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I am leaving shortly for the Flyers’ Alumni golfing and site-seeing trip to Ireland. I return on August 7. While I am away, I will continue to post Flyers blogs on a semi-daily basis. However, the posting times could vary due to the five-hour time difference and the day’s itinerary. Additionally, I will keep a day-by-day tour journal on FlyersAlumni.net.
Flyers Prospects: Summer Showcase Update
Friday is the penultimate day of the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase. In Friday’s early game (2:00 p.m. EDT), Team Canada takes on undefeated Team Sweden. The later game (5:30 p.m. EDT) sees Team USA play Team Finland. The exhibition tournament wraps up on Saturday with USA vs Canada and Sweden vs. Finland matches. All games stream (purchase required) on USAHockeyTV.
Flyers prospect stats to date:
Jack Berglund (Sweden): 3 GP, 3 G, 0 A, 3 PTS, 6 PIM
Heikki Ruohonen (Finland): 3 GP. 0 G, 3 A, 3 PTS, 2PIM
Porter Martone (Canada): 2 GP, 1 G, 1 A, 2 PTS, 2 PIM
Spencer Gill (Canada): 1 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 1 PT, 0 PIM
Shane Vansaghi (USA): 3 GP, 1 G, 0 A, 1 PT, 6 PIM
Jack Murtagh (USA): 2 GP, 0 G, 1 A, 1 PT, 2 PIM
Max Westergard (Finland): 2 GP, 0 PTS
Nasty Knuckes with Rick Tocchet
New Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet is the special guest on the new edition of Derek Settlemyre and Rick Tocchet’s Nasty Knuckles podcast. “Tocc” occ talks to us about what it really means to be a Flyer (15:54), how he became the 25th head coach in the history of the Flyers (17:35), and a couple of his philosophies and how important trust is in an organization and with his players. Rick addresses coaching players with elite skill (26:22), dumping the puck (28:13), and Matvei Michkov’s comments about dumping the puck (29:31). Jumping ahead Tocchet gives us the rundown on his assistant coaches (32:01), Flyers power play struggles (33:35), a few key points he stresses as a coach (39:27), Development Camp (49:06), Alex Bump and Spencer Gill, the Flyers new fighting coach (54:59), and expectations for captain Sean Couturier (1:00:13). Moving along we talk about maximizing players’ potential (1:01:29), coaching players when they are struggling (1:04:58), and share a couple funny Mike Sullivan and Craig Berube stories. Wrapping up Tocchet talks about Porter Martone going to the NCAA (1:10:58), Tyson Foerster, the Flyers goaltending situation, and youth hockey.
Thanks Bill. After watching this nasty knuckles pod, I feel better about how Tocc will manage this squad!
We are in the dog days of summer (aka the hocky wilderness) right now. But, the season is around the corner. Have a great time in Ireland, Bill. Pound the pints for all of us here.