* 10 players appeared in their first ever NHL preseason game (Connor Bunnaman, Anthony Salinitri, Alex Lyon, Roman Lyubimov, Philippe Myers, Reece Willcox, Pascal Laberge, Carsen Twarynski, Steven Swavely, Mark Zengerle)

FLYERS 0, NJ DEVILS 2
* Alex Lyon got the start in net and played the entire game, making 29 saves, all 13 he faced in the first period, including a great stop on D Andy Greene on a breakaway less than three minutes into the game.

Goaltender Alex Lyon: "They spent some time in our zone and had some of their big guns out there. To be honest they had a few shots but we did a good job with keeping them to the outside. They didn't really have any super grade A opportunities."

After 12 years, this week will see another World Cup of Hockey championship take place as Team Canada will face off against Team Europe beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 29 with Game 2 on Thursday, Sept. 29 and, if necessary, a decisive Game 3 on Saturday, Oct. 1.

Europe posted a thrilling overtime victory on Sunday, 3-2, over Sweden to continue their run throughout the tournament. Flyers defenseman Mark Streit was a +1 in the game while logging 15:42 of ice time and leading the team with three blocked shots.

Jordan Weal arrived in Philadelphia last January from the Los Angeles Kings with nowhere near the fuss created by the departure of the players he was traded for, Luke Schenn and Vincent Lecavalier.

There had been extensive speculation regarding what the Flyers would do about a bit of a logjam on defense and the overall situation of Lecavalier. Flyers fans only saw Weal in four games over the second half of the season, so he remained relatively unknown heading into the offseason.
 
But Weal certainly isn't an unknown to Flyers GM Ron Hextall. Hextall was part of the Los Angeles front office that drafted Weal in 2010, and Weal played for two of the Manchester Monarchs AHL teams that Hextall oversaw as an assistant GM for the Kings. After Hextall's return to Philadelphia, Weal played two more seasons for the Monarchs, leading them to the 2015 Calder Cup championship while earning playoff MVP honors with 10 goals and 12 assists in 20 games.

T.J. Brennan's name is already on a banner in the rafters of a rink with a Flyers logo underneath it. However, that's not in Philadelphia - it's in Aston, at IceWorks, where Brennan once played for the Philadelphia Little Flyers. The organization has a handful of the banners honoring alumni who went on to play in college and beyond.
 
That was 11 years ago. It's funny how life works sometimes, because on Friday, Brennan had the logo on again - only this time it was for real.

Comcast Corporation announced on Sept. 22 it has reached an agreement to purchase Ed Snider's 24 percent stake in Comcast Spectacor. Upon closing, which is expected to occur next month, Comcast will own 100 percent of the company, including the Wells Fargo Center, Spectra businesses, and the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers. As it pertains to the Flyers transaction, the NHL's board of governors approved the deal unanimously on Sept. 23. Mr. Snider, who was the founder of the Philadelphia Flyers and Chairman of Comcast Spectacor, passed away after a long battle with cancer in April 2016.

"Ed was a visionary in the sports and entertainment industry and is deeply missed," said Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation. "He planned for this transition and, thanks to his thoughtful approach on succession, Comcast Spectacor is in a strong position. I'm very excited we are able to carry his spirit with us by bringing the company, its leadership, and its thousands of employees fully into the Comcast family."

Main training camp is open and in three short days the Flyers slate of preseason games will get underway. Before that, a lot can certainly happen in three days and with over 60 players taking part in camp there certainly are many storylines to follow.

PhiladelphiaFlyers.com takes a look at five key areas of training camp you'll want to keep an eye on if you're making your way out to the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The first being perhaps the most obvious:

The final votes have been counted and, in one of the closest votes in the tournament, the 'Ghost to Giroux' overtime winner has been crowned the champion of the 2015-16 Highlight of the Year Tournament.

Separated by less than 30 votes, the Ghost to Giroux overtime thriller edged out a great play by Nick Cousins to score his first NHL goal.

Cousins highlight won the Wild Card vote over three other highlights and earned a quarterfinal victory over Michael Neuvirth's diving save, and semifinal win over Jakub Voracek's one-man effort in overtime against the Capitals before eventually falling in the final round.

The "official" start of the 2016-17 Flyers season is still a few days away, but Tuesday saw Flyers practice jerseys on the ice at Virtua Center Flyers Skate Zone in Voorhees for the first organizational practice of the new year when the 21 players taking part in the team's Rookie Camp skated for a couple hours following a day of off-ice testing.
 
"It's a great opportunity to get in two or three days of work here before main camp," said Flyers head coach Dave Hakstol, who ran Tuesday's practice. "I think it's a huge benefit for the young guys to be able to have a day or two of practice and more so have an opportunity to play an exhibition game tomorrow, and then step into main camp."
 
Hakstol will run Tuesday's morning skate but will step aside to let Phantoms assistant coaches Riley Cote and Kerry Huffman run the bench for Tuesday night's rookie game against the New York Islanders at the Islanders' practice facility in East Meadow, NY.

Hockey is coming! Individual game tickets for all Philadelphia Flyers 50th anniversary regular season home games will go on sale this Wednesday, September 14 at 11 a.m. online at PhiladelphiaFlyers.com or by phone at 215-218-PUCK.
 
Games available now for purchase include the team's five special heritage nights, in honor of their golden anniversary season. These celebratory nights - all on Thursdays - will feature special guests and alumni, pre-game ceremonies, and more, beginning with Flyers Hall of Fame Night, presented by AAA, on October 27 vs. the Arizona Coyotes, and spanning for the duration of the season with Tough Guys Night on November 17 vs. the Winnipeg Jets, Goalies Night on December 8 vs. the Edmonton Oilers, Playoff Heroes Night on January 12 vs. the Vancouver Canucks, and Captains Night on February 2 vs. the Montreal Canadiens.