After practice on Wednesday (October 14, 2026), Tocchet was asked about “scooter skating,” a term forward Trevor Zegras had used. He explained that good teams have the fourth man (usually a defenseman) delay and “scooter” (slow their skating to time the entry properly) when the play is delayed. Referring to the previous night’s game, he said there were multiple instances where the Flyers’ defense got too aggressive:
“If you watched us last night, there were four instances where our defense are too… I can’t use the word. They’re too… if you heard the word, I can’t say it,” Flyers’ Head Coach Rick Tocchet says.
Tocchet continued, “After a pause he went for it: “I can say it, they’re too horny, right? They get up in the play, and they get too… so you have to just slow your skating down. The delay comes and then you scoot your skating, so you time it right, and then you get your shot. We were getting in too close.”
In short, he meant the defensemen were too eager/rushing the play instead of timing their involvement for better scoring chances. The team worked on it in practice. The quote (and the inevitable jokes) spread quickly among Flyers fans.
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