The Flyers announced that they’ve recalled defenseman Adam Ginning from AHL Lehigh Valley under emergency conditions. With Yegor Zamula sidelined due to illness, Philly was forced to dress 13 forwards and five defensemen in Saturday’s 7-0 drubbing at the hands of the Lightning.
Ginning, 24, is expected to play his second game this season when the Sharks visit the Flyers tomorrow. Philadelphia had summoned him under emergency conditions last week as well but returned him to Lehigh Valley on deadline day to make him eligible to play in the Calder Cup Playoffs.
Since Ginning is coming up on an emergency loan, the Flyers still reserve all of their four post-deadline standard recalls. The Flyers are down to $652K in cap space, so they’ll need to make a corresponding transaction if further recalls are necessary.
A second-round pick of the Flyers in 2018, Ginning is in the back half of his two-year entry-level contract, which carries a $884K cap hit. He’s only in his second season playing with the Flyers in North America but has been playing pro hockey for much longer, debuting with Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League all the way back in 2016-17. The shutdown prospect transitioned excellently to Lehigh Valley last season but has had a bit of a sophomore slump in 2023-24, posting two goals and 13 points with a -8 rating in 53 games. He was a +24 with 19 points in 68 games last season.
His lone NHL appearance this year came last Thursday against the Panthers, in which he recorded a -1 rating, five hits, and one block in 18:11 of ice time. He’s expected to skate in a third-pairing role alongside another recent call-up, Ronald Attard, against the Sharks as Philadelphia tries to keep pace in the Metropolitan Division playoff race without head coach John Tortorella for the next two games.