Former Laker Eddy participates in Flyers camp

Courtesy of Mercyhurst Athletic Communications

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Former Mercyhurst College defenseman Cullen Eddy is participating at the Philadelphia Flyers Preseason Training Camp, as the Flyers are trying to finalize their roster for the upcoming 2011-12 season. Eddy is currently on the roster for the Flyers' American Hockey League affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms.

The Flyers will be in action tonight for a preseason matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Faceoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The Flyers shutout the Leafs last night, 4-0 in Toronto in the preseason opener. 

Philadelphia will then play a home-and-home with the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday and Friday, will host the New York Rangers on Sunday, and then will play a home-and-home with the New Jersey Devils next Thursday (9/29) and Saturday (10/1) before the regular season opener in Boston against the Bruins on October 6.

Eddy is one of 55 players participating in the Flyers' preseason training camp as the roster needs to be trimmed down in time for the start of the regular season. 15 prospects have already been released from camp for the purpose of returning them to the junior teams.

A native of Hidden Valley, Pa., Eddy played his last season with Mercyhurst during the 2009-10 season. The four-year defenseman for the Lakers finished his career with 49 points (9 goals, 40 assists) in 144 career games played. He had a career-high 16 points as a freshman during the 2006-07 season (5 goals, 11 assists) and was named to the Atlantic Hockey Association's All-Rookie Team that season.

After graduation, Eddy played seven regular season games, and then eight more in the playoffs, for the Cincinnati Cyclones in the East Coast Hockey League. Last season, Eddy started with the Greenville Road Warriors in the ECHL, scoring a goal and three assists in 16 games, before ending up with Adirondack for the remainder of the year. In 47 AHL games for the Phantoms, Eddy had three goals and seven assists.