Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 5:11 PM | 2 comments |
 

Leighton gets call; Emery fine, GM says
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   Goalie Michael Leighton (remember him?) will get the start for the Flyers Wednesday night in Edmonton.

   Coach Peter Laviolette wrestled with the decision for most of the day before finally deciding to give Leighton his first start since Jan. 14.

   Ray Emery, coming off a 3-0 win in Calgary Monday, had started the last eight games since returning from an abdominal injury. Emery had a 2.17 GAA in that span, and it was 1.75 if you take away his first game back, a 5-3 loss in Washington.

   Ninety minutes before Wednesday's game, general manager Paul Holmgren refuted a CSN report that Emery had a groin injury.

   Asked if Emery was injured, Holmgren said, "Absolutely not. He's fine."

   Leighton rescued the Flyers' season in Emery's absence. He made 11 straight starts and was 8-1-1 with one no-decision. During that span, he had a 2.34 GAA and a .923 save percentage.

   The Flyers on Wednesday will face an Edmonton team that is coming off just its second win in the last 22 games.

   Brian Boucher will serve as Leighton's backup Wednesday.

 
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Sam Carchidi is in his fourth year as the Flyers' beat reporter. He became an Inquirer staff writer in 1984 and covered mostly South Jersey high school sports and the Phillies before taking the Flyers beat.

Carchidi has written three books _ the nationally acclaimed Miracle in the Making: The Adam Taliaferro Story, which he co-authored with Scott Brown; Bill Campbell: The Voice of Philadelphia Sports; and Standing Tall: The Kevin Everett Story, which was featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show. He also contributed to a 1993 Inquirer book on the Phillies.

A lifelong South Jersey resident, Carchidi lives in Wenonah with his wife, JoAnn, and their two children, Sara and Sammy.

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