Philadelphia Flyers make several moves ahead of Friday’s game

By Michael Heilman

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have recalled forward Connor Bunnaman and goaltender Alex Lyon from the Leigh Valley Phantoms. The Flyers also announced that forward Michael Raffl and defenseman Shane Gostisbehere have returned from the injury list.

Alex Lyon is being recalled for the second time and started for the Flyers back on January 16th against the Montreal Canadians making thirty-six saves. This season for the Phantoms, Lyon’s record is 9-13-2 and one shutout in twenty-five games. He is currently ranked tenth with a .916 save percentage.

Connor Bunnaman is being recalled for the third time this season and has played nine games for the Flyers. This season, Bunnaman has four goals and one assist equally to five points for the Phantoms.

The Flyers also announced that goaltender Carter Hart is better but is not ready to return for another seven days. Subsequently, the Phantoms are getting back goaltender Felix Sandstrom from the Reading Royals. This year, Sandstrom has played sixteen games for the Royals, going 6-10 with two shutouts, a save percentage of .879, 3.66 GAA, 447 SA, and 54 GA.

The Phantoms will resume their road trip starting tomorrow night at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza against the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins at 7:05 pm.

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