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By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor
Hockey is set to return. The Flyers have announced the roster and dates for training camp, which will open next Friday, Sept. 14.
There will be 58 players participating in training camp — 36 forwards, 17 defensemen and five goaltenders.
The schedule for training camp is as follows:
Friday, Sept. 14
- Group 1 – 9:15 AM
- Group 2 – 12:15 PM
Saturday, Sept. 15
- Group 1 – 9:15 AM
- Group 2 – 12:15 PM
Sunday, Sept. 16
- 8:30 AM – Players not participating in the Flyers preseason game against the Islanders will participate in a scrimmage in Voorhees
Monday, Sept. 17
- 10 AM – Morning skate for players participating in preseason game
- 12 PM – Practice for non-playing group
Tuesday, Sept. 18
- 10 AM – Morning skate for players participating in preseason game
- 12 PM – Practice for non-playing group
Wednesday, Sept. 19
- 11 AM – Practice for players not playing in preseason game that night
Thursday, Sept. 20
- Off Day
Friday, Sept. 21
- Ice Times TBD
The roster will be as follows for camp with players listed in alphabetical order:
Forwards (36)
- 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
- 42 Cole Bardreau
- 82 Connor Bunnaman
- 52 Greg Carey
- 14 Sean Couturier
- 65 Radel Fazleev
- 68 Morgan Frost
- 28 Claude Giroux
- 39 Tyrell Goulbourne
- 57 David Kase
- 34 Corban Knight
- 11 Travis Konecny
- 75 Pascal Laberge
- 21 Scott Laughton
- 15 Jori Lehtera
- 58 Taylor Leier
- 54 Oskar Lindblom
- 48 Danick Martel
- 36 Colin McDonald
- 64 Nolan Patrick
- 12 Michael Raffl
- 76 Isaac Ratcliffe
- 63 German Rubtsov
- 17 Wayne Simmonds
- 78 Matthew Strome
- 64 Maxsim Sushko
- 81 Carsen Twarynski
- 25 James van Riemsdyk
- 44 Phil Varone
- 74 Mike Vecchione
- 93 Jake Voracek
- 46 Mikhail Vorobyev
- 40 Jordan Weal
- 22 Dale Weise
Defensemen (17)
- 43 T.J. Brennan
- 77 James De Haas
- 72 David Drake
- 26 Christian Folin
- 59 Mark Friedman
- 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
- 3 Radko Gudas
- 8 Robert Hagg
- 73 Frank Hora
- 47 Andrew MacDonald
- 5 Samuel Morin
- 61 Philippe Myers
- 58 Zach Palmquist
- 9 Ivan Provorov
- 6 Travis Sanheim
- 60 Reece Willcox
- 86 Wyatte Wylie
Goaltenders (5)
- 37 Brian Elliott
- 79 Carter Hart
- 34 Alex Lyon
- 30 Michal Neuvirth
- 41 Anthony Stolarz
In addition, the Flyers will have 22 of those players participating in rookie camp, starting on Monday, Sept. 10. The rookie camp will run from Monday through Wednesday, concluding with a prospect game in New York between the Flyers and Islanders prospects on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
All practices, including rookie camp practices, are free and open to the public.