Well last night Flyers lost to the Preds in a shoot-out. Which to be honest should of never got to that point because the Fly guys were down 3-1 when Leighton got injured and had to leave the game. The Injury is considered a high ankle sprain. And I know all about those. Having had a high ankle sprain myself in which required “clean-up” surgery that eventually evolved into reconstructive ankle surgery (which involves having a plastic dissolvable screw). Being called a “day to day” high ankle sprain injury is never good. Then again athletes today have amazing recovery times and such better equipment.
Heres what was said about it all from philly.com
Holmgren said Leighton is day-to-day “for now,” but high ankle sprains have a tendency to take a while to heal.
“I just went to get the puck and I got away from the net, fell back and felt something pop,” Leighton said after the game, which marked his 15th consecutive start.
“It was weird. Standing up I felt fine, but in my stance the pain was not going away.”
Leighton said he expected to have an MRI today.
According to a source late last night, the Flyers have promoted Adirondack Phantoms backup goalie Jeremy Duchesne, who will meet the team today in Dallas. The Flyers play the Stars tomorrow night.
The Phantoms’ starter, Johan Backlund, has been called up a few times this season to back up during injuries but never has appeared in a game. He probably would have been Leighton’s replacement but has an upper-body injury and did not practice yesterday with the Phantoms.
Duchesne, 23, was selected by the Flyers in the fourth round of the 2005 draft. He attended Flyers training camp last September before being assigned to Adirondack.
He is the son of former NHL player Gaetan Duchesne.
Former Phantoms backup John Grahame, who has NHL experience, was claimed by Colorado at the trade deadline.
