During the first period of the Flyers’ game against the Bruins at the Wells Fargo Centre on Saturday afternoon, a disturbing development occurred. After speaking with chief sports trainer Tommy Alva, Samuel Ersson was forced to leave the game at 7:36. Due to a lower-body ailment, he was forced to leave the game during the second quarter. Nothing further was known about his condition.
53 seconds before leaving, the goalie made a save. Ersson lost his skate blade as a result of the kick stop, but assistant equipment manager John Peters promptly replaced it. Ersson went up the tunnel with Alva, and Aleksei Kolosov took over in goal. The club’s emergency backup was Ivan Fedotov. Kolosov stopped 20 of 22 shots as the Flyers lost 3-0. Boston scored an empty-netter for their third goal. Regarding the 22-year-old rookie, head coach John Tortorella remarked, “I thought he fought,” “It’s a hell of a spot to put him in.” Ersson’s absence would be disastrous for the Flyers in the long run. He is their number one, and in his last two starts—both victories—he had given up only one goal For the flyers.
After the Flyers defeated the Blues 2-1 on Thursday, Nick Seeler remarked, “You know he’s going to show up for every game, he’s going to make some huge saves for us and keep us in every game.” “That’s a goalie you want to play in front of.” With Kolosov and Fedotov as rookies, the team’s backup situation is at best tenuous. Together, the two have made five NHL starts.
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