ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Thrashers acquired defenseman Francis Lessard from the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday in exchange for defenseman David Harlock and two picks in the 2003 draft.

Lessard, 22, has six assists and 251 penalty minutes in 60 games this season for the Philadelphia Phantoms in the AHL. The 6-foot-2, 220-pound native of Montreal is the team's career leader with 997 penalty minutes in 202 games.

Harlock, 31, has split this season between Atlanta and Chicago of the AHL. He has two goals, nine assists and 28 penalty minutes in 24 games with the Wolves and one assist and 18 penalty minutes in 19 games with Atlanta.

The Flyers also received third- and seventh-round draft picks next year.