The Philadelphia Flyers have some goaltending issues. It’s not that their goalies are playing bad, it’s that they keep getting hurt.Not only that, but when they do have a healthy goaltender available he may not be able to play due to college classes.
I kid you not.
Johan Backlund, making his NHL debut yesterday in net for the Flyers, aggravated a groin injury and could miss some games this week (he’s listed as day-to-day). Carter Hutton, an emergency call up from the Adirondack Phantoms, is actually still in school at UMass-Lowell, and can’t play during the week. From Tim McManus of the Post Star (via Broad Street Hockey):
Carter Hutton, a star in a win over Hershey on Sunday, is not available midweek for the rest of the season because he’s still in college at UMass-Lowell and has a seminar he can’t miss on Wednesdays. If that last sentence doesn’t sum up where the Phantoms are with goalies right now, nothing does. Hutton will be around on weekends.
