Stempniak hat trick helps Flames rough up Oilers

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.

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

After recently revealing the aftermath of the freak injury he sustained during the Oilers warm-up on Tuesday, Hall will be making a quick return to the line-up tonight when the Oilers host the Flames. During the very scary incident that could have been even worse, Hall slipped on a puck, fell to the ice and was accidentally stepped on by teammate Corey Potter. Hall needed 30...

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).

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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 ...

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

Oilers lose 6-2 to Flames If there were any doubts that this Edmonton Oilers team will not finish well in the basement of the league once again this year, they may have been removed with one single period. The Oilers came out flat and allowed three goals through the first 20 minutes. The best scoring chance and actual goal came from injured Taylor Hall who scored just as the buzzer...

Oilers forward Jordan Eberle has been added to the 2012 NHL All-Star Weekend. Eberle was injured on January 7 and was not named to the NHL's original list of participants when they were initially announced on January 12. At the time of his inj...

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...

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...

from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun, Taylor Hall’s meltdown came in front of a national television audience on Saturday. So did the questioning of his coach’s decision to pull the goaltender in the later stage of a game when they were already three goals down. It was a reaction the Edmonton Oilers sophomore was regretting the next morning, even though many thought...

The Pacific Division-leading Sharks have lost consecutive games for the first time this month. San Jose will try to avoid matching its longest skid of the season this evening as they visit the Edmonton Oilers.