VOORHEES, N.J. – Jett Luchanko broke into the NHL last season at the age of 18 with a brief four-game trial.

This year he’s hoping to make it 40.

Or more.

The Flyers forward opened some eyes with his feats of derring-do. He probably could have stuck around longer if not for a rule that a first-year rookie can only play a total of nine games and then he either goes back to junior or has to stay with his NHL team the rest of the season.

So the London, Ontario native returned to his Guelph (OHL) club and played well, registering 56 points in 46 games.

Just two days into the current training camp, Luchanko looks fully recovered from a lingering groin injury from last season and ready to go.

Hard to believe he just turned 19 a month ago.

The week or two he spent with the Flyers was a goo

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