Although the Calgary Sun said it happened two days ago, the Flames announced that Flames’ first round pick in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft, Leland Irving, has been assigned to his junior club, the Everett Silvertips.
Irving had a steady camp and said he learned plenty from the other goalies and goalie coach David Marcoux during his two weeks in Calgary. He’ll have plently to go on for a year of improvement.”I feel I have improved a lot over the last two weeks. There were little things that I could take out of all the goaltenders’ games. I’ve worked a lot on my puck play and that is something I can improve on. I think I can help my junior team by using some of the things I have learned.”
The Flames now have 50 players remaining in training camp.
Goaltenders (5): Matt, Keetley, Miikka Kiprusoff, Brent Krahn, Curtis McElhinney, Jamie McLennan
Defensemen (14): Andrew Ference, Brad Ference, Mark Giordano, Tim Hambly, Roman Hamrlik, Steve Marr, Brett Palin, Adam Pardy, Dion Phaneuf, Tim Ramholt, Richie Regehr, Robyn Regehr, Rhett Warrener, Andrei Zyuzin
Forwards (31): Tony Amonte, Dustin Boyd, Kris Chucko, Derek Couture, Adam Cracknell, Cam Cunning, Ryan Donally, Jeff Friesen, Carsen Germyn, Eric Godard, Kristian Huselius, Jarome Iginla, Chuck Kobasew, Daymond Langkow, Matthew Lombardi, Jamie Lundmark, Tomi Maki, Darren McCarty, David Moss, Chris Neiszner, Marcus Nilson, Eric Nystrom, Warren Peters, Brandon Prust, Bryon Ritchie, Aki Seitsonen, Alex Tanguay, Andrei Taratukhin, Justin Taylor, David Van der Gulik, Stephane Yelle
The battle of Alberta will be underway on Thursday, September, 21 at the Pengrowth Saddledome as the undefeated Calgary Flames (2-0) take on the Edmonton Oilers (3-0) in the first game of a home-and –home series. The return game will be in Edmonton on Saturday, September 23 at Rexall Place.
