Calgary Flames Round-Up: Calgary’s season of hospital hockey continues with more injuries and call-ups Ryan Pike | March 7, 2012 THE STATS LINE 30-25-12 record [19th overall (in points percentage)]2.40 goals-for per game [25th overall]2.66 goals-against per game [14th overall]17.1% power-play success rate [14th overall]82.6% penalty-kill success rate [11th overall]45.4%…
Critical “mini-trip” for the Flames starts tonight in Phoenix Callum Ng | March 1, 2012 The Calgary Flames open up the month of March with a mini road trip on back-to-back nights. First up tonight it will be the Phoenix Coyotes, followed by the Anaheim…
Evaluating the Tenure of Scott Howson Part 1: Righting the Ship Alex Stallings | January 10, 2012 When the Columbus Blue Jackets hired Scott Howson away from the Edmonton Oilers the team was coming off the sixth straight season in which they missed the playoffs.
Curtis Glencross: Underrated, Unappreciated Andrew Sykes | October 6, 2011 Coming off an excellent season in which he posted a career high 24 goals and 43 points and despite signing a new four-year, 10.2 million dollar contract, Flames forward Curtis…
NHL Reaches New Levels of Absurdity with Lombardi, Glencross Fines James Neveau | January 21, 2011 Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent It feels like every week or two that an incident occurs that shows how out of touch with common sense the NHL is, but fines that…
Frozen Flames Puck Links – Sutter’s Gauntlet And Cheerleaders At The Saddledome Christopher Ralph | November 13, 2009 Chris Ralph – Flames Correspondent at THW *Last week after Coach Brent Sutter run the Flames through a Sutter-tough practice, I discussed if the need would arise for him to…
Brent Sutter Prepares Flames To Run The Gauntlet Christopher Ralph | November 7, 2009 The Gauntlet As Wikipedia notes: Running the gauntlet (originally gantlet, and, rarely, gantlope or gantelope) is a form of physical punishment wherein a man is compelled to run between two…