Dan Girardi

They were set to face off against the New York Rangers in the first round of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs. In his first season behind the bench was now Flyers head coach Alain Vigneault. What ensued was a battle of a seven-game series that featured ups and downs the entire way. Here is a closer look at the Flyers 2014 playoff series against the Rangers.

VOORHEES – For the first two games it was mostly Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh who followed Claude Giroux around the ice relentlessly. In Game 3, it was mostly Marc Staal and Anton Stralman. The strategy for Rangers defensemen on the Flyers’ captain has been clear: put a body on that No...