Stoking the Fire – Abbotsford Heat Coach Raises Expectations for Year Two Ryan Pike | October 12, 2012 A year ago, veteran minor league coach Troy G. Ward inherited the position of head coach of the Abbotsford Heat from departing bench boss Jim Playfair. An assistant for one…
Flames Training Camp Preview Part 3 of 3: The Veteran Core Thomas Strangward | October 4, 2012 The NHL’s lockout of its players, to the surprise of no one, is in full swing and with the reported tensions of the most recent meetings between the league and…
Digging into the prospect depth of the Calgary Flames Ryan Pike | October 4, 2012 Last spring, something very bizarre happened. Something that hasn’t happened in nearly a decade. A forward prospect debuted for the Calgary Flames and made an immediate, positive impact. When Sven…
Flames Training Camp Preview Part 2 of 3: Comeback Candidates Thomas Strangward | September 11, 2012 While the second lockout of NHL players in 7 years is slated to occur in five short days, there is still merit in optimistically assessing the key issues permeating throughout…
A look at the 2012-13 Calgary Flames – Defense and Goalies Ryan Pike | September 11, 2012 While the summer of 2012 was primarily spent over-hauling the Calgary Flames coaching staff and forwards, the team did virtually no tinkering on the roster’s back-end. The club lost Scott…
A look at the 2012-13 Calgary Flames – the Forwards Ryan Pike | September 10, 2012 After three seasons without a playoff appearance, the Calgary Flames will be hoping to change their fortunes when the 2012-13 regular season kicks off. The offseason saw a series of…
WHAT IF Calgary Had Won The 2004 Stanley Cup? Chris Wassel | August 26, 2012 Our “Revisionist History” series continues with the another change of fate question. What if the Calgary Flames had won the 2004 Stanley Cup? The talk amongst Calgary fans via Twitter…
Flames Training Camp Preview Part 1 of 3: The Fresh Faces Thomas Strangward | August 21, 2012 While the CBA negotiations between the NHL and the NHLPA seemingly continue to waltz the line of the second NHL lockout in just seven years, optimistic fans are opting to…
Key dates for Calgary Flames fans in 2012-13 Ryan Pike | August 18, 2012 As summer winds down and prepares to turn into fall, hockey fans prepare for the beginning of the season. But with so many players throughout pro organizations scattered throughout so…
2012-13 NHL Regular Season Predictions: Western Conference Fred Poulin | August 14, 2012 August is the time of the year where things are very slow regarding NHL news, especially since the free agency “frenzy” has cooled down and that NHL training camps are…
How the West Has Fared Post-Lockout Meesh Shanmugam | August 4, 2012 With the current CBA about to expire, it’s time to look at how the NHL’s Western Conference has fared since the 2004-2005 lockout…
Pre-Season NHL Rankings: The Western Conference Dave Champion | August 2, 2012 This off-season has been full of surprising twists and turns in the NHL world, from Shea Weber signing an offer sheet with the Philadelphia Flyers and the Nashville Predators’ matching…