{"id":377536,"date":"2025-12-28T13:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/377536\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T13:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T13:23:17","slug":"recapping-flyers-prospects-at-the-wjc-yesterday-%e2%96%ba-flyers-nitty-gritty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/377536\/","title":{"rendered":"Recapping Flyers Prospects at the WJC yesterday \u25ba FLYERS NITTY GRITTY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nPhoto Credit: Team Canada <\/p>\n

On December 27, 2025 four Philadelphia Flyers prospects played in the preliminary round of the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship:<\/p>\n

Canada (Porter Martone and Jett Luchanko) defeated Latvia (exact score not widely reported in summaries, but a convincing win).
\nUSA (Shane Vansaghi) defeated Switzerland at 6:00 PM ET.
\nFinland (Heikki Ruohonen and Max Westerg\u00e5rd) and Sweden (Jack Berglund) did not play on Dec. 27.<\/p>\n

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Performances<\/p>\n

Porter Martone (Canada Captain) \u2014 Contributed in the win over Latvia, including strong physical play.
\nJett Luchanko (Canada) \u2014 Had a quieter game but did great on the Penalty Kill.
\nShane Vansaghi (USA) \u2014 Played a depth\/energy role in the win over Switzerland, consistent with pre-tournament projections as a physical winger.<\/p>\n

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All participating Flyers prospects went 3-0 on the day (across their teams). Day 1 (Dec. 26) saw stronger individual performances from the Finnish duo (Ruohonen and Westerg\u00e5rd each with an assist in a win over Denmark), while Martone and Luchanko were quieter in Canada\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s schedule for Flyers Prospects:<\/p>\n

Sweden vs. Switzerland 1pm EST (Berglund)<\/p>\n

Finland vs. Latvia (Ruhonen, Westergard) 4:30pm EST<\/p>\n

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