Flyers Practice: Vladar Update; Extra Work; Do You Mix Things Up?
VOORHEES, NJ – Following their 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday, extending the series lead to 3-0, the Philadelphia Flyers held practice at the Flyers Training Center. As for attendance, everyone was accounted for, including the vast amount of black aces, except for Dan Vladar, Owen Tippett, and Cam York. Getting ahead of it now, head coach Rick Tocchet said it was a maintenance day for all three players.
Tocchet recognized Vladar’s injury and said the Flyers’ top goaltender is feeling better as of Thursday, a positive sign. Again, Tocchet was calling it a maintenance day for Vladar, not out with injury. It’s no secret that York and Tippett are battling through some bumps and bruises as well.
Tippett’s non-game ice time has been very limited, being absent from practices and skates, keeping him as fresh as possible for games. York has been available for everything so far this series, so Thursday was really his first “day off”. That leads up to the lines used at practice.
Read More: Broad Street Brawl: Flyers Escape Wednesday Chaos With 5-2 Win Flyers lines & pairs at practice Travis Konecny-Christian Dvorak-Porter Martone Tyson Foerster-Trevor Zegras-Alex Bump* Denver Barkey-Noah Cates-Matvei Michkov Luke Glendening-Sean Couturier-Garnet Hathaway Travis Sanheim-Rasmus Ristolainen Emil Andrae*-Jamie Drysdale Nick Seeler-Noah Juulsen Sam Ersson Aleksei Kolosov PP1: Ristolainen, Dvorak, Konecny, Michkov, Barkey* PP2: Drysdale, Cates, Zegras, Martone, Foerster It seems pretty clear that Bump was once again the placeholder for Owen Tippett, as was Emil Andrae for Cam York. With Vladar absent, Aleksei Kolosov took his spot with the NHL club. For the most part, the black aces had migrated over to the other sheet for practice when power play stuff was run, which could be why Barkey, presumably, was the Tippett stand-in on the power play.
Barkey and Michkov got in extra work after practice After the NHL group had come off the ice, there were two notable players yet to enter the locker room: Denver Barkey and Matvei Michkov. Barkey was still on the main sheet when the media group left the locker room to head back up to the press conference room to speak with Tocchet. I did not see Michkov’s gear in the room, nor was he on the sheet with Barkey.
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