STONE HARBOR, N.J. – Joel Farabee, whose hockey skills made him the Flyers’ 14th overall pick in last week’s NHL draft, wasn’t sure his beach volleyball skills would quite stack up.
But a few volleys and a lot of sandy dives later, Farabee found himself the champion of a tournament composed of teams of Flyers prospects and Coast Guard members, capping Wednesday’s edition of the annual Trial on the Isle. The left winger, along with teammates Ivan Fedotov, Mikhail Vorobyev and Mark Friedman, barely had a moment to celebrate before being mobbed with requests for fan photos.
“We had a tough start, we lost the first two games, and then we kind of swept from there on,” Farabee said.