By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 
The first taste of Flyers hockey comes on Wednesday night as the Flyers take on the New York Islanders in a rookie game from Wells Fargo Center.
The game will begin at 7:05 p.m. and be live-streamed on the Flyers website.
The Flyers bring in several notable prospects, with Nolan Patrick and Oskar Lindblom leading the forwards and Sam Morin, Travis Sanheim and Philippe Myers leading the defense.
The forward lines expected for the rookie game are as follows, based on the lines from the morning skate on Wednesday.
Connor Bunnaman-Nolan Patrick-Maksim Sushko
Oskar Lindblom-German Rubtsov-Pascal Laberge
Isaac Ratcliffe-Morgan Frost-Matthew Strome
Carsen Twarynski-Mikhail Vorobyev-Ivan Kosorenkov
Anthony Salinitri will dress as a 13th forward for the Flyers. Mike Vecchione and Radel Fazleev are sitting out the game. Nicolas Aube-Kubel is scratched due to illness, per GM Ron Hextall.
Defensively, the Flyers looked like this at Wednesday's morning skate.
Sam Morin-Mark Friedman
Travis Sanheim-Philippe Myers
James DeHaas-Frank Hora
Reece Willcox is sitting out the rookie game.
Goaltending duties for the game will be split between Alex Lyon and Carter Hart.
The Islanders have not announced any line combinations, but have the following players will dress for the rookie game.
Forwards
- Kieffer Bellows
- Michael Dal Colle
- Arnaud Durandeau
- Scott Eansor
- Matthew Gaudreau
- Connor Graham
- Ross Johnston
- Jeff Kubiak
- Matthew Lane
- Travis St. Denis
- John Stevens
- Yannick Turcotte
Defensemen
- Sebastian Aho
- Sean Durzi
- David Qunneville
- Willie Raskob
- Mitchell Vande Sompel
- Parker Wotherspoon
Goalies
- Mitch Gillam
- Eamon McAdam
Top prospects in the Islanders system like Mathew Barzal and Josh Ho-Sang are making the trip for the rookie game.
