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    Flyers' Jett Luchanko Opens Phantoms Account with First Pro Point

    Jett Luchanko looks on during a stoppage in play in a Flyers preseason game. (Photo: Eric Hartline, Imagn Images)Jett Luchanko looks on during a stoppage in play in a Flyers preseason game. (Photo: Eric Hartline, Imagn Images)

    Top Philadelphia Flyers prospect Jett Luchanko has scored his first point as a professional hockey player.

    After finishing his third season in the OHL with the Guelph Storm, Luchanko, 18, was reassigned by the Flyers to the AHL Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

    The 2024 first-round pick made his AHL debut with the Phantoms on Saturday, centering wingers Garrett Wilson and Alexis Gendron in a 3-2 loss to the Belleville Senators.

    While Luchanko took a minor boarding penalty and failed to record a point in his first game with the Phantoms, his second time was a charm.

    Getting right back to it on Sunday night against the Laval Rocket, Luchanko finally opened his pro account, earning a primary assist on Wilson’s second-period goal for the Phantoms.

    The 18-year-old collected Adam Ginning’s breakout pass at center ice, churning his legs and driving through the middle of the ice to create space.

    From there, Luchanko quickly recognized he was out-numbered by Laval defenders and cut back, reloading at the Phantoms’ offensive blueline before driving again.

    Luchanko used a feint to pull the puck from his forehand to his backhand and created more space, then backhanded a pass between a defender’s legs to find Wilson down low.

    The rugged Phantoms captain did the rest, dispatching the loose change past Laval goalie Connor Hughes to take a 3-0 lead.

    Luchanko and Helge Grans each earned one assist in the contest, while Ginning picked up two. Nikita Grebenkin and Zayde Wisdom joined Wilson as the goal-scorers in what was ultimately a 3-1 win over the Rocket on Saturday night.

    Luchanko had previously played in four NHL games for the Flyers earlier this season, taking one penalty and a minus-3 plus-minus rating with him to Guelph after being reassigned in late October.

    Fellow Flyers prospect Alex Ciernik, who joined the Phantoms alongside Luchanko, has yet to make his pro debut for the organization after signing an amateur tryout offer (ATO).

    Luchanko, Ciernik, and the Phantoms have seven regular season games remaining before the Calder Cup playoffs, with the last scheduled for April 19 against the Hershey Bears.

    Look for the two Flyers prospects to make some more noise before then.

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