Gagne sends Flyers to finals
BOSTON (AP) - Down 3-0 in the series, then down 3-0 in Game 7. It looked as if the Philadelphia Flyers had finally run out of rallies against the Boston Bruins.
Turns out Simon Gagne and his teammates were just warming up.
Taking advantage of a too-many-men-on-the-ice call, Gagne scored on a power play with 7:08 left for 4-3 victory Friday night to win the Eastern Conference semifinals.
"All the adversity we had fought through ... it's absolutely incredible," Philadelphia's Scott Harnell said.
The win set up a most unlikely matchup for a trip to the Stanley Cup final - the seventh-seeded Flyers vs. the eighth-seeded Montreal Canadiens. Game 1 is Sunday at Philadelphia.
The Bruins became the third team in NHL history to lose a series after winning the first three games.