The Calgary Flames finally saw their lengthy home-ice drought come to an end with a 3-2 victory over the visiting Phoenix Coyotes. Fans at the Saddledome could finally leave with smiles on their faces after having to endure a team-record [...]
When Calgary Flames head coach Bob Hartley elected to start noted tough guys Brian McGrattan and Kevin Westgarth, you had an idea of what could be looming for their contest against the Vancouver Canucks. The Flames had won just two of [...]
There certainly haven’t been many bright spots for the Calgary Flames of late, but there is a key one that has emerged. Mikael Backlund is finally starting to show the promise that was expected of him when he was selected [...]
Someone once said that the best strategy for winning a game was to score more goals than the other team. While that is sound advice for any NHL team, the Calgary Flames are having fits scoring more goals than the [...]
Injuries can really change the chemistry of a hockey team. No other team in the NHL knows this more than the Pittsburgh Penguins. On Friday, the Penguins announced that forward Pascal Dupuis would have season-ending ACL surgery. This is a [...]
When Brian Burke was named the President of Hockey Operations for the Calgary Flames this offseason, many NHL observers wondered just how long he would be willing to stay in the background. Well, the answer was 30 games. After an [...]
The Calgary Flames have had to endure a host of injuries during this NHL season, but none hurt more than the loss of captain Mark Giordano. The team’s No.1 defenseman returned to the lineup after missing 18 games because of [...]
Credit to the Calgary Flames, who for nearly 50 minutes looked like they would be the team to be the thorn in the Chicago Blackhawks‘ side and win the first two games of the season series between the two teams. [...]
The Calgary Flames snapped a frustrating six game winless streak with a 5-4 shootout road victory against the Winnipeg Jets. Rookie Sean Monahan continued to show poise beyond his 19 years as he had the game winning marker in the [...]
The injury bug is biting the Calgary Flames big time these days. The team will now have to make do without the services of veteran Curtis Glencross for the next six weeks because of a knee injury. He suffered a [...]