The Philadelphia Flyers are bringing up one of their young blueliners down in the AHL as an insurance policy for Monday night’s game against the Colorado Avalanche.
As announced by the team on Monday morning, they have recalled defenseman Helge Grans from the Lehigh Valley Phantoms on an emergency basis. In a coinciding move, the Flyers have placed goaltender Sam Ersson on the Injured Reserve list.
An emergency recall is used when a team cannot put six defenseman (or 12 forwards or two goaltenders) in the lineup. With Emil Andrae unavailable and Cam York not back quite yet, the Flyers had to make this move.