"The Flyers were skating off the ice and headed for their dressing room, everyone of them except for two of the surviving youngsters.

Before rejoining their teammates, 18-year-old top draft pick Sean Couturier and fellow rookie forward Matt Read had a little cleanup work to do following Tuesday morning's practice.

One net at a time, Read used to his stick to pull out a bunch of pucks, then Couturier scooped them up from his knees and dropped each into a duffel bag.

Being an NHL rookie isn't so bad, though.

"I'm still here," Couturier said upon returning to his locker.

So is Read."