Put Another Record On...

...aaaand the hits just keep on comin'.

Last night's 4-1 loss to Florida meant that the Panthers made it a clean sweep of the season series (4-0-0) over the Flyers for the first time in their brief history. That reverses the Flyers' first-ever season sweep of Florida last season.

The Panthers have given the Flyers fits since their 1993 inception - as head coaches Roger Neilson and Doug McLean brought that demon neutral zone trap down and walked out of the Spectrum and the CoreStates Center with more than a few shocking 0ne-or-more goal wins.

The entire series has been bizarre to say the least. With the two losses this season on South Broad Street, the Flyers are now 12-10-7 here, and even with two defeats in South Florida, are 20-7-1 there. The Flyers on more than one occasion, had suffered losses under a hail of plastic rats at the old Miami Arena in the mid-1990's. They lost a playoff game in overtime when the net was clearly dislodged from the rear when the winning goal was scored.

Florida became the last team to win three games at the Spectrum in one year (one regular season and two playoff wins) in 1995-96, and also were the first visiting team to win twice at the new building (October 5 and 27, 1996). Pavel Bure scored a hat trick in a 3-3 tie in his first game in a Panthers uniform after a trade from Vancouver in Philly.

But nothing could compare to the total whitewash the Panthers put on the Flyers in 2006-2007. The Flyers held the lead for exactly 1:54 of game time in the four contests. Florida held the Flyers to just five goals in those four games, an all time low for goals allowed in a season series, as well as an all time low for goals per game. Ed Belfour had hands down the easiest four wins of his storied career, never even breaking a sweat or whining once to the officials about players buzzing him in the crease. Hell, even Martin Biron heaped on the scorn by accidentally scoring the game-deciding goal on himself earlier in the month.

Alls I can say now is, I'll get you next time, Gadget...next time...