after the jump.

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