IT WAS probably the hardest practice the Flyers had since training camp, and there weren't many smiles to be had when players started filtering off the ice.
But then Jake Voracek, who has yet to score this year, saw Liam Idzi and couldn't help but smile.
Idzi, 8, came from Madison, Wis., with his family and nurse thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Idzi is confined to a wheelchair because he's been diagnosed with cerebral palsy and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, a difficult-to-treat form of epilepsy.
"After that practice, when you look at that kid and try to make him happy, it's an awesome feeling," Voracek said.