PHILADELPHIA – Travis Sanheim has the NHL’s third-highest minutes-per-game average (26:05) so far this season. His Flyers defense partner, Cam York, is not far behind, with his 24:48 ranking eighth.

Is this a formula for sustained success?

Less than a fifth of the way through this season, the two defensemen have piled up eye-opening numbers. Sanheim went into Wednesday night’s game against Edmonton with more than six hours of playing time under his belt and York, who missed the first three games of the season due to injury, was on the threshold of five hours.

At Wednesday morning’s skate at the Flyers Training Center in Voorhees, N.J., coach Rick Tocchet said he was aware of his top defensive pair’s playing time and that he would keep a close eye on the situation as the schedule gets ev

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