Flyers Officially Unveil Opening Night Roster, Barkey Placed on IR

With the NHL’s regular season set to kick off Tuesday night, the Philadelphia Flyers have officially unveiled their 23-man opening night roster.

The Flyers entered training camp this year with a roster that was essentially locked in, however that was thrown for a loop with forward Denver Barkey being placed on the injured reserve to start the season.

The 21-year-old was injured early last week in a preseason game against the Washington Capitals, and while many were speculating – and hoping – that Cole Knuble would take his place, it is in fact the recently signed veteran Garrett Wilson who snuck onto the roster as the final placeholder.

Wilson signed a one-year, two-way contract on Sunday, solidifying his place on the team, at least to start the season, before heading back down the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Defenseman Helge Grans was also designated as injured non-roster.

The Flyers will start the season with 14 forwards. 7 defensemen, and 2 goalies.

Forwards

10 – Garrett Wilson

11 – Travis Konecny

14 – Sean Couturier

17 – Nikita Grebenkin

20 – Alex Bump

22 – Christian Dvorak

27 – Noah Cates

39 – Matvei Michkov

46 – Trevor Zegras

52 – Noel Acciari

71 – Tyson Foerster

74 – Owen Tippett

91 – Carl Grundström

94 – Porter Martone

Defensemen

5 – David Jiříček

6 – Travis Sanheim

8 – Cam York

9 – Jamie Drysdale

24 – Nick Seeler

44 – Simon Benoit

55 – Rasmus Ristolainen

Goaltenders

53 – Joseph Woll

80 – Dan Vladař

Set to make their Flyers debuts this week are forward Noel Acciari, defenseman Simon Benoit, and goaltender Joseph Woll as they kick off their season with a back-to-back slate on Wednesday and Thursday versus the Pittsburgh Penguins and at the New Jersey Devils, respectively.