Monday's Catch Up & Links 9/18/17
Defenseman Frank Hora has been reassigned by Philadelphia to Lehigh Valley (AHL)

Monday's Catch Up & Links 9/18/17

Tony Androckitis

Tony Androckitis

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Training camps around the NHL are in full swing and the preseason is now upon us. Some of the initial early cuts are being made already, sending players back to their respective junior teams or reassigning them to their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate.

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The big stories over the weekend were geared towards training camp and the NHL preseason.

The Flyers (again) blew an early lead in an overtime loss to the Islanders Sunday in an NHL preseason game in Nassau Coliseum that featured a very top-heavy Islanders team against a largely youthful Flyers lineup that featured the future of the organization's defense - Shayne Gostisbehere, Robert Hagg, Sam Morin, Travis Sanheim, Phil Myers and Ivan Provorov. Myers' turnover in the 3-on-3 extra session proved costly as it resulted in the game-winning goal. Mike Vecchione and Jori Lehtera (shorthanded) tallied the Flyers goals in the 3-2 loss.

Teams are making their initial cuts, trimming their NHL training camp roster and getting one step closer to submitting their 23-man roster before the regular season begins. As the cuts file in, players will be reassigned to the AHL and we'll be able to get a better idea of the makeups of these AHL teams for purposes of preparing some preview stories before the start of the AHL season in October.

The news before Philadelphia Flyers rookie camp opened last week was that Anthony Stolarz had a second knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.

The Stolarz injury news means that Alex Lyon is now the go-to man between the pipes for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms this fall as well as the top call up option for the Flyers as the organization's third goaltender. Tim Riday has all the details on Lyon's next big chance to impress

The Flyers hosted the New York Islanders last Wednesday night in a rookie game between the two organization's prospects. Some of the Flyers' highly touted prospects didn't have their best showing, but someone impressed Phantoms' head coach Scott Gordon - leading the coach to lend some praise during his post-game press conference.

Main training camp opened Friday for the Flyers with 57 players at camp. Here's some first day observations in case you missed it.

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