 Skolney signed with the Flyers as an undrafted free agent on May 20, 2002 and spent four seasons with the AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms, winning the Calder Cup in the 2004–05 season.He played in only one game for the Flyers.Skolney spent his final three professional seasons in Europe, playing for the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga from 2007 to 2009 and Acroni Jesenice of the Austrian Erste Bank Eishockey Liga during the 2010–11 season.