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[flyersfan4706]

Sanheim scores his 5th goal in 9 games.

He had 5 goals in 67 games last season.

 

[flyersfan4706]

Sanheim has two goals and an assist tonight as well as taking a puck to the face

 

[Cobiemonster]

Sanheim has two goals and an assist tonight as well as taking a puck to the face

Enough of pucks hitting our prized young d-men!

 

[awaz]

mostly good news down on the farm, but as Cobie said, STOP HITTING OUR PLAYERS IN THE FACE!

 

[chy1127]

Laughton has 4 goals in 3 games. Not too shabby.

 

[EVille3]

Laughton named CCM/AHL player of the week

 

[JBM73]

Hockey's Future - Preseason Prospect Rankings 2014-15

Laughton ranked 32nd, only Flyer in Top 50.

 

[Cobiemonster]

 

[Cobiemonster]

 

[JBM73]

Phantoms? rookie Laughton off to strong start in 2014-15 - Hockey's Future

 

[Cobiemonster]

Please be okay Ghost

 

[flyersfan4706]

Torn ACL for Ghost.

There are no words.

 

[JBM73]

One Phantoms forward making some noise is rookie center Scott Laughton, whose back-to-back two-goal performances in October garnered him an AHL Player of the Week award. Laughton’s 11 points (six goals, five assists) in 13 games are tied for the team scoring lead with second-year pro Nick Cousins (four goals, seven assists), but Laughton has been the team’s top-line center and first unit power play specialist throughout the first five weeks. His abilities to skate with the puck into high traffic areas and create scoring chances are way beyond his years – 22 pro games (17 AHL, 5 NHL).
On defense, the Phantoms have been shorthanded due to injuries at both levels. Promising rookie Shayne Gostisbehere tore his ACL last weekend and is out indefinitely, likely for the season. It’s an unfortunate injury for the former Union College defenseman, but it opens the door for a pair of rookie Swedish defenders in Robert Hagg and Jesper Pettersson.
The Flyers’ second round pick (41st overall) in 2013, Hagg is playing in his first full season in North America, having spent the last two years in Sweden playing for MODO. The 19-year-old plays a solid two-way game and is a well-rounded prospect who should continue to improve his overall game as he gets more used to the North American pro game and competing on smaller rinks than those used in Sweden.
Pettersson was the Flyers seventh round pick in 2014. The 20-year-old rookie has carved out a role on the Phantoms’ blue line and is benefiting from the decimated defense in the organization. A bit undersized at 5’8”, Pettersson is a small but quick-skating defenseman who is trying to mold himself into a solid two-way defender capable of joining the rush and being steady in his own end.

 

[flyersfan4706]

Stolarz with a 36 save shutout tonight

 

[Cobiemonster]

 

[flyersfan4706]

Nice. Let's seem them make it now.

I don't know a lot about Bigras but I can't imagine he beats out the other defenseman invites again

 

[flyersfan4706]

Corey Pronman just included Hagg and Lindblom as locks for Sweden

 

[Cobiemonster]

 

[JBM73]

FLYERS PROSPECT NOTES

* Flyers 2014 first-round pick Travis Sanheim has been on fire of late in the Western Hockey League. In his last seven games played, the Calgary Hitmen defenseman has racked up 15 points (three goals, 12 assists) while compiling a plus-eight rating at even strength. Last night, Sanheim had three assists in Calgary's 8-3 romp over Moose Jaw. He has points in seven straight games.

* Sanheim's first assist of yesterday's game was a secondary helper on 2014 Flyers sixth-round pick Radel Fazleev's 11th goal of the season. On the Hitmen's version of Teddy Bear Toss Night, the stuffed animals for charitable donation rained down from the stands and Fazleev celebrated with a moonwalk.



* QMJHL: Flyers 2014 second-round pick Nicolas Aube-Kubel had four assists and a plus-three rating in a losing cause as Val-d'Or dropped a 5-4 overtime decision to Saint John on Sunday. It was a breakout game for Aube-Kubel, who had been struggling a bit since being on the receiving end of a knee-to-knee hit by Quebec Remparts forward Adam Erne in November. For the season, Aube-Kubel has 10 goals and 25 points in 26 games.

* Flyers 2014 fifth-round pick Oskar Lindblom has really started to hit his stride of late since returning from a 13-game absence due to a lower-body injury. He now gets more regular ice time in all manpower situations and the points have started to come. Lindblom, who is a strong candidate for a spot on Team Sweden at the World Junior Championships, has points in four of his last six games (two goals, three assists).

 

[flyersfan4706]

Hagg and Lindblom made Sweden's camp