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Nashville, Nasville, YOU SUCK! – Flames 3 : Predators 2

Calgary's four game win streak was extended to five with a come from behind win against the Nashville Predators. The Flames struggled to provide any spark for their play allowing the home squad Nashville bring the play to their level. Nashville opened the scoring...

Forget Combos: Flames 2 – Wild 1

Calgary is slowly chipping away at the top of the NW division taking in points in the past seven games. Whereas Minnesota, once a threat to lead the division have been struggling to win games in their boring and stifling trap system. The Flames seemed to succumb to a...

Come Back: Calgary 4 – Anaheim 3

Calgary scored two third period goals, from two Iginla assits, and Brett Sutter made his NHL debut and scored his frist goal to help Calgary capture two points. Notable downsides were the the minus efforts by Phaneuf yet again. Iginla was on the ice too for many goals...

Flames lose 3-2 in OT

The winning streak ends at two for the Flames as they lose 3-2 in over time against the Chicago Blackhawks. Something certainly seemed amiss in their performance as they stumbled on home ice. Despite the disappointing loss, congratulations are in place for the...

Bertuzzi Beats: Calgary 3 – Minnesota 2 (OT)

Calgary continued their brief road-trip playing their second game in as many night versus their division rivals the Minnesota Wild. The same lineup road into St. Paul ready to play but started off with sluggish feet. We all know Minnesota is a terribly boring team...

Iginla Rebounds: Calgary 6 – St. Louis 3

Calgary faced the prospect of losing four games straight facing the lowly and damaged St. Louis Blues on the road. Much discussion has been made regarding the play of the top players, Dion Phanuef, Kiprusoff, and of course the absence of a dominant Jarome Iginla. The...

Stars MIA: Flames 2 – Panthers 3 (SO)

The Calgary Flames entered their first home game after a eastern road-swing hoping to prevent a three game lose streak. Unfortunately, in order to win, Calgary needs to have their stars show up. That means Dion Phaneuf, a defenceman, plays defence, and Jarome Iginla,...

Losers Again: Calgary 2 – Detroit 3 (OT)

The Calgary Flames landed in Detroit at 3:30 AM local time thanks to some ridiculous scheduling and bad weather. Thankfully, the Flames put in a valiant effort in a bid to regain top spot in the West Division. Coming off an inconsistent effort in Montreal, Calgary put...

Inconsistencies: Calgary 1 – Montreal 4

Calgary is in what used to be the toughest division in hockey. With Minnesota, Colorado, Edmonton, Vancouver, all mostly rebuilding, Calgary probably doesn't skate with the hardest in the league. As such you'd expect the Flames to be dominant in the West, and although...

Why the Avery Suspension Makes Sense

So many bloggers are wondering out loud why Sean Avery was suspended six games for his 'sloppy seconds' outburst in front of the media in Calgary Tuesday. According to TSN the Dallas Stars may have shut the Avery door permanently (someone internally will get backlash...

NHL All-start voting – Get rid of Montreal and Detroit

Seems as though fans are stuffing the box. Detroit and Montreal, although good, have benefited from over-zealous fans stuffing NHL ballot boxes online to get their favorite team exclusive in at all positions. Don't let it happen. Here's the latest results at this...

Sloppy Seconds for Calgary: Flames 1 – Stars 3

Sean Avery, given undue attention by local media regarding comments he made earlier in the year regarding the 'boring Mr. Iginla', was suspended before he could even face the wrath of the Flames. The NHL suspended Avery (Dallas would have if they hadn't) for comments...

Flames New Third Jersey Leaked?

We apologize for being so late with this, but one user saw this posted on NHL.com No word on its authenticity. It's better than the Flames horse IMO, but then again, it's just a sweater....