(Kate Frese/Sports Talk Philly)
By Kevin Durso, Sports Talk Philly editor 
In eight days, hockey returns to Philadelphia.
The Flyers announced the dates and roster for training camp, set to open next Friday, Sept. 15.
In total, 61 players will participate in training camp — 37 forwards, 17 defensemen and seven goaltenders.
The schedule is as follows:
- Friday, Sept. 15 – Group 1 – 9:45 AM-11:30 AM
- Friday, Sept. 15 – Group 2 – 1:15 PM-3 PM
- Saturday, Sept. 16 – Group 1 – 9:45 AM-11:30 AM
- Saturday, Sept. 16 – Group 2 – 1:15 PM-3 PM
- Sunday, Sept. 17 – Group 1 – 10:15 AM-12 PM
- Sunday, Sept. 17 – Group 2 – 11:45 AM-1:30 PM
- Monday, Sept. 18 – Group 1 – 9:45 AM-11:30 AM
- Monday, Sept. 18 – Group 2 – 1:15 PM-3 PM
- Tuesday, Sept. 19 – Group 1 – 9:45 AM-11:30 AM
- Tuesday, Sept. 19 – Group 2 – 1:15 PM-3 PM
The roster will be as follows for camp with players listed in alphabetical order:
Forwards (37)
- 62 Nicolas Aube-Kubel
- 42 Cole Bardreau
- 82 Connor Bunnaman
- 52 Greg Carey
- 14 Sean Couturier
- 65 Radel Fazleev
- 51 Valtteri Filppula
- 68 Morgan Frost
- 28 Claude Giroux
- 56 Tyrell Goulbourne
- 83 Derek Hulak
- 34 Corban Knight
- 11 Travis Konecny
- 89 Ivan Kosorenkov
- 75 Pascal Laberge
- 21 Scott Laughton
- 15 Jori Lehtera
- 58 Taylor Leier
- 54 Oskar Lindblom
- 70 Danick Martel
- 36 Colin McDonald
- 64 Nolan Patrick
- 12 Michael Raffl
- 76 Isaac Ratcliffe
- 24 Matt Read
- 63 German Rubtsov
- 86 Anthony Salinitri
- 17 Wayne Simmonds
- 78 Matthew Strome
- 90 Maxsim Sushko
- 81 Carsen Twarynski
- 44 Phil Varone
- 74 Mike Vecchione
- 93 Jake Voracek
- 46 Mikhail Vorobyev
- 40 Jordan Weal
- 22 Dale Weise
Defensemen (17)
- 39 Mark Alt
- 43 T.J. Brennan
- 85 James De Haas
- 59 Mark Friedman
- 53 Shayne Gostisbehere
- 3 Radko Gudas
- 48 Robert Hagg
- 77 Frank Hora
- 73 Maxim Lamarche
- 47 Andrew MacDonald
- 23 Brandon Manning
- 50 Samuel Morin
- 61 Philippe Myers
- 45 Will O'Neil
- 9 Ivan Provorov
- 57 Travis Sanheim
- 60 Reece Willcox
Goaltenders (7)
- 37 Brian Elliott
- 79 Carter Hart
- 32 Leland Irving
- 49 Alex Lyon
- 67 John Muse
- 30 Michal Neuvirth
- 41 Anthony Stolarz
All practices are free and open to the public. On Saturday, Sept. 16, the Flyers will also host games and activities outside of Skate Zone and Flyers radio analyst Steve Coates will hold a Q&A with players to be determined at 12:30 between sessions. There will also be giveaways for fans in attendance throughout the first weekend of camp.
