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Quick Hits: Phase 2, TIFH and More

May 26, 2020, 8:48 AM ET [89 Comments]
Bill Meltzer
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Quick Hits: May 26, 2020

1)On Memorial Day, the National Hockey League released a 22-page memorandum, laying out its parameters for Phase 2 of its Return-to-Play proposal. The plan was formulated in conjunction with NHL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Willem Meeuwisse and in consultation with the NHL Infection Control Subcommittee (chaired by Dr. Gary Dorshimer, a longtime Flyers team doctor), It covers a wide variety of issues related to travel, cororavirus testing, best practices and safety precautions to be taken at team training facilities.

There are no specific dates set yet for the transition from Phase 1 (the current self-quarantine phase that has been in effect since mid-March) to Phase 2. The hope is to make the transition to Phase 2 in early June. Dates must also be determined for the beginning of Phase 3 (a proposed three-week formal training camp). It is hoped that Phase 4 (the resumption of games) will be enacted in July. Venues must also be determined in addition to dates.

Later today on the Flyers official website, we will have a synopsis of key points from Phase 2 as pertains to players returning to the Delaware Valley and holding small-group workouts (maximum of six players on the ice) at the Skate Zone in Voorhees.

2) Today in Flyers History: May 26, 1995

On May 26, 1995, the Flyers completed a second-round sweep of the defending Stanley Cup champion New York Rangers.

In Game Four of the New York series, the Flyers had to go into hostile territory to wrap up series. The tense Madison Square Garden crowd exhorted the Rangers to extend the series but grew quiet as first period even strength and power play goals by defenseman Karl Dykhuis - playing arguably the best hockey of his entire NHL career during this series - portended impending doom as the Flyers built a 2-0 lead.

The Legion of Doom line furthered the Rangers' suffering. Scoring his third goal of the series, Mikael Renberg tallied to build a 3-0 lead as game-long dominance by his line paid off with a goal at the 12:29 mark of the second period. Less than two minutes later, Rod Brind'Amour started a sequence that ended with Anatoli Semenov beating Glen Healey to build an insurmountable 4-0 lead.

The Rangers finally got a puck past Ron Hextall (31 saves) in the final minute of the second period, but there was to be no third period miracle for the Blueshirts. The Flyers prevailed, 4-1, and advanced to the Conference Final for the first time since 1989.

Although the Flyers ultimately lost a hard-fought six-game series with the eventual Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils, it was clear that, after a five-year playoff drought, the Flyers were going to be in the thick of the Stanley Cup hunt for many years to come.



3) May 26 Flyers Alumni birthday: P.J. Stock (1975).

4) May 26 in memoriam: Peter Zezel passed away at age 44 on this day in 2009 after a struggle with hemolytic anemia.
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