AHL Milwaukee Admirals

Predators Reassign Goehring, Lehtonen

Published on November 27, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Milwaukee Admirals News Release


Milwaukee, WI- Nashville Predators Executive Vice President/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has claimed goaltender Michael Leighton on waivers from the Anaheim Ducks. The Predators also activated defenseman Mikko Lehtonen from injured reserve and assigned him and goaltender Karl Goehring to the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League.

Leighton is 8-6-1 with a 2.31 goals-against average and two shutouts in 16 games with the Portland Pirates this season. The 6-3, 186-pound native of Petrolia, Ont. is tied for third in the AHL in wins, is tied for second in shutouts and ranks fourth in goals-against average. Leighton is 8-12-10 with a 2.96 goals-against average in 42 career NHL games with Chicago. He was originally Chicago's fifth choice, 165th overall (sixth round), in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.

Goehring has appeared in eight games for the Admirals this season, posting a record of 3-4-0 with a 3.60 goals-against average. The AHL veteran signed as a free agent with Nashville on July 17, 2006 after splitting last season between Jokerit Helsinki (Finland) and San Antonio of the AHL. A standout at North Dakota (WCHA) from 1997-2001, the Apple Valley, Minn. native went on to play for Syracuse (AHL), where he registered at least 17 wins in three of four seasons (2001-05) with the Crunch.

Lehtonen, a native of Oulu Finland, has a goal and two assists in 14 games so far this season with the Predators.

The Admirals are back in action tomorrow night in Hamilton in the fifth game of a ten-game road trip. The team's next home game will be on Wednesday, December 13th at 7:00 pm versus the Grand Rapids Griffins. For tickets fans can call Ticketmaster at (414) 276-4545 or log on to www.ticketmaster.com.

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