Written By: Mark “The Hard Hitter” Ritter
NHL.com is reporting that Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ray Emery has an abdominal tear and may be out as long as six weeks.
The news comes at a tumultuous time for the Flyers, a team that is currently marred in a five game losing streak and has just made a coaching change.
Emery, who is thought to have suffered the injury three weeks ago, has struggled of late after starting the season very strong. The Flyers are not using the injury as an excuse, but it sure sheds light on why Emery’s play had taken such a sudden nosedive. Emery will likely go under the knife on Wednesday.
With Emery gone, that leaves Flyers backup, Brian Boucher, to take over the number one job in between the pipes. Boucher, much l ...
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