“At this point, we’re still confident; there are two teams standing,” Briere said. “We have to be confident, we have to believe in ourselves. We’ve never quite before and we’re not going to quit now. We’re certainly not leaving Chicago feeling like we can’t win.
“Both games, I think a bounce here or a bounce there going our way and this series could be tied 1-1. But we are down 2-0 and we can’t change that. We can’t look back any more. Just like the Boston series, we have to find a way to move forward and create our own bounces now.”
The odds are against them as teams winning the first two home games in a Cup series have won 31 of 33 series. On top of that, the Flyers own a 3-12 series record when they trail 2-0.
The story discusses the two NHL teams who failed to make good on a 2-0 series lead in the Cup finals. Interestingly enough, the Blackhawks are one of those franchises as they coughed up the ’71 finals.
The Blackhawks won the opening two games at home during the 1971 Cup Final, but wound up losing to the Montreal Canadiens in seven games. Last year, the Detroit Red Wings won the first two games at Joe Louis Arena before dropping a seven-game series to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Flyers hope to add their name to this short list of successful comebacks.