Flyers mysteriously lose goaltender Samuel Ersson in the first period.

The Philadelphia Flyers have lost their goaltender, presumably to some type of injury, although I must admit that no one really seems to know what is going on just yet.

On Saturday, the Flyers welcomed the Boston Bruins to the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia but things quickly took a turn for the worst during the game's first period. Just a little over 7 minutes into the game Flyers goaltender Samuel Ersson appeared to pull himself out of the game after a lull in the action, leaving nothing but questions regarding why he was exiting the contest.

After a stoppage in play and a subsequent commercial break, Ersson could be seen talking to both a member of the Flyers training staff and a National Hockey League official as the other officials tried to drop the puck at the other end of the ice. Ersson, the official, and the trainer spoke briefly on camera for a few moments before Ersson would leave the ice and not return.

The Flyers have issued a comment on the situation but they aren't saying much, stating only that general manager Daniel Briere is confirming that Ersson will not return to the game today. Again this leads me to believe that there may have been some type of injury at play here, but that is purely speculation on my part at this time.

Briere has indicated that he hopes to have more information once the game has concluded, but we will have to wait and see if that is indeed the case as the game is still ongoing at the time of this writing.

Ersson has played an important role for the Flyers this season, appearing in 8 of their 11 games thus far, and any injury that keeps him out of the lineup would be bad news for a Flyers team that has struggled to start the season with a record of 4-6-1.