April 23, 2009 at 4:55 pm - By: Barry Flames · Filed under Flames News
Flames forward Andre Roy has been suspended for one game and fined $2,500 (the maximum allowed under the CBA) as a result of an incident in the pregame warm-up. Roy apparently initiated contact with Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Aaron Johnson.
Massive cross checks to the head are no problem, a push to the back pregame is a suspension (on par with a connect cross check to the face a la Lucic).
Fans at the game say they saw the contact, but it wasn't worth a suspension. Let us know if you have video.
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April 23, 2009 at 9:39 am - By: anar · Filed under Flames News
Hello hockey fans,
Flames tie series at two and head off to Chicago
The Flames, with an outstanding contributory team effort, even the series from a two game deficit and prolong it to game 5. Excellent performance and congratulations, boys! Even though the game last night unfolded in an unusual way, the home team stood their ground to battle their opponents without two of their key players. Undoubtedly, their initiative and confidence in the last two games had been exceptional, but the series is far from over yet.
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April 22, 2009 at 10:09 pm - By: Barry Flames · Filed under Post Game
In perhaps the best series of this year's NHL playoff's, the Flames and Hawks squared off for game four in Calgary. All eyes were on the teams on how they'd respond after the media hyped the end-game shenanigans that took place in game 3.
Mike Keenan was chirping for two days about the unpunished Adam Burrish hit on Bourque (two hand cross check to the face). He stated Bourque was day to day, nobody believed him, the league did nothing, and guess what, Bourque didn't play.
Would that factor into Calgary's on ice performance? Not really, although there were some tense second period moments.
Nystrom with Epic 3 Point Performance
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April 20, 2009 at 9:30 pm - By: Barry Flames · Filed under Post Game
Calgary opened their 2008-09 playoffs at home in front of a largely subdued crowd. The Flames required an exceptional effort from their big guns in an attempt to thwart Chicago's dominance on the series. With the likes of Havlat and Toews dominating the series thus far the home crowd waited to see who would step up.
First periods were huge for the Flames, in fact they've lead now 8 of 9 periods this series. Tonight, however, in the first period the home team were caught flat footed.
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April 20, 2009 at 10:28 am - By: Barry Flames · Filed under Game Day
You have to pick ONE at a time though 
- -To purchase single tickets follow the link Find Tickets
- -1 for the quantity of tickets and select your desired price range from the drop down menu, for best results choose "Any Price"
- -Leave the "Section" and "Location" menus as Best Available
- -Click "Look for Tickets" and follow the process to purchase tickets
- -There is a ticket limit of 2 for all Flames playoff games, you may attempt to purchase a second seat by repeating the steps 1-4. (Please note if you have already purchased tickets for this game and your ticket holdings exceed 2 seats, all transactions beyond 2 seats will be returned and resold without notice).
April 19, 2009 at 9:26 am - By: anar · Filed under Flames News
Hello Hockey fans,
Iginla notches a power play goal with assists from Cammalleri and Phaneuf !
Albeit the Flames lost two games to the Chicago Blackhawks, but their performance overall had been good considering the three overlooked penalties and the goal tender interference being the reason why the Chicago Blackhawks had been able to score in extra time (Game 1).
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April 19, 2009 at 12:16 am - By: Barry Flames · Filed under Post Game
Three reasons why Calgary lost another heartbreaking game in Chicago.
1) Line combos are messy and there is zero continuity. Second goal tonight against was largely a result of players not knowing where they were supposed to be on the ice.
2) Iginla is a non factor. A 19 year old Toews is outplaying him by miles. Anybody can put a puck in an open net. The old Iginla used to drive hard to the net and skate to win battles. Now he just floats on the wing and is a non factor.
3) Kiprusoff didn't make any big saves.
That's about it. Calgary plays 3 periods like they did in tonight's first and they'll take the series. Here's to sweeping the next two games.
Here's what others had to say about the game.
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April 17, 2009 at 6:13 pm - By: Barry Flames · Filed under Game Day
Double Standard Officiating Usually Doesn't Occur in the NHL
Remember the Wild game when Calgary had two goals disallowed in 36 seconds? You know the one, where Glencross was the culprit twice? The league had this to say about Glencross standing just OUTSIDE of the crease.
"Even though at the time of the goal he's not bumping him, if the goalie can't do his job, it's no goal. There was incidental contact and the goalie was distracted and unable to get set for the shot. You can't visually interfere while the goalie is doing his job in the blue paint."
Fast forward to the overtime tilt in Game 1 between Calgary and Chicago. Andrew ladd comes barreling down, gets touched by Leopold, and winds up in Kiprusoff's lap. Result? Goal. Not even an explanation was given for the blown call.
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April 16, 2009 at 8:24 pm - By: Barry Flames · Filed under Post Game
The number five seed Calgary Flames opened the 2008-09 Stanley Cup playoff's on the road against the number four seeded Chicago Blackhawks. All bloggers and sports pundits have chosen Chicago as the overwhelming victors in this playoff series, much to the chagrin of Flames fans (most of whom picked Chicago too.)
The wild card pundits didn't expect, the return of a healthy Calgary lineup. In comes Glencross, Phaneuf, Roy, Bourque, and Eriksson (folks, he played solid, imagine if we could have brought more players up, we'd be playing St. Louis right now....)
What the sports writers don't know is gain for Flames fans because the team had one thing, a great team coupled with experience. These things combined to give Calgary the edge in game 1, a surprise to most.
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April 15, 2009 at 6:40 pm - By: Barry Flames · Filed under Flames News
Puck drop is so close you can taste the bad blood that hasn't even appeared. Calgary Flames fans are eager to see if their team can turn around their lackluster end of season play to trump the favorite Chicago Blackhawks in this year's NHL playoffs.
In order to win Calgary will require standout performances from their top line, goaltender, and defensive corps. Getting healthy bodies back into the lineup would help as well. Here's what's been said around the blogosphere.
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