Flyers' Porter Martone makes most of hockey's unique pipeline timing
Martone is clearly a special talent.
Flyers' Porter Martone makes most of hockey's unique pipeline timing originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . This doesn't happen in any other sport.
But in hockey, a player can appear in an NCAA game and then an NHL playoff game less than a month apart. And the Philadelphia Flyers sure are glad it works that way, because Porter Martone is already shining under the bright lights. Martone was a star at Michigan State, which wrapped up its season not long ago.
Now, he's already a star for the Flyers, scoring a goal during their win over the Pittsburgh Penguins to open the playoffs on Saturday night. This was nasty from Porter Martone. pic.
twitter. com/6u90hYB6Nn ā Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) April 19, 2026 MORE: Kirill Kaprizov broke a Wayne Gretzky NHL record "College hockey is wild because Martone was playing at Michigan State three weeks ago, now he's scoring in the Stanley Cup Playoffs," wrote The Athletic's Chris Vannini on X. The Flyers had made Martone a first-round pick, No.