Philadelphia Freedom!

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Welcome back to the Ripple Effect with Todd Ripley! Today we are going to take a look at the now 3-2 series between the leading Lynx and the Reapers. 

After being down 3-0, Philadelphia has broken the chains holding them back and battled in a tough 2 wins. Here is what Head Coach, Woody Dickerson, has to say after the game 4 loss, "I'm not taking any questions, we just have to take better advantage of special team chances and not give so many to the opponents." While that hasn't totally changed since that game, the team has seemed to adapt and focus on a more defensive style 5 on 5. This has come at the cost of offensive chances as they only managed 17 shots in a close 2-1 victory tonight.

Dickerson did take questions after the team's second win in the series. "We tried to limit their chances more and they may have racked up the shots on us, but the spots they were coming from gave Evan [Bihler] a better angle to make the saves. It showed on the stat sheet. It also helps when the PK shuts them out on 6 chances. Some guys you wouldn't expect to get us on the board struck. Overall, we need to still do better to avoid the penalty kill, our stars need to get onto the stat sheet under the G column, and we need to pepper Rask with shots."

We are excited to see if the Philadelphia Reapers can make the appropriate adjustments and get this series to a game 7.

week ending 10/16
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