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Quick Hits: Training Camp Key Dates, Flyers Warrior Hockey |
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Quick Hits: August 31, 2019
1) The following is a list of key dates for the Flyers during training camp and the preseason. Practice times and off-ice days will be listed as they become available.
Sept. 7: Rookie camp begins (physicals, testing)
Sept. 8: Rookie camp on-ice work begins
Sept. 11: Rookie's Game: Flyers vs. Islanders (PPL Center)
Sept. 13: Full NHL training camp begins (physicals, testing)
Sept. 14: NHL camp on-ice
Sept. 16: Preseason game vs NYI
Sept. 17: Preseason game @ NYI (Barclays Center)
Sept. 19: Preseason game vs BOS
Sept. 21: Preseason game vs. NYR
Sept. 23: Preseason game @ BOS
Ca. Sept 28: Flyers make presumable final cuts and depart for Switzerland
Sept. 30: Preseason finale @ LAU (Vaudoise Arena, Lausanne, Switzerland)
2) On September 13, 14, 15 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees, the first ever Flyers Warriors training camp will be held concurrently with the NHL team's main training camp. The Warriors are slated to play an exhibition game at Wells Fargo Center on Sept. 16 against the Pittsburgh Warrior Hockey team; the same day the Flyers open their preseason. The Flyers Warriors' camp is sponsored by Toyota. Flyers Alumni president Brad Marsh is the coach of the Warrior team.
3) Today in Flyers history part one: On Aug. 31, 1978, the decade-long Philadelphia playing career of Flyers Hall of Fame defenseman Joe Watson came to an end as the Flyers sold his contract to the Colorado Rockies. Flyers general manager Keith Allen had given the two-time NHL All-Star Game participant a choice of staying with the Flyers as a spare defenseman or being traded somewhere where he could still play more regularly while mentoring young teammates. He chose the latter and Allen obliged by sending him to Colorado. Unfortunately, Watson suffered a career-ending leg injury just 16 games into his brief stay with the Rockies. After retiring, he returned to the Flyers organization, where he's been (in many different capacities) ever since.
4) Today in Flyers history part two: On Aug. 31, 1995, veteran defenseman Kjell Samuelsson returned to the Flyers for a second stint, signing a three-year contract. Samuelsson enjoyed a strong 1995-96 campaign, during which he was typically paired with second-year NHL defenseman Chris Therien, but his was his last healthy season in the NHL. He played out the duration of his contract in Philadelphia, finished his NHL career with the Tampa Bay Lightning and then returned to the Flyers organization in a coaching capacity. He has been coaching in the organization for 18-plus season, first with the Phantoms (including a stint as head coach) and then as a development coach for defensemen.
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