The Flyers trimmed their roster Wednesday by sending forwards Mike Vecchione and Mikhail Vorobyev to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

Joe Vecchione, Mike’s brother, tipped us off to the move last night with this Tweet, which has since been deleted:

He followed up this morning with a more tempered opinion:

Vecchione signed as an undrafted free agent out of Union College, where he skated alongside Flyers defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere. The 24-year-old made his NHL debut in April and played two of the final three games.

That news was also shared by Joe Vecchione, who spilled the beans with another deleted Tweet.


We’ll see what happens in Allentown, and whether or not Vecchione makes it back to the NHL later this season.

He said this a few days ago about the looming roster decision:

“Obviously I’d like to be up here with these guys. But if they decide I need to go down there to get the ice time and develop, I’ll deal with that too. I’m pretty stoic about the whole (thing). I’m not laid back. If it happens, it’s not going to be easy by any means. But I’ve been through this plenty of times, although, in this case it’s a little different because it’s the best league in the world.”

Vecchione was a sought-after UDFA who could have signed with a couple of other teams rather than the Flyers. He was a 2017 Hobey Baker Award finalist.