From the Philadelphia Flyers Public Relations Blog

The Flyers have signed 6’4″, 220-pound defenseman David Sloane to an amateur tryout under emergency conditions, according to club general manager Paul Holmgren. Sloane will replace defenseman Ryan Parent, who is listed as day-to-day with a lower body injury. Under emergency conditions of an amateur tryout, Sloane is available to play for a 24-hour period beginning with tonight’s game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Sloane has been assigned uniform #40.

“I just want to keep it simple and play my game,” said Sloane. “I want to get the butterflies out early, which I am sure there will be plenty of.”

Sloane also signed an amateur tryout with the Philadelphia Phantoms on March 17, 2009, but has yet to appear in a game for the Flyers’ American Hockey League affiliate. Sloane, 24, posted four assists and 37 penalty minutes in 35 games this year in his senior season at Colgate University, where he was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team. In 129 career games over four years at Colgate, Sloane recorded 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points and 100 penalty minutes.

The Ambler, Pennsylvania native was a second round draft pick of the Chicago Steel of the USHL where he played during the 2004-2005 season, recording one assist and 12 penalty minutes in 17 games.