LEIGHTON’s tortuous professional road will bring him to AHL Hall of Fame | Theahl.com
Patrick WilliamsTheahl.com’s writer
In the eighteenth professional season, exempting the wires of the wires, playing in the Stanley Cup final, fighting against injuries, going abroad, returning to AHL, and returning to AHL as veterans and mentors.
Now, the American Hockey Alliance Hall of Fame.
Michael LeidenAmong the 13 separate AHL cities, 11 different NHL tissues are effective, and a large number of awards and courses have been accumulated along the way. This road began in 2001-02, General Norfolk, the prospect of the Chicago Black Eagle team, and got a place in the Ahl All -Rookie team.
“This is a big learning curve,” said Laton, “said that the season lived in Virginia Beach with several teammates. “Sometimes, it only takes time to build games and build confidence and find out your identity as a goalkeeper. I just did this in my career.
“It’s okay.”
It really does. Leighton recorded a total of 507 regular season AHL competitions. Among the goalkeeper, the league history ranked seventh. His 250 victories made him fifth in history. His 50 closing rankings ranked first, breaking the reason Johnny BowerEssence He finished with a 2.38 goals-against average and .916 save percentage in net over an AHL career that had stops in Norfolk, Rochester, Portland, Philadelphia, Albany, Adirondack, Rockford, Charlotte, Syracuse, Chicago, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Ontario and Uteca.
Leighton is still in Chicago, Nashville, Philadelphia and Corolina, participating in 111 NHL competitions. His professional peak expired in 2010. At that time, he helped take the flying people to the Stanley Cup final against the Black Eagle team. This team 11 He selected him a year ago.
This is a journey, and Leiden is glad to continue his body to allow him. He was the first season of the season. He played 52 games for the Navy in the rookie and spent 50 games in the other two games. He wants the net, his game and body let him have it. Until the second half of his career, his body began to deny that he was injured and a viral meningitis.
At the age of 43, he is operated at Michael Leighton Gotalie Academy at the goalkeeper of Michael Leighton. He held his own performance, but he was still able to give him the students who gave the hockey and life lessons.
Like the 2006-07 season in the wild, he was asked to exempt three times and conducted a transaction, making him part of the five NHL organizations in less than 12 months. However, it is this industry-the 2007 Draft Day Trading from Montreal to Carolina-Facts that even Leighton did spend most of the following campaigns with Olbani. He played the 58th career in his career in 2007-08 and won the Aldege “Baz” Bastien Award, becoming an outstanding goalkeeper. He also spent an unforgettable playoffs, became headlines on the hockey, and won 98 records in the five overtime games against Philadelphia.
The following year, Leiden finally settled in NHL full -time NHL in North Carolina in the hurricane and his growing family. But in 2009-10, the hurricane was elected as a veteran Manny LegaceLaighton to launch a crease.
Another opportunity was to die at the age of 28.
“I won’t say [angered] I, but this makes me unhappy, right? “Leiden acknowledged.” I want that place. They chose me and let me give up. The kind of burning on me a bit. “
The leaflet needs to help and claims Leiden to make himself a proof goalkeeper.
Leighton won eight in the first 10 games of Philadelphia.
Leighton continued: “I went to Philadelphia with a good attitude, but I thought I might stay there for a week or two, and then played with (Adverlaska) Phantom.” “They gave me a chance (Brian. Boucher I was injured, just the team’s confidence in me and the players, we just clicked.
“I played a bunch of games in a row and felt very good. The team performed well. I have no pressure, because so far, we have left the playoffs. I just had some rhythm and performed well. I encountered all this.”
That April, the leaflet was eligible to participate in the Stantel Cup playoffs in the regular season of the final. After defeating New Jersey in the first round, they lag behind three games against Boston in the second round. After Bocker was injured, Leighton released a game in the fifth game, blocked the brown bear in the 6th game, and then continued the leaflet for a long time to use it in the 7th game for 4-3 returns to win. They took care of Montreal and the Black Eagle team in the finals of the Eastern Conference.
The running of the leaflet was ended in the 6th game, but Leiden had the opportunity to taste the experience that most senior NHL Internet people had never done before.
“When you go to the game, everyone stands in the entire game. This is crazy, right? Around the town, everyone has the banner of the leaflet. Everyone knows who you are and are taking root for us.
However, after the spring game in Philadelphia, he played a leaflet for the leaflet next season. The disc herniation of the training camp put him next to him. The second half of his career is mainly spent on AHL. For a year and a half, a year and a half sprained, back surgery and hip joint surgery slowed down many of his career momentum. He was trapped behind Ilya Bryzgalov In Philadelphia, then Sergei Bobrovsky (Sergei Bobrovsky) In Columbus. These are the rest brought by the hockey career.
After a season in the KonTinental Hocket League, Leighton returned to AHL in 2014 and played the precious role of the young goalkeeper’s mentor and the reliable call option. He and Alex nedeljkovic,,,,, Tristan Jarry (Tristan Jarry),,,,, Casey Desmith and Connor InGram On the way to NHL.
Leighton’s parking work in the last two seasons in the parking work of Schala Chuzz, Chicago, Wilx Barry, Ontario and Utica ended his career. The wear causes losses. His family lives in Lhasar in Ontario. Finally, Leonton chose the family.
Leighton said, “It’s time to resign now.” “But in fact, I think I can continue playing for two or three years in AHL.”
He can end his career with sufficient memories and the reputation of iron clothes as the ultimate profession.
Leighton said: “I think my mentality is that I have always wanted to make a living hockey, and it is not my worst thing to be sent to AHL.” “Obviously there is a reason. I must change my way of game or do better. So every time I was sent, I regarded it as a challenge.
“I will fall, work hard, do the right thing, and have a good attitude. I eventually want to return to NHL, which plays a role.”
In that cycling, Leighton and his family must pay attention-after five transactions, four exemption claims and five contracts as free players. But he always left a deep impression, and even returned to Philadelphia, Corolina and Chicago, who returned together. Sometimes this is a kind of stress, distant, uncertain lifestyle, but it is worth it.
However, the same is true of this more stable post -life and life. LEIGHTON, Windsor, at Windsor in Ontario, has been part of the three seasons. This is the same club that he is the same as a teenager more than a teenager more than 20 years ago. After the Leiden family bypassed all these cities, they now have a stable house base.
He continues to participate in hockey, and at the same time give his wife JenniferTheir child Ella,,,,, Anil and SlydoMoreover, frankly, he was a stable life they fought for such a long time.
“I’m at home now,” Leiden said. “I’m with my children. I am instructed them and have been with them. This is my current purpose-with my family.”
In the fifty years of the American Hockey Alliance, theahl.com writer Patrick Williams is currently covering the alliance of NHL.COM and FLOSPORTS, and is the regular contributor of Siriusxm Nhl New Network Radio. He won AHL James H. Ellri Commemorative Award for his outstanding league report in 2016.
