ZEPP COMES BACK ACROSS THE POND AFTER NINE YEARS IN EUROPE
It has been a long time coming for goaltender Rob Zepp to get his opportunity to play significant minutes at the American Hockey League level. Nine years ago, the Newmarket, Ont., native packed his bags to play in Europe. At age 32, he will finally return to North America to play for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, the AHL affiliate of the
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Scott Laughton is an unusual spot when he comes into Flyers training camp this fall.
If Vinny Lecavalier is still on the roster, his chances of being there as a Flyer are slim and none.
In fact, right now, the organization has him penciled into playing his first season of pro as a Phantom and getting the experience he needs at a higher level.
What is very different, however, is that this
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TOP FIVE FLYERS FORWARD PROSPECTS
In recent years, the Philadelphia Flyers have chosen a slew of promising defensemen in the NHL Draft. The organization now has four drafted defensemen — Sam Morin, Travis Sanheim, Shayne Gostisbehere, Robert Hägg — whom they believe has futures as NHL regulars.
Beyond this core of four, the organization has drafted at least three other defensemen, most
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All throughout the week of Development Camp, the 17th overall pick by the Flyers, Travis Sanheim, will be keeping an exclusive blog on philadelphiaflyers.com as he participates in his first professional camp. Check back each day to hear about Sanh…
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For a supposedly casual guy, Robert Hagg found his first 10 games in North America last spring at Adirondack intensely invigorating.
“It is more fun to play here than in Sweden,” he says. “You can grab the forwards much easier in the corner.
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FRIDAY QUICK HITS
* One area that the Flyers have said they’d like to change heading into next season is reducing the frequency with which they take penalties. The trade that sent heavily penalized Scott Hartnell to Columbus and the free agent departure of Steve Downie will likely reduce the number of times Philly has to go on the penalty kill next season.
Last season, Philadelphia played
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When Scott Laughton took the ice at Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone Thursday afternoon, he did so as a Development Camp veteran who is ready to take the reigns and lead the way over the course of the next six days.
With two Development Camp app…
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Flyers general manager Ron Hextall gave a brief injury update today on forward Sean Couturier.
“Sean Couturier had successful abdominal surgery this past Friday. He has started rehab at our training facility and should be fully recovered in 5-6…
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THURSDAY QUICK HITS
* When the Flyers promoted Craig Berube from assistant coach to head coach early last season, one of the first changes he made was to stage frequent skating-intensive practices. Berube made no pretenses about the fact that he felt there too many Flyers players who were not properly conditioned; namely in the skating department. For the rest of the season, the coach frequentl
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Tomorrow, 26 Flyers hopefuls, including the team’s six 2014 draft picks, are set to kick off Development Camp at the Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ. Among the 12 forwards, 13 defenseman, and four goalies attending are well-known p…
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