Posts tagged with "Miikka Kiprusoff"
Top 3 All-Time Flames Goalies
February 12th, 2017 The goaltending history of the Calgary Flames franchise has been punctuated by a handful of excellent performances in a desert of otherwise unremarkable ones. In an effort to separate the wheat from the chaff, here are the three best goaltenders in the history of the Flames franchise. 3. Dan Bouchard Part of the first goaltending...
Top 10 Flames Goalies of All-Time
January 27th, 2017 Chad Johnson and Brian Elliott would probably testify that it isn't easy to be a goalie for the Calgary Flames. After all, only nine goalies have played more than 100 games for the Flames since they came to Calgary in 1980 and the team has missed the playoffs in 14 of the 36 seasons they have been in the NHL. During their history, the...
Are Johnson's Nomadic Days Over?
December 4th, 2016 On November 16, 2003, the Calgary Flames acquired 27-year-old Finnish netminder Miikka Kiprusoff from the San Jose Sharks. It was a marriage of convenience for all involved. The Sharks got a draft pick in exchange for their third-string goaltender – playing behind Vesa Toskala and Evgeni Nabokov – while the Flames got a goaltender to...
The Calgary Flames Franchise Four
August 22nd, 2015 The Franchise Four. The Mount Rushmore. Four players who tell the story of an organization. In this series I'll be taking a look at the history of all 30 NHL squads. For criteria, I'm choosing one forward, defenceman, goaltender and a wild card from any position. Since moving from Atlanta to Calgary in 1980, the Flames have spent 35...
Tuesday Trade Review: Vlasic for Kiprusoff
February 17th, 2015 The Background Throughout most of his career in San Jose, Miikka Kiprusoff lurked in the shadow of Evgeni Nabokov in the Sharks' crease. During his tenure, the Finnish netminder never started more than 22 games in teal in a single season and held inconsistent numbers over the course of his three years with the club. After posting a...
Miikka Kiprusoff Retires
September 9th, 2013 What was long-rumoured became fact on Monday morning, as the Calgary Flames announced that long-time netminder Miikka Kiprusoff has retired. The 36-year-old Finn entered the NHL during the 2000-01 season after being drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the fifth round of the 1995 Entry Draft. Other goalies taken before Kiprusoff in...
