The Flyers were back at Skate Zone in Voorhees for practice again on Sunday with the focus starting to turn to game action. The Flyers will be playing three times this week, with split-squad action on Monday and home games on Tuesday and Friday.
Rosters were released for Monday's split-squad games with some players taking the ice in Allentown at the PPL Center, home of the Flyers AHL affiliate, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Others will play on the road at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Both games are against the New York Islanders and will start at 7 p.m.
Headlining the group in Allentown will be the likely top line of Claude Giroux, Jake Voracek and Michael Raffl as well as first-round picks from the 2015 NHL Draft, Ivan Provorov and Travis Konecny. Dave Hakstol and Gord Murphy will coach the team in Allentown.
In Brooklyn, Wayne Simmonds, Sean Couturier and Matt Read headline a group that includes top Flyers prospects Sam Morin, Shayne Gostisbehere and Robert Hagg. Ian Laperriere and Joe Mullen will coach the team in Brooklyn.
Notably absent from both rosters are goalie Steve Mason, defenseman Mark Streit and defensive prospect Travis Sanheim. 41 players are participating in the two games and with only so much room for veterans and prospects, some players will be left to continue practices close to home.
The full rosters for both games are listed below.
| vs. New York Islanders PPL Center | Allentown, PA |
vs. New York Islanders Barclays Center | Brooklyn, NY |
| NO. POS. PLAYER 12 LW Michael Raffl 15 D Michael Del Zotto 20 RW R.J. Umberger 22 D Luke Schenn 23 D Brandon Manning 25 C Ryan White 28 C Claude Giroux 40 C Vincent Lecavalier 41 LW Jay Rosehill 43 D Davis Drewiske 68 C Cole Bardreau 76 LW Chris VandeVelde 78 RW Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 79 D Ivan Provorov 80 RW Travis Konecny 82 D Evgeny Medvedev 89 LW Sam Gagner 93 RW Jakub Voracek Goaltenders |
NO. POS. PLAYER 3 D Radko Gudas 10 RW Brayden Schenn 14 C Sean Couturier 17 RW Wayne Simmonds 24 LW Matt Read 33 LW Chris Porter 34 RW Chris Conner 38 LW Aaron Palushaj 47 D Andrew MacDonald 48 D Robert Hagg 49 C Scott Laughton 50 D Sam Morin 52 C Nick Cousins 53 D Shayne Gostisbehere 57 RW Derek Mathers 58 LW Taylor Leier 62 D Logan Pyett 70 LW Danick Martel 73 RW Nicolas Aube-Kubel Goaltenders |
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