The 98s hosted the Philadelphia Little Flyers this weekend and came away with 2 hard fought physical wins over a very good and physical Flyers club. In a rare Friday night tilt the visitors resembling the old school Broadway Bullies came out with a in your face physical style of play that had them ahead 1-0 after 2 periods of play. Just 2 minutes into the third period Brendan White would clean up a goal mouth scrum and tie things at 1, Evan Daddario and Noah Maercklein would add the assists, that line was rewarded for their solid effort all night long. This was a very exciting up and down physical affair all night that certainly gave the fans their money's worth, and with just under 5 minutes remaining in the game, Patrick McCarthy hit Noah Maercklein in the neutral zone with a sharp breakout pass, Maercklein who was heading to the bench then hit a streaking Kyle Lynch down the right wing wall who then fired a laser up under the bar for the eventual game winner. It proved for some very exciting hockey down the stretch as the Flyers through everything they could at the Vipers and goalie Aaron McDonnell. The Vipers and their defense held ground as Ryan Connearney would come up with a nice blocked shot and all did the little things to secure the hard fought win The second game on Sunday was a completely different game as offense would be the story in this one. The Flyers would storm out of the gate and score just 30 seconds into the game, but the Vipers Kyle Lynch (1-1-2) would come back just 15 seconds later and tie it at 1, Kyle Hentosh (1-1-2) and Dante Maribito (1-2-3) picking up the assists. Noah Maercklein and Ross Wahl would tack on first period goals to put the 98s up 3-1 after 1. The second period would see a total of 5 goals in it as the Vipers finished it up 6-3, Brendan White (1-1-2) Maribito and Hentosh would all tally in the second. The Vipers decided to not show up for long stretches of the third period and it came back to haunt them as they just made to many crucial turnovers and their decision making was far from adequate, they still managed to hold on to a 6-6 tie after regulation. After a 5 minute overtime period where the Vipers would carry the play at the start the score remained 6-6 into the shootout portion. After 5 shooters had come up empty Brendan White made a beautiful deke and slid the game winner 5 hole for the victory and the sweep.