Flyers call up goalie Carter Hutton
The Flyers lost another goalie on Saturday in Pittsburgh.
Flyers call up goalie Carter Hutton
*UPDATE*
The Flyers have called up goalie Carter Hutton, freshly signed from UMass-Lowell, to replace the injured Johan Backlund on the Flyers' roster.
Hutton was signed last week by the Flyers, straight from college.
Hutton, 24, played his college hockey at the University of Massachusetts Lowell of Hockey
Hutton completed his four-year career at UMass-Lowell as the school's all-time leader in shutouts (10) and goals-against average (2.33) and is tied for the career lead in save percentage (0.913)
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First it was Ray Emery.
Then it was Brian Boucher, followed by Michael Leighton.
And today it was Johan Backlund.
As the Flyers’ fourth starting goalie this season, Backlund was forced to leave his NHL debut against the Penguins after the second period with a re-aggravated groin injury. Backlund was seen stretching through numerous stoppages at Mellon Arena.
Boucher replaced him to start the third period.
But it wasn’t because of Backlund’s performance. Backlund stopped 22-of-24 shots and gave the Flyers, who scored just 62 seconds into the contest, a chance to win.
They ultimately fell, 4-1, to the Penguins – and thanks to a Bruins 5-0 win over Calgary – dropped into 8th place in the Eastern Conference.
Backlund first injured his groin with the Phantoms in a 2-1 overtime win against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on March 14. It kept him from being recalled as Boucher’s backup when Leighton went down in Nashville on March 16.
Jeremy Duchesne was Boucher’s backup for four games until Thursday’s 4-3 loss to Minnesota.
There has been no word from the Flyers yet as to whether Duchesne will need to be re-called to replace Backlund for Sunday’s matchup with the Devils at the Wachovia Center.
The Flyers aren’t yet out of the woods today, though. More damage can be done with games remaining on the docket from the Rangers and Thrashers, who are nipping at the floundering Flyers’ heels.
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This team is a bunch of DOGS. Quitters. No heart. Excuse makers. You should all be ashamed.— jibberjabber- Can't fight through adversity. No guts, No heart. First time I have truly felt like this in a long long time.— Momus
- Their next drop is right out of the playoffs.— BobbyD
- Ugh, this is painful...on the upside, the Phillies start in a week to numb the pain— Timmy
- Are you kidding me? This is the best question Philly.com could come up with???— Maximus25
- I know we are not the most popular team in the league but after watching today's game I am convinced that the entire world is against us! Gagne's disallowed goal was one thing (Flower out of the crease, no penalty called, no whistle, goal signaled on the ice) but when Flower throws his goalie stick at Giroux and no penalty shot results there needs to be a review of the refereeing in this game by the league! Yes we were outplayed AGAIN so not to make excuses but if we have to continue to beat the refs and the opponent we may as well pack it in now...— BleedOrange
- They Flyers may not be great and their goal tending is a HUGE issue, but they will never win when they have to take on a very good team and terrible officiating at the same time.— SFPhillyphan
- Wow......it took 6 comments in for the first Kool aid drinker to start placing blame on others.— jibberjabber
- I think we should change the name "Flyers" to "Cryers"— Tom5576
Comment removed.- Horrible officiating as usual. Fleury threw his stick, no call. Cooke crosschecks a Flyer which results in a Penguin goal, no call. Flyers probably would have lost anyway, but officials don't need to help the Penguins.— cnova000
- LOL! Concerned about the goalie situation?! Why, is it January again!? Sweet. I get that Super Bowl party all over.— aezoll
- first off jibberjabber your posts are meant for the trashbin. Moving on- this game was an abortion of officiating, first the flyers get screwed on something that ends up being a wash, not goalie interference and not a goal. How come Fluery can spend his time a foot and a half outside the crease? Second, no holding the stick call which led to goal 3? and third, what in god's name did hartnell do to end up in the box to see goal 4? Normally I do hold the Flyers accountable but not if the officials are wrapping up the game in black and yellow paper to give to the golden boy and the rest of the Pittsburgh trailer trash. Yeah it does suck that Backlund left the game and I gotta ask what goalie spirit did the flyers p*** off in order to get this kind of bad luck with netminders????— Phillyaddicted
- Jibber jabber, it has nothing to do with KoolAid or being a homer... if you watched the games we played against the Pens, and today was no different, you will see bias. Thrown stick, phantom calls, blown calls... unbelieveable. I think the NHL wants Crosby to run for Prime Minister of Canada next.— PhillyzkidSC
- Folks, the officiating has been atrocious for the latter part of this year. Missed calls, phantom calls, using the stadium arenavision to overturn a goal...I have heard and seen everything now. When will the NHL owners realize that they are a 2nd rate sport with the terrible officiating, poor replay in Toronto and bias for the superstars. Time to remove the commisioner and his band of cronies. College hockey is becoming more credible. What a disgrace.— sugardoc54
