Yes!

Break out the aluminum-foil Stanley Cup replicas, attach it to the top of your car, add some orange and black streamers, and cruise down Broad Street!

The Philadelphia Flyers are making perhaps the franchise's most unlikely appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals after defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 in game-five of the Eastern Conference Finals at home, and winning the Prince of Wales Trophy.

They will face the Chicago Blackhawks in Chi-town Saturday in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

Montreal looked to jump on the Flyers early and grab some type of foot-hold in the series. The Canadiens took a 1-0 lead 59 seconds into the first period.

Three-plus minutes later Mike Richards, once again, proved why the captain's "C" is on his jersey.

Breaking for the puck as it headed into the Canadien's zone, Richards eluded Montreal Goalie Jaroslav Halak. Halak made an all or nothing gamble that he would beat the hustling Richards to the puck. Instead he ran into his own defenseman like a Keystone Cop. Richards was sliding along the ice when he saw the puck, sprang to his feet, and put it in the net to tie the game.

That goal was not only huge in that it tied the game, but how and when it was scored. Richards made the type of play that lifts a team. Oh, and appropriately, it was a short-handed goal.

The last five minutes or so had to be nervous ones for Flyers fans as their team, up 3-2, seemed content to tempt fate taking icing call after icing call. Philadelphia had visibly not been doing a good job with face-offs in their own zone all night. And just as they have done during this gloriously wild ride of a post-season, the Flyers persevered.

The story lines that permeate this Finals run for Philadelphia are plenty tremendous:

The Road Here: Dec. 14 and 14th place in the Eastern Conference is a faded memory at this point.

-The shootout against the New York Ranger.
-Overcoming long-time nemesis New Jersey.
-The comeback against the Boston Bruins.
-Defeating fellow bottom seed Montreal.

The Flyers journey through this year's tournament has had the type of high drama one would expect in a sports movie.

The Journeyman: Who was that masked man? The masked man between the pipes for Philly that seems to think he's Bernie Parent 2010; Michael Leighton. Leighton probably keeps a bag packed by the front door of his residence since this is his seventh NHL stop.

Leighton is only here in Philly (2nd stint) because the Flyers needed an experienced backup after Ray Emery was injured. And he's only starting because Brian Boucher sprained his MCL.

By the way, the Blackhawks were the team that drafted Leighton into the NHL.

A little fun fact about Leighton: He has the AHL record for saves in a game with 98 (on 101 shots) in a five-overtime playoff game.

He's always had potential if not a chance... until now.

Injuries: feet, ligaments, gunshot wounds, the Flyers had been losing guys to all types of injuries this year. And many of those players have made timely returns to give significant contributions. Most recently, Jeff Carter who scored the key third goal in only his second game of the series.

The Man With The Plan: Peter Laviolette was 2-8 in his first 10 games with the Flyers. That was the set-up move. From there the composed Laviolette put his finger on the pulse of his team, and has essentially pushed all the right buttons since. Usually a team takes on the personality of its coach. So to praise this Flyers teams' resilience is to praise Laviolette as well.

Captain My Captain: What is there to say regarding Richards and his play? HE'S THE MAN!

All of it in the Flyers playoff run suggests a certain... In traditional Philly superstition and pessimism we will avoid a certain "D" word.

"I think this team is a team of destiny." -Comcast Spectator Chairman Ed Snider after the Flyers Game 7 victory over Boston.

NOOO!

"I don’t want to say destiny or anything, but we have a great team and we feel we have a good chance." -Richards after last night's game.

We will grant that Captain. It was different in 1997 when the Flyers last played for the Cup. You couldn't help but have the feeling that Steve Yzerman, Sergei Federov and a loaded Detroit Red Wings team were going to skate circles around Philly's hulks; And they did as they sweept Philly.

This year, it is impossible not to believe. If you've seen these games, belief is mandatory.

This news just in: Sylvester Stallone was spotted buying printer ink and paper. Sounds like someone's FINALLY getting a new idea for a script. If we suggest a title, "Broad Street Badasses."