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The Philadelphia Flyers convened at the FTC in Voorhees on Tuesday. Of course, three players (Dan Vladar, Travis Sanheim and Rasmus Ristolainen) and head coach Rick Tocchet remain in Milan for the 2026 Winter Olympics men’s hockey tournament. The rest of the team practiced in Voorhees.
Meanwhile, the team recalled rookie goaltender Carson Bjarnason from the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms. He joined Samuel Ersson for practice. The schedule for the rest of the week.
- Wednesday: 11:30 a.m. practice
- Thursday: 11:30 a.m. practice
- Friday: Off Day
- Saturday: 11:00 a.m. practice
- Sunday: 11:00 a.m. practice
Flyers Olympic Update: QFs Set
There were no upsets in the medal round qualifying games at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. However, there were no outright blowouts in Monday’s matches.Germany defeated France, 5-1. Former Flyers forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare tallied the lone goal for France. Switzerland dominated Italy early and went on to win a 3-1 decision.Czechia survived a scare from Denmark and held on for a 3-2 victory. Meanwhile, Sweden downed Latvia, 5-1.
The quarterfinal games are now set:
- Canada vs. Czechia: 11:40 a.m. EST. ravis Sanheim practiced on Canada’s fourth defensive pairing on Tuesday. Assuming Canada dresses seven defenseman, Sanheim could dress for the game. However, Josh Morrissey’s injury return likely knocks Sanheim out of the top six in the blueline rotation. Dan Vladar served as Czechia’s back goalie on Tuesday. Vladar has started one game and backed up Lukas Dostal in the other three. Karel Vejmelka has been scratched throughout the tournament to date.
- Finland vs. Switzerland: 1:10 p.m. EST. Through the preliminary round, Rasmus Ristolain (2a) leads all players in the tournament with a plus-eight rating.
- Slovakia vs. Germany: 7:10 a.m. EST.
- USA vs. Sweden: 3:10 p.m. EST.
Prospect Pipeline
Brian Smith and I go around the Flyers farm system during the Olympic break. Updates on Porter Martone, Alex Bump, Jett Luchanko, Oliver Bonk, Jack Nesbitt, Jack Berglund and more. The episode runs 23:26.
