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04/06/11 The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have recalled G Michael Leighton from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, according to general manager Paul Holmgren.
04/06/11 OTTAWA - No time is a good time, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said. For now, the Flyers wait. Yesterday at noon, the Flyers set a 24-hour timer on their watch that will let them know at noon today whether goaltender Michael Leighton is still a part of their organization.
04/02/11 Michael Leighton extended his own AHL modern-era record for most shutouts in a career with his 33rd such gem in a 3-0 victory over the previously streaking Syracuse Crunch. Syracuse had their five game winning streak snapped at the hands of the Phantoms who won the season series seven games to one.
03/13/11 Michael Leighton made 28 saves for his third shutout of the season and 32nd all-time in his AHL career leading the way to a 3-0 victory at the Spring Falcons Sunday afternoon.
01/10/11 This past week, the Adirondack Phantoms goaltending drastically changed as the Philadelphia Flyers assigned goaltender Michael Leighton to the AHL affiliate while goaltenders Nic Riopel and Brian Stewart were loaned to Greenville and Bakersfield of the ECHL.
01/05/11 About seven months after he sparked the Flyers into the Stanley Cup Finals with three shutouts against Montreal in the conference finals, Flyers goalie Michael Leighton cleared waivers Tuesday and was sent to the Adirondack Phantoms.
01/05/11 When the clock struck noon yesterday, Michael Leighton was left without a date for the dance. Leighton was waived, for the fifth time in his NHL career, by the Flyers on Monday. He had hoped to stay in the NHL.
01/04/11 A year ago, goalie Michael Leighton was the waiver-wire wonder who helped rescue the Flyers' floundering season and push them into the Stanley Cup Finals.
01/03/11 The Flyers waived goaltender Michael Leighton, general manager Paul Holmgren announced, meaning Philadelphia, tied for first place in the Atlantic Division with Pittsburgh, will go with Brian Boucher and Sergei Bobrovsky the rest of the way.
01/03/11 The Philadelphia Flyers placed goaltender Michael Leighton on waivers on Monday in hopes of clearing up a logjam in net.
12/10/10 Syracuse, NY (December 10, 2010) - Erick Gustafsson recorded five points (1g, 4a), Michael Ryan and Denis Hamel had three points each (1g, 2a) and Michael Leighton stopped 29 shots to lift the visiting Adirondack Phantoms to a 5-2 victory over the Syracuse Crunch tonight at The Oncenter War Memorial Arena.
12/06/10 It appears that area Phantoms fans will get to see Michael Leighton in action at the Glens Falls Civic Center after all. The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have been granted an extension by the NHL that will allow Michael Leighton to stay with the Phantoms for another week.
12/05/10 ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - The Albany Devils had to go through Stanley Cup finalist goaltender Michael Leighton to claim a 4-2 victory against Adirondack on Sunday afternoon at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall. The win was the Devils' second in as many nights and they now own a 2-1 advantage in the Time Warner Cable Cup series.
11/30/10 The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have loaned 6-3, 186-lb goaltender Michael Leighton to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, for a six-day conditioning period, according to general manager Paul Holmgren.
11/30/10 The Flyers have loaned goaltender Michael Leighton to Adirondack, their AHL affilifate, for a six-day conditioning assignment, general manager Paul Holmgren said today.
11/20/10 With the first quarter of the season out of the way, it seems the hangover from an Eastern Conference Finals victory and a heart breaking defeat in the Stanley Cup Finals didn't last very long. The Philadelphia Flyers, who lost to the Chicago Blackhawks last year in the Finals, have had the deck stacked against them since Patrick Kane trickled a shot through the legs of Michael Leighton. There ...
10/08/10 Flyers goalie Michael Leighton will undergo surgery next week to repair a bulging disc in his back. The 2010 NHL playoff standout is expected to miss six to eight weeks.
09/29/10 NEWARK, N.J. - Paul Holmgren called Michael Leighton's latest injury setback a "bombshell." For most, it was less surprising that the general manager revealed yesterday that Leighton will miss at least the first month of the season with a bulging diskin his lower back, given his ambiguous handling of the injury on Monday.
09/29/10 Saying he was thrown a "curveball" by a pair of physicians who examined Michael Leighton on Monday night and Tuesday morning, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren said Tuesday that his starting goaltender will be sidelined at least a month with a...
06/10/10 Patrick Kane sneaked the puck past Michael Leighton 4:10 into overtime and stunned the Philadelphia Flyers to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 overtime win in Game 6 on Wednesday night for their first NHL championship since 1961.
06/07/10 PHILADELPHIA - Flyers coach Peter Laviolette has decided which goalie will start Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals. He just won't say if it's Michael Leighton or Brian Boucher. | 
