NEWARK, N.J. - Unless there's an injury, rookie goalie Alex Lyon has no chance to make the Flyers out of training camp this year.
But the former Yale star raised eyebrows in the first pro performance of his career Monday night, starring in the Flyers' 2-0 split-squad exhibition loss to New Jersey at the sparsely filled Prudential Center.
Signed as an undrafted free agent in April, the 6-foot-1, 198-pound Lyon stopped 28 of 29 shots, including a pair of breakaways by Beau Bennett.
New Jersey iced the win with an empty-net goal with 31.4 seconds remaining.