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The Flyers conducted the first day of on-ice work on Monday during their abbreviated training camp at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, NJ. First came simultaneous Group A and Group B practices on the rinks at either side of the complex. That was a followed by an "Orange" vs. "Black" scrimmage. At the end, the "skills group" of players did a shootout practice on the Phantoms rink and the remainder skated on the Flyers rink.
PRACTICE GROUP A
ORANGE
Claude Giroux - Kevin Hayes - Wade Allison
Oskar Lindblom - Morgan Frost - Jakub Voracek
Ivan Provorov - Justin Braun
Robert Hägg - Erik Gustafsson
BLACK
Carsen Twarynski - Nolan Patrick - Travis Konency
Michael Raffl - Connor Bunnaman - Joel Farabee
Travis Sanheim - Mark Friedman
Shayne Gostisbehere - Phil Myers
Goalies: Hart (Orange team), Elliott (Black Team)
Notable:
* Nolan Patrick looked very good for a player who hasn't played or been in a full-fledged practice since April 2019. He skated well, handled the puck well and had zip on his shots. Elliott robbed him with the glove in close at one juncture.
* Even from the pressbox level, it was easy to tell that Oskar Lindblom has regained most or all of the muscle mass he lost last year during his chemotherapy treatments.
* At one juncture of the practice, Morgan Frost turned Elliott inside out and scored. At the other end on the same rep, Frost turnstiled Gostisbehere but wasn't able to finish the play.
* Neither Zayde Wisdom nor Tanner Laczynski (core muscle injury recovery) participated in either side of practice. However, both skated before the practice began.
GROUP B
James van Riemsdyk - Sean Couturier - Tyson Foerster (Black)
Samuel Morin - Scott Laughton - Linus Sandin (Orange)
Max Willman - Andy Andreoff - Nicolas Aube-Kubel (White)
Defensemen: Egor Zamula - Derrick Pouliot, Tyler Wotherspoon-Nate Prosser, Chris Bigras-Wyatt Wylie
Goalies: Alex Lyon, Felix Sandström
Notable:
* Converted defenseman Morin went to the net and scored a rebound goal at one juncture of the session. At another juncture he got away with a low percentage cross ice pass that created a scoring chance for his side.
* Wotherspoon, an AHL veteran, faired well one-on-one with several of the NHL roster forwards.
* Zamula still looked like he needs to add muscle to his frame but he passed, defended and skate well on Day 1.
SCRIMMAGE
The Hayes, Patrick, and Frost lines listed above comprised the Orange team, along with the Provorov pairing with Braun and the Hägg-Gustafsson pair atop the rotation. The Couturier and Laughton lines were the most notable atop team Black, along with the Gostisbehere-Myers pairing. Hart started in goal for the Orange side, Elliott for Team Black. The Phantoms' goalies came in for the latter part of the scrimmage.
Team Black scored first. Willman scored on a odd-man rush, beating Hart from the left dot. Team Orange then scored back-to-back goals. Giroux took a pass from Hayes in the slot. His shot missed the net but caromed right back out Giroux, who scored on a rolling puck from the right side. Shortly thereafter, Konecny gave Orange a 2-1 lead on a seemingly stoppable shot.
That was it for the 30-minute scrimmage: Orange won, 2-1.
QUOTEBOOK -- Will post in tomorrow's blog.
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