Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Ex-Union's Gostisbehere has big night

by Ryan Fay

Former Union defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere had another big night for the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday.

Former Union star Shayne Gostisbehere
had a big night in Philadelphia's 4-2 win
over Tampa Bay on Monday.
Gostisbehere broke Philadelphia's rookie defenseman record for goals in a season when he scored twice in a 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The two goals gave Gostisbehere 14 on the season, breaking the old mark of 13 set by Behn Wilson in the 1978-79 campaign.

The pair of tallies also gave Gostisbehere his first career multi-goal game in the NHL.

Gostisbehere's first goal tied the game at 1-1 at 16:51 of the second period. His second goal, a power play tally, gave the Flyers a 2-1 lead at 7:21 of third.

Earlier this year, Gostisbehere had a 15-game point streak, a record for a rookie NHL defenseman and a rookie record by any Flyers player.

Gostisbehere leads NHL rookie defensemen in scoring with 14 goals and 23 assists in 47 games. He ranks fifth among all rookies in scoring.

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