Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsA quick browse of the roster sheets at the opening day of Calgary Flames training camp leads to one quick conclusion. There are a lot of players in camp who are already under contract. Between AHL and NHL contracts, there are 56 Flames hopefuls who already have a contract in hand for the upcoming season. ...
The weather cools down, the days get shorter and it seems hockey fans across the nation are salivating as the season of puck approaches. While fans are trading in their flip-flops for closed toe shoes as they enter the arena for the first time in months, many NHL prospects are eagerly awaiting their chance ...
For the second straight season, the Calgary Flames’ green-horns took their sticks, pads and skates to the South Okanagan Events Center in Penticton, British Columbia for the Young Stars Tournament. Hosted by the Vancouver Canucks, the eight-game affair pitted the top prospects of five squads (Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Edmonton and San Jose) against each other. ...
For the second year in a row, the Calgary Flames head to British Columbia to kick off the rookie portion of their training camp. The Vancouver Canucks host the Young Stars Tournament in Penticton, B.C. from September 11-15, where five teams (the Canucks, Flames, San Jose Sharks, Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers) do battle in ...
When the Calgary Flames made the Dion Phaneuf trade and drank down a fifth of the Toronto Maple Leafs roster, sticks, stones, and names were thrown at a then floundering team. They were called Toronto West, had taken five struggling players from the John Ferguson Jr./Cliff Fletcher dynasty (including Vesa Toskala), and had fans that ...
By James Phieffer – Special to TheHockeyWriters.com I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Wade Belak. I didn’t know him, but when I heard he had taken his own life, I realized I understood him. Suicide is the most extreme symptom of mental illness. And that is something I know, having dealt ...
Former Toronto Maple Leaf Wade Belak hanged himself, according to a report today from the Associated Press. A source close to the case shared this information on the condition that their identity would not be disclosed. Belak’s suicide, the third death among NHL enforcers since May, has inspired something rarely seen in hockey: cooperation between ...
Here’s what you need to know about Wade Belak:
As scary and dangerous as he could be on the ice, Wade Belak could be completely done in by a five-year-old staring across the table at him during a player meet and greet at the Nashville Zoo. Same goes for the kids he encountered at Monroe Carell, Jr Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt or anywhere else he might be recognised.
Seven years after packing his bags and heading to Canada, Daymond Langkow is on the move again. This time, he’s headed back to the desert. On August 27, 2004, the Phoenix Coyotes sent Langkow to the Calgary Flames in exchange for blueliner Denis Gauthier and forward Oleg Saprykin. On Monday afternoon, seven years and two ...
The 2010-11 season was the 30th season played by the Calgary Flames. As the next season quickly approaches, we present a three-part look back at 30 seasons of the Flames, one decade at a time. Part 1, The 1980s Part 2, The 1990s Part 3, The 2000s PART THREE: 2000-01 to 2010-11 FALSE STARTS ...
