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Matt Sabey

Matt Sabey

@MPSabey

Matt Sabey is a fiction writer, husband, and father to a pair of small boys. Two of his greatest interests all through his life have been the craft of writing and the Calgary Flames. Having both of these passions converge into covering the Flames for THW is a dream come true.

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Flames Suffered Through 13 Goalies Between Kiprusoff and Markstrom

Flames Suffered Through 13 Goalies Between Kiprusoff and Markstrom

January 1st, 2021 When the legendary Miikka Kiprusoff retired in 2013, the Calgary Flames faced the conundrum of where they would find their next "Kipper." They looked at all options. They increased the scope of their overseas scouting, they made trades, and they dipped into the free-agent pool. And until now, it's all been for naught. At no other point...
Flames Have Some Pretty Intense On-Ice Rivalries

Flames Have Some Pretty Intense On-Ice Rivalries

December 15th, 2020 Rivalries are what sports are built on; when two teams keep us coming back for more. These games transcend others because the stakes are higher—the triumphs greater, the losses more stinging. Deny it as we might, we love to have our hearts ratchet between jubilance and loathing, sorrow and schadenfreude (or 'Chiadenfreude' as...
Flames Should Expect a Strong Bounceback Season from Gaudreau

Flames Should Expect a Strong Bounceback Season from Gaudreau

December 8th, 2020 A disappointing loss to the Dallas Stars in the playoffs to cap the season had many Calgary Flames fans clamoring for change. But when general manager Brad Treliving didn’t make moves to shake up the team’s core at the draft, the fan base resigned itself to seeing the same team toil toward the ever-elusive goal of postseason success...
NHL & Flames Must Address Player Safety and Inadequate Equipment

NHL & Flames Must Address Player Safety and Inadequate Equipment

December 4th, 2020 For as long as professional athletes have played the sport of hockey, a battle has been raging, an ongoing arms-race pitting performance against safety. And with injuries to players last season, like Bryan Little of the Winnipeg Jets and the New York Islanders’ Johnny Boychuk looking to be of the career-ending variety, it’s becoming...

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