When he was 14 and playing and living in Wilkes-Barre, Ivan Provorov was given an app to install on his iPad and iPhone by his amateur team. The app allowed video downloads of his shifts, so he could study them and improve both himself and the team.
“You could go on your iPad or your phone and the shifts would be broken down,’’ he was saying before the Flyers’ victory over the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night. “Power play … PK …’’
Again, he was 14.
“You’ve got to be a student of the game,’’ said the crusty old 20-year-old.