Flyers winger Porter Martone stands out as youth is served early in the NHL playoffs
Porter Martone was playing college hockey last month. Anaheim's Troy Terry scored in his postseason debut nearly a decade into his professional career, Montreal's Juraj Slafkovsky had a hat trick in just his sixth playoff game and Utah's Logan Cooley will go down in history as the first Mammoth player with a playoff goal. At the forefront of the success is Martone, who has two goals to put the Flyers up 2-0 in their first-round series against archrival Pittsburgh.
Porter Martone was playing college hockey last month. Now he's making a difference in the NHL playoffs . Youth is being served early in the first round, along with some relative newcomers contributing.
Anaheim's Troy Terry scored in his postseason debut nearly a decade into his professional career, Montreal's Juraj Slafkovsky had a hat trick in just his sixth playoff game and Utah's Logan Cooley will go down in history as the first Mammoth player with a playoff goal. At the forefront of the success is Martone, who has two goals to put the Flyers up 2-0 in their first-round series against archrival Pittsburgh. Game 3 of the Battle of Pennsylvania is set for Wednesday night in Philadelphia.
“He’s figuring it all out," coach Rick Tocchet said on a video call with reporters Tuesday. ”Where it might take a young guy a week or a bunch of games, it only took him a period and a half to figure out playoff hockey: where he’d have to be and what he had to do. A lot of maturity for a 19-year-old.
" Martone has 12 points in 11 games since leaving Michigan State to turn pro. He credited his teammates and said he “hopped on a moving train, and it's been good since. ” “There’s not a lot of guys that can come in and make the impact that he has,” said Flyers forward Travis Konecny, who also has two goals.
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