It is the best of both worlds for former Windsor Spitfires player and coach Michael Leighton. He wanted to remain in hockey, ...

After seven seasons, Philadelphia Flyers playoff hero Michael Leighton is back in the NHL... just not as a player.

Michael Leighton is heading across the Detroit River to continue his coaching career. After three seasons as goaltending ...

Originally a sixth round pick by the Chicago Blackhawks in 1999, he played more than 700 Heather Wright/The Independent A ...

Leighton, 44, joins the Wings after spending parts of three seasons as the goaltending coach of the Ontario Hockey League's ...

Michael Leighton hasn’t saved all his jerseys. He’d have a warehouse full of them if he did. Leighton donned his goalie gear for 21 total pro teams in the regular season and playoffs.

The Detroit Red Wings had a vacancy to fill after deciding to part ways with goaltending coach Alex Westlund in late April.

Michael Leighton played professional hockey for 21 teams in 18 years. He just retired at age 38 and tells NPR's Scott Simon about his career as a journeyman goalie.

ROCKFORD, Ill. – Five-and-a-half years later, Rockford IceHogs goaltender Michael Leighton thinks he has an answer for Patrick Kane’s Stanley Cup-clinching goal. Leighton, who was the ...

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