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Flames this week (March 29 –Apr 4th)

Hello Hockey fans, Ø Moss was recognized for the Ralph Scurfield Humanitarian Award. Congratulations David! In the 5-3 win on home ice against the Detroit Red Wings, six Flames players had multiple point nights, as Phaneuf scores his 11th of the season and Aucoin...

Back on Track? Flames 3 – Wild 2

The Flames returned home after a brief two game road-trip that was essentially a massive debacle. The wheels have been falling off the wagon in a hurry, and fans have been quick to criticize. One of our most popular Flamesforum posts was the Columbus post-game where...

Still Incapable: Flames 0 – Columbus 5

Dion Phaneuf is Killing the Team *I shut down this post-game after the second period so it's incomplete. I couldn't be bothered to write anymore* Cudos to Columbus, this team is going to make the playoffs and the fans are loving. Shame, shame, SHAME, on the Calgary...

Flames Don’t Have What it Takes: Calgary 0 – Pittsburgh 2

Calgary Faces Cocky Pittsburgh Calgary embarked on a brief two game road swing out to face a couple of Eastern teams. Well actually tomorrow's game is against Columbus, in the West Division, but tonight was all Pittsburgh. Facing the league's #1 and #3 point getters...

Measured: Calgary 5 – Detroit 3

Not sure why or how but Calgary has a knack. They loose to terrible hockey teams and beat the league's best. Detroit is the measuring stick since they sit atop of the league, Calgary seems to be capable of beating them. This fuels the rhetoric of the Flames being an...

Flames this week (March 22 –28th)

Olli Jokinen became the “Star of the week” with 10 points in 6 games And the good news? Todd Bertuzzi and Rene Bourque begin their brief skating practices… The Flames had 50% success out of two games played last week; nonetheless, there were some accomplishments...

Pathetic Flames Keep Losing: Flames 2 – St Louis 3

Take a look back on our posts, be it Tampa, Atlanta, Toronto, St. Louis, any sub-.500 the Calgary Flames, supposedly a division leader, keep losing in a big way, giving up if you will, to terrible hockey teams. What makes it even worse for fans is the Flames loose to...

Home Again: Flames 2 – Stars 1

Calgary returned home to face the Dallas Stars after seven games on the road over fifteen days. The extent of the first period fireworks was a fight between Steve Ott and none other than Jamie Lundmark. Jamie Lundmark?! WTF?! He hung in there like a champ. Flames...

Flames this week (March 15 –21st)

Jokinen gets his first hat trick and continues to inspire Way to go…. Ollie In the 6-5 shoot out win against the Red Wings on Thursday, the Flames “comeback performance” from a 4-0 deficit was remarkable, particularly after the so-called “strange” penalties....

Amazing Come From Behind Win: Calgary 6 – Detroit 5 (SO)

Although Calgary scored first thanks to Olli Jokinen, who had two goals and the shoot-out winner, there were other stories in this wild affair. After the first period you thought to yourself, "wow, NHL referees are crooked, someone is paying these guys off."...

AHL Quad City to Fold – Abbotsford to Get Baby Flames?

The Quad City Flames will fold after this year due to dismal sales according to Quad City news. This is good news for Abbotsford, BC, who wish to place an AHL franchise in their new building which would give the AHL their most Western team (also costing the Abbotsford...

Flames Suck Against Sucky Teams: Calgary 2 – Atlanta 5

Wheels Starting to Fall Off Coming off a significant bashing at the hands of the Caroline Hurricanes, the Calgary Flames had a chance to return to their winning ways against the second worst team in the NHL. Through the 08-09 season the Flames have definitely picked...