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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If April is near, it must be time for the Flyers to fly south. Too many knuckleheaded North Americans, and not enough skilled Europeans. But will they learn? Flyers management is still living in the glory of the 1970s.— phillyfury- Injuries will provide excuse to not fire Holmgren. He's built an overrated, under-performing team the last 2 seasons. we've lacked a solid goalie for decades. Holmgren and Snider GOTTA GO!— Nezhy
- How can "incidental contact" lead to a goal being overturned? It's either a goal or a goalie interference penalty. The officiating when we play the Pens is such a joke.— BlairW
- The only good thing is that the Flyers would have been eliminated in the first round anyway. Also, this supports my earlier contention that the Flyers never should have changed coaches. This new one has done nothing beneficial.— knebman
- FIRE HOLMGREN gave away our future in all those top draft picks. WE're renting Pronger for a year or two, while Lupul, Upshal, Sbisa all gone. Brilliant.— Nezhy
- You all can blame the officiating all you want, but PLEASE will you just admit, JUST THIS ONCE that between injuries and poor playing by those not accustomed to starting, the Flyers have been playing themselves out of the playoffs. Yes, there are bias calls against the Flyers, there's really no arguing that, but you still have to score when you have the opportunities and the Flyers just haven't been able to do that. And, as has always been the situation, NO CONSISTENT GOALTENDING is the main issue right now. There has to come a point when Flyers fans just admit that it's the players fault more so than other problems. Again, this isn't to say poor officiating doesn't put them in a hole SOMETIMES, but it's definitely not the only reason they have been consistently losing. Last I checked, giving up two 3rd period goals to the Wild isn't exactly the way to play your way into the playoffs.— aisaac
- I don't think the Flyers are a very good team, but you can't have officiating this bad in a league and expect people to take your sport seriously.— ericg610
- This team stinks, and if they missed the playoffs altogether that would be the best thing to happen to them.....they're farcical. Blaming the officiating is the only thing more laughable.— boasocal
- The word that best describes this team right now is hapless. The forwards are the biggest problem: soft, inconsistent, and in the cases of JVR and Giroux, simply not experienced enough yet. One small good thing: Backlund didn't look bad. He's fairly big, and unlike Leighton, it looks like he can move and has a glove hand. Of course it was only two periods. Boucher was fine in 3rd: goals totally not his fault and a great save on Crosby on that play where the net ended up dislodged.— eagle1971
Richards is wimpy as a Captain...sorry!- Sixers vs Flyers... one Common thread The OWNER Ed Snider.... stop taking these teams as a Hobby and Tax writeoff!
My life will be better off just lapsing into a coma for the next week or two. It pains me to see the Flyers miss the playoffs as that sure seems to be their final destination. When they missed the playoffs in 1972 they were in it until the final four seconds of the season. This year instead it has been death by a thousand cuts. Fire both Luukko and Holmgren. Their fingerprints are all over the crime scene. Bring back Ron Hextall as the new GM as he seems to be learning a thing or two about building a winning team in Los Angeles.- How many years have we been blaming the refs?It all evens out in the end.The problem is the other team plays better.We will never win as long as Bobby Clarke and his puppets are running things.A complete change in philosophy is needed.As long as Clarke and our fans care more about winning fights and hard hits than about winning the game,WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DOOMED!— gatherer47
This team is another bust.- Bring in Al "Scoop" Millar!!!— gakski
