Michael Leighton told reporters after Monday’s practice that he’s NHL ready and expects top be cleared after being examined on Tuesday. If Leighton is cleared, the FLyers will need to remover a player from their 23-man roster to make room for him and it appears they will place defenseman Matt Walker on their injury list. Flyers GM Paul Holmgren said Walker injured his hip in a game with the Phantoms over the weekend, but said, “I’m not sure” when asked how the injury occurred, leading to some speculation that Holmgren is fabricating Walker’s injury so that he can place him on the injured list, which removes him from the 23-man active roster, making room for Leighton.

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Philadelphia Flyers forward Jody Shelley has been suspended for two games and will forfeit $11,827.96 in salary for delivering a hit from behind to Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid in NHL game #425, on December 11, the National Hockey League announced today. Shelley’s fine is based on his average annual salary and is calculated under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund. The incident occurred at 5:08 of the second period. Shelley was assessed a major penalty for checking from behind and a game misconduct.

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Goaltender Michael Leighton is back practicing with the Flyers today but has not yet been removed from the NHL’s injured list. Once he’s added, the Flyers will need to make room for him. They are at the current limit of 23 players. Peter Laviolette is not running the FLyers’ practice.

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Flyers defenseman Matt Walker and his wife Kate are the proud parents of a 6-lbs, 8-oz, baby girl named Georgia Isabel Walker, born today at Pennsylvania Hospital at 5:32 a.m. She is their first child. Everyone is doing fine.

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Nothing upsets Peter Laviolette more than having a team that leads the NHL in minor penalties. Unless of course, a flurry of penalties leads to blowing a three-goal lead in the third period. That’s what happened Wednesday night against the San Jose Sharks, when an interference penalty to Jeff Carter and a double-minor for high sticking to Danny Briere led to the Flyers blowing a 4-1 lead en route to a 5-4 shootout loss at home. “The reason we blew the 4-1 lead was because of penalties,” Laviolette said. “They take the flow out of the bench, they kill the game and they can send it in the other direction.

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At some point this month the Flyers will be forced to make Michael Leighton a part of their 23-man roster. Thanks to an appeal by general manager Paul Holmgren and some leniency by the NHL, that decision has been delayed at least one week. The NHL granted the Flyers permission to extend Leighton’s rehab assignment with the Phantoms for an additional two games, meaning he can return to the Phantoms and play two of their three games this weekend when they visit the Syracuse Crunch on Friday, return home to face the Portland Pirates on Saturday, and hit the road to face the Connecticut Whale on Sunday

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Flyers GM Paul Holmgren and goaltender Michael Leighton held conference calls on Monday afternoon. Below is a transcript of Holmgren; one of Leighton will follow shortly. Q: Can you give us your update on Michael Leighton now? “In terms of his health?” Q: In terms of his health and what you’re going to do with him at this point. “Well, he through the games on the weekend good, in my opinion he still needs more work

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Flyers goaltender Michael Leighton Q: Can you talk about your weekend with the Phantoms, both health-wise and game play? “First of all, it was good for me to just get out and play some games. I got a good four days of practice in, which I think for me, was the biggest thing just to get out and get a whole hour, hour and a half practice and get a full net to myself. The weekend for me, it was obviously disappointing. We had two losses.

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In a rare American Hockey League game at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Sunday, goaltender Michael Leighton allowed two third-period goals, including one shorthanded, as the Adirondack Phantoms fell to the Albany Devils 4-2 for their 10th straight loss. In two rehab starts for the Phantoms following Oct.

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When Michael Leighton signed a two-year contract extension with the Flyers last summer, he was the club’s No. 1 netminder. Now he is one step closer to either returning to their roster or being added to someone else’s. Leighton underwent back surgery on Oct.

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