Battle of Alberta: Lee Stempniak has hat trick to help Flames rout Oilers 6-2

AP Photo/The Canadian Press, John Ulan Lee Stempniak had a hat trick and added an assist to lead the Calgary Flames to a 6-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers tonight. The win was the 9th straight Battle of Alberta win for the Flames and the 16th in 17 games versus their provincial rivals. Mikael Backlund, Blake Comeau and Lee Stempniak all scored for the Flames in the first period...

The Calgary Sun’s Eric Francis spoke to Calgary Flames forward Olli Jokinen about a battle which Jokinen had previously preferred to keep to himself: “I’ve been sober six years now,” a candid Jokinen told the Calgary Sun, sharing his alcohol issues publicly for the first time. “I don’t want to be one of those guys who sits in the bar after I&...

Calgary Flames left wing Curtis Glencross is expected to be sidelined for six weeks with an injured medial collateral ligament. The Flames placed Glencross on injured reserve Friday, three days after he hurt his knee in a game against San Jose. Glencross is tied with captain Jarome Iginla for the team lead in goals and has 33 points for the season. The Flames signed the 29-year...

Lee Stempniak had a hat trick and added an assist to help the Calgary Flames rout the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. Blake Comeau and Jay Bouwmeester each had a goal and two assists, and Mikael Backlund also scored for Calgary. The Flames are 5-1-1 in their last seven games to improve to 23-20-6. Andy Sutton and Ryan Smyth scored for Edmonton. The Oilers are 17-26-4. They have...

CALGARY, AB—The Calgary Flames announced today that they have reassigned forward Paul Byron to the Abbotsford Heat. Additionally, the Flames announced that forward Curtis Glencross has been placed on the IR with an MCL injury (minimum 6 weeks).

Lee Stempniak had a hat trick and added an assist to help the Calgary Flames rout the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.

Lee Stempniak had a hat trick and added an assist to help the Calgary Flames rout the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.

Tweet CALGARY, AB -- The Calgary Flames announced today that they have reassigned forward Paul Byron to the Abbotsford Heat. Additionally, the Flames announced that forward Curtis Glencross has been placed on the IR ...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Lee Stempniak and the Calgary Flames roughed up the Edmonton Oilers yet again in the lopsided Battle of Alberta.

The Calgary Flames placed forward Curtis Glencross on injured reserve with an MCL injury Friday.

As my Fantasy Teams continue to flourish, I have to admit that I perpetuate parity by allowing others to load up on Calgary Flames. As the mirth of their depth is exemplified by their handling of injuries, one soldier goes down, another returns. Scoreface Glencross is now out for 6 weeks with a Lower/Upper Knee injury; but alas, Stajan and BMo are healthy as a Flaming Horse. Furthermore...

Lee Stempniak had a hat trick and added an assist to help the Calgary Flames rout the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night.

Who's kidding who? The Flames have zero chance to win that game last night if Miikka Kiprusoff doesn't stand on his head and out-duel one of the top goalies in the league in Jonathan Quick. Sure, people in other markets will tell you that Miikka is washed up, that his numbers have been on the decline since '04 and that for all intents and purposes he's essentially...

After putting together what might have been their two best road games of the season in California and staring a struggling Oilers team that they have owned for over two years, there were some that thought this might have been a game the Flames may have stumbled in if their intensity had faltered. It didn't. With players like Alex Tanguay and Curtis Glencross on the sidelines...

The Calgary Flames have been relatively successful of late despite generating little offense. That trend could continue with a game against the Edmonton Oilers up next. Calgary looks to extend its longest winning streak against archrival Edmonton on Saturday night when it faces an Oilers club that has struggled badly to score over the past two weeks. The Flames (22-20-6) scored...