Post-game summary, team news, and commentary.
Two announcements out of Flames land. The first, a bit of a surprise, was Jim Playfair accepting the head coaching job with the AHL club of the Calgary Flames (aptly named the Abbotsford Heat). The news is welcomed for the baby Flames but one had to wonder if Playfair...
We found out via Twitter, someone from inside of the Calgary Flames office has broken the news. Mike Keenan's tenure as the Calgary Flames head coach has ended after two years. Keenan became the Flames head coach on June 14, 2007. In two years with the Flames he...
A final note to thank you Flames, for your contribution and for a great regular season. Die-hard fans would like to appreciate your hard work because we were truly impressed by your performances in games 3 and 4. It is obvious that many reasons have been attributed to...
FlamesForum Prediction True I was planning on being wrong, in fact, I wanted to be wrong. But it turns out my prediction in March about the first round exit and finishing 5th was EXACTLY what happened. The entirety of the season, and the entirety of Vancouver's walk...
Game Over: Golf for Loser Flames We were promised a better effort, we got a bunch of no shows. Everyone said the right things, but the only people who showed up for the game was the crowd. You also got the impression that Todd Bertuzzi is in his own stupid world....
Game 6 in Calgary : Dustin Boyd with an assist from Adam Pardy scored the lone Flames goal in the 5-1 loss on Saturday, but fans can only be thankful to the judgmental and bias calls that have enabled the Blackhawks to take a 3-2 lead. Nevertheless, the series is far...
Referee Assist Massive Loss It's not often someone can legitimately hassle the referees. Usually home team bias overlooks the mostly consistent and impartial refereeing. Tonight, one of the worst displays of officiating took place in thisyear's NHL took place. The...
Dan O'Halloran Changes Series Single Handedly Not since Kerry Fraser have the Flames seen such a abysmal and pathetic display of playoff hockey officiating as they did in the first period of game five versus the Chicago Blackhawks. Referees are supposed to engineer a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...