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Hakstol puts listless Flyers through tough practice

One day after an embarrassing 4-0 loss to Colorado, Flyers coach Dave Hakstol turned into a drill sergeant.

The rookie coach put his team through rigorous one-on-one and two-on-two battle drills at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. The one-on-ones started behind the net, while the two-on-twos began about 25 feet from the goalie.

There was lots of intensity, lots of contact, lots of players sprawled on the ice after hits.

"We weren't happy with our compete level [Tuesday] . . . so we came out and worked at it today in practice," Hakstol said. "It was a hard work day.