The Flyers' playoff run is over, but Ivan Provorov, the ultra-promising defenseman who could make the team in training camp, is putting the finishing touches on a superb season.
Provorov, 19, selected seventh overall in last year's draft, has helped the Brandon Wheat Kings reach the Western Hockey League finals that start Friday against Seattle.
Brandon dropped a 7-2 decision to Seattle in the teams' lone regular-season meeting.
"We didn't have our best game," Provorov said in a phone interview from Brandon earlier in the week. "It was early in the year, and the guys were still starting to get used to one another.