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Quick Hits: July 20, 2024
1) Flyers 2024 fourth-round pick Heikki Ruohonen is attending Team Finland's World Junior Summer Showcase preparation camp (July 20-24) in Vierumäki. Prior to departing for the WJSS exhibition series in Michigan, the Finnish team will play "friendlies" against national team hopefuls from Switzerland (July 21) and Czechia (July 22). On Tuesday, the Finnish U20 national team candidates will play the Finnish U18 national team hopefuls.
2) Today in Flyers History: On July 20, 1995, the Flyers signed veteran shutdown center Joel Otto to a three-year contract as an unrestricted free agent. The Flyers had been bidding against a divisional rival -- the New York Rangers -- for Otto's services. New York, which had just been swept by the Flyers in the second round of the playoffs, specially wanted Otto as a defensive answer to reigning Hart Trophy winner Eric Lindros. With Mario Lemieux and the Penguins also in the Eastern Conference and the reigning Stanley Cup champion New Jersey being in the same division as Philly and the Rangers, Otto was in high demand. The Flyers won out in the end, and Otto had two strong seasons before an injury-riddled and declining final year in the NHL before he retired.
3) July 20 Flyers Alumni birthday: Terry Murray (1950), Murray Craven (1964), Nick Cousins (1993).
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