September 15, 2012

The Philadelphia Flyers have announced that they have assigned 26 players to the Adirondack Phantoms of the AHL according to general manager Paul Holmgren.

The complete list of players includes:

Cal Heeter (G)
Niko Hovinen (G)
Cullen Eddy (D)
Erik Gustafsson (D)
Tyler Hostetter (D)
Blake Kessel (D)
Matthew Konan (D)
Oliver Lauridsen (D)
Brandon Manning (D)
Danny Syvret (D)
Jason Akeson (F)
Tyler Brown (F)
Sean Couturier (F)
Matt Ford (F)
Shane Harper (F)
Ben Holmstrom (F)
Andrew Johnston (F)
Matt Mangene (F)
Tye McGinn (F)
Marcel Noebels (F)
Luke Pither (F)
Zac Rinaldo (F)
Brayden Schenn (F)
Mike Testwuide (F)
Eric Wellwood (F)
Harry Zolnierczyk (F)

Other players already on the Phantoms roster via AHL contract include Zack Fitzgerald (D). Scott Munroe (G) and Garrett Roe (F).

19 out of those 26 players had game-action with the Phantoms last season while eight of the above played with the Flyers.

Among the significant names on that list are young talents Sean Couturier and Brayden Schenn who were teammates with the Philadelphia Flyers last year and were also teammates on Team Canada at the 2011 World Juniors Championships.

19 year old Sean Couturier scored 13 goals and 14 assists with Philadelphia in his rookie season last year. He was the eighth overall selection in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He became the second youngest player to score a hat trick in an NHL playoff game with his three-goal performance on April 13, 2012 against Pittsburgh.

21 year old Brayden Schenn was the fifth overall selection in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft and also excelled in his NHL rookie season scoring 12 goals in 54 games. He began the season with Adirondack and scored a hat trick on October 14, 2011 against Bridgeport. His first NHL goal came on the league's biggest stage at the NHL Winter Classic on January 2, 2012 against the New York Rangers.

Erik Gustafsson, Ben Holmstrom, Brandon Manning, Zac Rinaldo, Eric Wellwood and Harry Zolnierczyk all played with Philadelphia last season while Danny Syvret has played with the Flyers prior to last year.

Jason Akeson was Adirondack's top scorer last year with 55 points including 14 goals and 41 assists in his rookie campaign. And Matthew Ford racked up a career-high 29 goals last year including 19 with the Phantoms after his arrival via a trade in early February.

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