DETROIT- Intensity abounded as a game that would normally be playoff preview between perennial contenders transformed into a de facto playoff game Tuesday at Joe Louis Arena. The Calgary Flames scored three times in the third period to prevail 4-2 over the host Red Wings.
Calgary climbed above Detroit and into the final playoff spot in [...]
ST.PAUL, Minn.-Calgary captain Jarome Iginla’s consummate performance propelled the Flames to a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild Sunday at the Xcel Energy Center.
Iginla scored three goals, including two power-play goals and added an assist, six shots on goal and three hits en route to a +3 rating. Beyond his statistical contributions, Iginla’s intensity, [...]
Calgary generated its effort from top-to-bottom as their third and fourth lines won board battles, forced turnovers, crashed the net, sacrificed their bodies and even produced points.
After they shipped out Dion Phaneuf and Olli Jokinen in two of the marquee trades this season, the Flames bartered with four other clubs at Wednesday’s trade deadline in markedly less significant deals.
In an historic deal that marked the first ever trade between Alberta rivals Calgary and Edmonton, the Oilers sent Steve Staios to the [...]
CALGARY-Jarome Iginla, Miikka Kiprusoff and Niklas Hagman started their night wearing shiny new Olympic medals only to finish it with the same old albatross hanging from their necks.
The applause for the two Finns and the long ovation for Iginla, who made perhaps the most famous Canadian pass since Gretzky to Lemieux in 1987, transformed into [...]
The Calgary Flames solidified their roster going forward by extending the contracts of winger Rene Bourque and center Matt Stajan during the Olympic break.
Bourque signed a six-year, $20 million extension last week and Stajan just dried the ink on a four-year, $14 million deal that ensured neither forward would hit the free-agent market this Summer.
The [...]
After earning three points in two games against Florida and Tampa Bay, the Flames went two straight without earning a point before defeating Anaheim to head into the Olympic break with a win.
Feb. 9, At Ottawa, 2-3 loss- The Sens continued to surge behind Jason Spezza, whose game-winning goal in the second period was his [...]
TAMPA BAY, Fla.- The Calgary Flames emerged from their two-game swing through Florida with three points in the standings. Calgary defeated the Florida Panthers 2-1 Friday and lost in overtime to the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday.
Miikka Kiprusoff saved 33 of 36 shots in the two contests. His magnificent goaltending was complemented by barrages of shots [...]
On a Positive Note:
Curtis Glencross, who has been a superb penalty killer for Calgary, dominated this game offensively en route to scoring his first career hat trick. Glencross started the night on an active fourth line with Eric Nystrom and Jamal Mayers, though Mayers was ejected after he picked up a major, a minor and [...]
Olli Jokinen and Brandon Prust head to New York in exchange for Ales Kotalik and Christopher Higgins.
