On The Farm #1
November 3, 2009 by Anthony
Filed under Featured, Rossi, Up in Adirondack
So I’ll be honest, I haven’t followed the Phantoms as closely this year. It’s kind of hard getting to games when I’m in another state. Oh well. I also don’t think I’m going to shell out my money for AHL Live’s subpar service, so I’m stuck looking at boxscores and relying on beat writers from lovely Glens Falls, NY. As of today, the Phantoms are 5-4-1 for a total of 11 points, good for 3rd in the East Division.
So far, they’ve played the same handful of teams, and are playing Albany a total of 12 TIMES. Yes, 12. The AHL isn’t huge on teams playing outside of their own backyard. This should get old fast. To make matters worse, both teams introduced special jerseys to be worn on the occasion that the two meet, which are visible on their websites and Flickr, because nobody mainstream wants to look at them. From the looks of it, the purple is completely gone, meaning that my sweet purple phantoms third from last year is a waste. Oh, and they got rid of Jeff Szwez too. Sweetastic. I’m sure you’ve seen their current jerseys, but the headshots on AHL.com of the players lead me to believe that they’ve got a retro-themed alternate that mimics the parent club’s current orange beauties. I’ll buy it 
Exclusive look inside prospect camp
The Flyers Hive took a trip to Vorhees, New Jersey today to take a look at the young future of the Philadelphia Flyers. Today’s work out was the second of a week long series of practices, drilling, and scrimmages at the Skate Zone.
We weren’t able to get a good visual on every player, however, we ran spotlights on the big name prospects and paid special attention to the goalies, which Ryan will cover later in the article.
My personal obligations and intentions going into today’s practice and scrimmage were to keep an eye on newly acquired forward, Ryan Dingle. Dingle, acquired in the trade that brought Chris Pronger to Philadelphia and sent Joffrey Lupul and Luca Sbisa packing, has not yet had a chance to show what he’s capable of in the AHL. Dingle has yet to complete a full season with any AHL club, though he came close this past year playing 70 games for the Iowa Chops. In those 70 games, Ryan scored 11 goals and tacked on 7 assists for 18 points. He spent 21 minutes in the penalty box. Not too shabby for a third line guy, if you ask me.
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