According to the calendar, the Ducks will kick off 2017 by playing host to the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday. But from Coach Randy Carlyle’s perspective, the game will be an extension of the team’s December schedule because it will end a stretch of four games in six days.
“We’re counting our New Year’s Day game as part of December because then we have a little bit of a chance to get a couple of days’ practice after that,” Carlyle said by phone Saturday, a day off for most of the team.
“I look at January as it should afford us a lot more time to practice, for sure.