New Flyers head coach John Tortorella immediately set the tone at training camp by putting the players through a 30-minute conditioning skate that didn't feature a single puck. “It’s going to be a demanding camp,” Wade Allison said.
John Tortorella's reputation for running demanding training camps was proved from the get-go true on Thursday.Two cycles into the Flyers’ first conditioning skate on the inaugural day of training camp, head coach John Tortorella wasn’t so sure left winger Nic Deslauriers was going to survive the 30-minute gauntlet of drills.
That mental toughness is a reflection of something bigger to Tortorella — a will. A will for each player to push through fatigue on the ice, even when their bodies want to quit. A will is a choice to persevere at all costs, and it’s a choice the Flyers are preparing to make as they approach the physically and mentally strenuous season ahead.
After the first drill of skating laps, which lasted roughly 15 minutes, the Flyers moved on to their final drill of the day, in which players lined up on the goal line, skated to the opposite one, and skated back. Upon the conclusion of practice,, catching their breath before heading back to the locker room.
Although he hasn’t been cleared for contact, Farabee is pleased with how he kept up with the rest of the pack on the first day of camp.
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