Alex Lyon, thrust into the hot seat as the Flyers’ No 1 goalie because of injuries, is not your typical pro athlete.
For one, he is Ivy League educated. Oh, and as part of his requirements to graduate from Yale with a degree in political science, he needs to write a senior thesis. The subject: global nuclear war.
“It’s always been something that interested me,” he said earlier this season.
But before he heads back to Yale, probably in the summer, Lyon has another mission: Helping steer the surging Flyers to a high seeding in the Stanley Cup playoffs.