Home Cooking: Calgary Flames Sweep Key Weekend Series Ryan Pike | February 25, 2013 Two games under the .500 mark and with the sand in the hourglass gradually diminishing, the Calgary Flames hoped to gain some clarity on their season with two weekend games…
No Panic Button for Winnipeg Jets…Yet Pete Tessier | February 1, 2013 Before the loss last night to the Florida Panthers the Winnipeg Jets had 7 points in 6 games and one has to consider how a shortened season can look before…
Leland Irving: Flames new back-up ready at a moment’s notice Ryan Pike | January 31, 2013 After several seasons trying to make his mark, goaltender Leland Irving has finally landed in the National Hockey League. Following a week-long training camp, the netminder was named as the…
Stempniak keeps Calgary Flames afloat in turbulent first week Ryan Pike | January 28, 2013 After an abbreviated training camp, the Calgary Flames began the 2012-13 NHL season on a Sunday afternoon, a little less than 24 hours after most of the rest of the…
Despite comeback, winless Flames fall to Ducks 5-4 Ryan Pike | January 22, 2013 In a game that played out almost exactly opposite to the night before, the Calgary Flames dropped their second home game in as many nights with a 5-4 setback to…
Flames Tease with Strong First Period in Season Opener Thomas Strangward | January 21, 2013 The abbreviated season brought about by the NHL lockout will have numerous effects that traditional 82-game regular seasons do not have. As the NHL season is limited to 48 games,…
Backlund Shines on Fourth Day of Flames Camp Ryan Pike | January 16, 2013 Training camp hit its mid-way point at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Wednesday and the Calgary Flames celebrated by holding a scrimmage. Day four of 2013 training camp was punctuated by…
Scrimmage, absences highlight second day of Calgary Flames training camp Ryan Pike | January 14, 2013 The second day of 2013’s Calgary Flames training camp was jam-packed with on-ice activities. Roughly 28 of the club’s 32 invitees hit the ice for a 90-minute practice under coach…
A look at 2013 Calgary Flames training camp Ryan Pike | January 7, 2013 The 2012-13 NHL lockout is now over and the 2013 NHL season will soon begin, albeit in an abbreviated form. With that news, all 30 NHL clubs are scrambling to…
Would a Lockout-Shortened Season Help the Calgary Flames? Thomas Strangward | November 1, 2012 With news breaking that the annual Winter Classic could be the next casualty in the labour war between the NHL and NHLPA, the likelihood of an 82 game season occurring…
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…
Assessing Calgary’s Recent Contracts Thomas Strangward | July 3, 2012 While the Flames were certainly looking to improve the quality of the team come July 1st, the numerous nay-sayers who have been calling for the team to aggressively rebuild cannot…