Momentum is what every team in the playoffs strive to get. When you don't have it, you do all you can to get it back, a timely goal, a hit, or even a fight at the right time can do the trick. And that's the thing about momentum, it usually does shifts.The funny thing about the Philadelphia Flyers' historic comeback against the Boston Bruins was that once the Flyers got the momentum back in Game 4 it never shifted back to Boston for the next four games. Don't get me wrong, I am by no means suggesting the Flyers got lucky and managed to win the last four games. No, you have to work hard to get the momentum and even harder to keep it and that is what they did. Not even when Boston were up 3-0 in Game 7 did the Flyers give up. Momentum was starting to sway toward the Bruins, by then tired of all the talk of a historic comeback, but "Broad Street Bullies" dug in even harder and got it right back.
The great former Sweden international football player, Tomas Brolin, once said of a game against Russia in the 1994 World Cup, "We weren't worried because we knew we were going to win." They were down 0-1 but they were totally confident they were going to win. That feeling cannot be overestimated, and I am absolutely convinced this is what the Philadelphia Flyers knew after Game 3. They weren't worried.
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