Sanheim’s interesting revelation, a prospect opens eyes and more on Fl…

Sanheim’s interesting revelation, a prospect opens eyes and more on Flyers originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia

VOORHEES, N.J. — Things quickly picked up Friday at Flyers training camp.

The team went from not using pucks on Day 1 to scrimmaging on Day 2.

Head coach John Tortorella felt like the Flyers needed to see more game action in this year’s training camp for evaluation purposes. So the three groups in camp split up two scrimmages Friday. Two of the groups had one scrimmage and one practice, while the other group played in both scrimmages without a practice.

Let’s get into three observations from Day 2 at Flyers Training Center.

Sanheim’s different summers

Last year, Travis Sanheim didn’t have the season he or many expected. A 6-foot-3 defenseman with plenty of offensive ability, Sanheim put up only 23 points in 81 games and had a minus-5 rating. This came a year after he had won the Flyers’ most outstanding defenseman award and was named the team’s most improved player, which led to an eight-year contract extension on the day of the regular-season opener.

Perhaps the struggles could have been, in part, because of an injury he suffered in the summer prior to the season. On Friday, Sanheim revealed that he fractured his foot in late May playing for Canada at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. Sanheim recovered in time for Flyers training camp and the season, but his offseason training was impeded.

“I got it healed up, but I mean, you go to worlds and you come back, you’re already into June and then you’ve got to take six weeks off because you fractured your foot,” Sanheim said. “It affects your summer training, but I’m not going to sit here and say that it affected my season.”

The 27-year-old started the season without a point in his first nine games and without a goal in his first 17. He seemed to fight his confidence from January to end of the season.

This offseason, Sanheim decided against playing in the world championship.

“I thought it was…