Michael Leighton

Ducks make moves as deals materialize close to the trading deadline

2013-04-04 00:00:00

Like the NHL season, the annual deadline-day trading frenzy was late in starting. But a flurry of deals in the hour before Wednesday's noon Pacific time cutoff changed the complexion of several teams and added depth to others hoping for long playoff runs....

Ducks acquire center Matthew Lombardi on dull deadline day

2013-04-03 14:19:00

The Ducks acquired center Matthew Lombardi from the Phoenix Coyotes for left wing Brandon McMillan on Wednesday, a deal completed shortly before the NHL’s noon Pacific time trade deadline. The Kings made no trades on Wednesday. They made their big...

Blue Jackets: Hope springs from remarkable stretch

2013-04-30 03:54:03

It was the most memorable two-month stretch of play the Blue Jackets have ever put together, a 19-5-5 supernova that captured the city and launched the Jackets from fewest points in the NHL on Feb. 24 to one point shy of a spot in the Stanley Cup...

Blue Jackets notebook: Idle Jackets watch, wait

2013-04-25 04:04:02

The Blue Jackets aren't used to this. Not the playoff race they are running but rather the idle time they have spent in front of their televisions the past three days. "We're all kind of creatures of habit and routines, and this season has been...

Scoreboard -- April 3, 3013

2013-04-03 22:48:00

|TV SPORTS| Major League Baseball--Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh Pirates, 11:30 a.m. (WGN); Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins, Noon (FXSP) Tennis--WTA Family Circle Cup, Noon (ESPN2) NBA Basketball--Chicago Bulls at Brooklyn Nets, 6 p.m. (TNT); San...

The Hall truth: Eddie O deserves it

2012-07-12 06:32:00

One of the best ambassadors a sport could ask forjust earned one of his sport’s highest honors. One of the best salesmen for a league that needs it was just named to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. Congratulations, Eddie Olczyk, local hero, class...

Flyers goaltending must improve

2012-04-18 20:14:00

PHILADELPHIA — Brooms were in the stands, but there was nothing to sweep. The Pittsburgh Penguins made sure of that. Not only did the Penguins stave off playoff elimination by avoiding a four-game sweep by the Philadelphia Flyers with Wednesday's...

Flyers need a goalie for any chance to win the Pittsburgh series

2012-04-20 12:25:00

A funny thing happened in one of the most high-scoring playoff series in NHL history on Wednesday night. A goalie showed up. Unfortunately for the Philadelphia Flyers, it wasn't one of theirs. And they need one of theirs, any one of theirs, to show up...

Dave Bolland: Anatomy of a shorthanded goal

2011-12-21 13:21:00

Dave Bolland admits to being a cheater—though not the kind who gets suspended. "I think sometimes I might gamble too much [and] it may come back and bite me," the Blackhawks center said of his approach to penalty killing. "But I think … you'...

Tribune photos provide clue in case of missing Blackhawks Stanley Cup puck

2011-06-07 19:00:00

A year after Patrick Kane fired a shot into the goal in overtime to give the Blackhawks their first Stanley Cup championship since 1961, the game-winning puck is still missing. The rubber disc hasn't been found since it was dug out of the net while the...

Adirondack Phantoms goaltender and NHL journeyman Michael Leighton (#49) has spent significant time with the Flyers in previous seasons, logging 104 games between the pipes with the Orange and Black.

2012-02-15 14:58:52

. The puck went in like a flash and under the goal, and for a moment no one in the arena knew what had happened. Except Kane. "I knew it was in right away," Kane said. "It was crazy. At the moment it's just like, 'We won the Stanley Cup' and that's all you're thinking about.

2011-07-07 00:00:00