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What started as a 3-0 waxing by the Philadelphia Flyers<\/a> has suddenly turned into a series as the Pittsburgh Penguins have won two straight to force a Game 6 back in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

Now, Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet is letting his boys know that he needs quite a bit more from them if they’re going to close out the series and move on to face the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tocchet spoke to the media after the Flyers’ 3-2 Game 5 loss, and while he was sure to give the Penguins \u2014 a team he played for and was previously an assistant coach for \u2014 their flowers for a solid performance, he made it clear that some of these guys need to step up.<\/p>\n

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“I thought Bumper (rookie Alex Bump) was great, (Denver) Barkey,” he said. “The young guys are good.”<\/p>\n

The young guys certainly were good. In fact, Bump \u2014 who was drawn into the lineup after Tocchet scratched forward Matvei Michkov \u2014 scored a massive goal to get the Flyers on the board after falling behind 2-0<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, the flukey game-winner bounced off of him before taking a strange carom off the endboards, but that’s hardly his fault.<\/p>\n

But while the young guns are firing, it’s the old dogs that Tocchet needs more from.<\/p>\n

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“We’ve got to get some guys, though \u2014 they’ve got to step it up,” the Flyers bench boss said. “They’ve got to play (with) a little more pace, shorter shifts.”<\/p>\n

Tocchet said he liked how the team played upon evening the game up at 2-2, but said that the Letang goal \u2014 like some other flukey goals this series \u2014 took the wind out of their sails.<\/p>\n

So, the answer?<\/p>\n

Creativity.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got to come up with some stuff here,” Tocchet said. “You know, we’ve got to fake some shots; deception. I think we’re buying our head and shooting stuff into shin pads, we’ve got to have a little more creativity, and we’ve got to talk about that.”<\/p>\n

The Flyers and Penguins are back in action on Wednesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena for Game 6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/flyers-coach-rick-tocchet-calls-team-game-5-loss-theyve-got-step <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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