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, [...]
Not something Oiler fans, or anyone in the NHL for that matter, is used to hearing this season, but Edmonton has managed to string together two consecutive wins, and against formidable opponents. It started with a 2-1 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild, in which Mr. Duff (Mike Comrie) scored the only Oiler goal in [...]
Minnesota Wild celebrated their 400th home game since the inception of the team in 2000. All of which have been played to sold out crowds the current longest sell out streak in the National Hockey League.
The Calgary Flames; however, quickly brought a halt to this rare celebration.
Rene Bourque sent a slap shot past Niklas Backstrom [...]
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.
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 [...]
Do not let all of the excitement about Team USA going up against host country Canada for the gold medal game over shadow the efforts of those heading into tomorrows bronze medal game.
Mikko Koivu is one of three members on the Minnesota Wild that are heading into Saturdays bronze medal game for the Winter Olympics, [...]
There have been rumors circulating in the past few months that Edmonton might be targeting former NHL superstar Jaromir Jagr. Recently at the Olympic games, Jagr stated that once his current contract with the KHL expires, he would be interested in returning to the National Hockey League, and the Oilers keep popping up as one [...]
With the NHL on hold thanks to the Winter Olympics, all is relatively quiet on the hockey front. But yesterday, out of the darkness came the news that Edmonton Oilers forward Mike Comrie got engaged to girlfriend, and Hollywood starlet, Hilary Duff. The couple had been dating for two years, and apparently Comrie popped the [...]
