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Lee Stempniak hat trick leads Flames over Oilers
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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...
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22 days ago
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Calgary Flames trump LA Kings in the shootout
AP Photo/Mark J. TerrillIt was one of the sleepiest games you’ll ever watch, and in the end the Calgary Flames found the back of the net more than the LA Kings did in the shootout. Miikka Kiprusoff stopped two LA shooters and Olli Jokinen and Mike Cammalleri both scored to give the Flames the shootout win.
Kings captain Dustin Brown opened the scoring 3:28 into the first period...
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24 days ago
Sharks come back to beat Flames in the shootout
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The San Jose Sharks capitalized on two of three shootout attempts to seal a come-from-behind, 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames tonight. Both Michael Handzus and Brent Burns beat Miikka Kiprusoff, while Antti Niemi stopped Jarome Iginla and Michael Cammalleri in the shootout.
After a scoreless first period, Chris Butler finally found the back of the net...
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26 days ago
Cammalleri broke his silence in a tough 4-1 loss against L.A. at the ‘dome
Photo: Gerry Thomas | Getty Images The Flames have been a force to reckon with at the Scotiabank Saddledome winning their last eight straight at home. With only 3 points between the L.A. Kings and the Flames, Saturday’s game was no doubt a tough loss to swallow, giving up 3 easy goals in the 2nd even after consistent pressure for the period of the game.
Into the 1st period, the...
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29 days ago
Out with the underachieved, in with the hope-to-achieve. Welcome back Cammalleri, we needed you.
Welcome back, Mike Cammalleri. The Flames needed you!
Let the fan flags fly as we bid farewell to René Bourque in exchange for Montreal Canadiens, and former-Flame’ Mike Cammalleri, goaltender Karri Ramo and a fifth-round draft pick in the 2012 draft.
This all in exchange for the struggling number 17, last year’s fifth-round draft pick Patrick Holland and a second-round...
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January 13, 2012
Blair Jones scores to give Flames 1-0 OT win over Ducks
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After 61 minutes of scoreless hockey, Blair Jones scored his first goal in a Flames uniform to give Calgary the 1-0 overtime win over the visiting Anaheim Ducks tonight. The win extends the Flames home win streak to 8 games.
Jones capitalized on a rebound and chipped a backhander over Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller to seal the win.
As usual...
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January 13, 2012
Mike Cammalleri traded back to Calgary Flames, Bourque to Habs
Michael Cammalleri has been traded back to the Calgary FlamesIt’s official. Mike Cammalleri has been traded back to the Calgary Flames and Rene Bourque is the newest member of the Montreal Canadiens.
After playing the first two periods in Montreal’s game against the Boston Bruins, Cammalleri was apparently told not to come back on the ice and was sent to the team hotel instead...
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January 12, 2012
4-goal first period leads Flames to win over Devils
AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntoshThe Calgary Flames jumped out to a 4-0 first period lead and hung on for a 6-3 win against the visiting New Jersey Devils tonight. It was a fitting win to top off a night that celebrated Jarome Iginla’s 500th NHL goal in a pre-game ceremony with Lanny McDonald and Craig Conroy.
Calgary’s captain assisted on Jay Bouwmeester’...
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January 11, 2012
Jarome Iginla’s 500th goal leads Flames to 3-1 win over Wild
Jarome Iginla's 500th NHL Goal. (Photo by Mike Ridewood/Getty Images)Jarome Iginla has had a 500lb monkey on his back for the past few games. He shed that monkey at 8:33 of the third period tonight when he scored the 500th goal of his NHL career to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-1 win over the visiting Minnesota Wild. While breaking in on the Minnesota net, Iggy shot the puck towards...
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January 08, 2012
Jarome Iginla scores 500th NHL goal
Photo by Mike Ridewood/Getty ImagesCalgary Flames captain, Jarome Iginla, has become the 42nd player in NHL history to score 500 goals.
At 8:33 of the third period, Iginla shot the puck towards the Minnesota Wild net and it bounced off Mikko Koivu’s skate and into the net past Nicklas Backstrom. The Saddledome crowd erupted, as did Flames fans watching at home across the country...
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January 08, 2012
Calgary Flames vs. New York Islanders Highlights
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The Calgary Flames continued their 7-game road trip with a 3-1 loss in Long Island on Thursday, December 29, 2011. Here are the game highlights:
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December 31, 2011
Calgary Flames versus Columbus Blue Jackets highlights
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Here are the highlights from Tuesday, December 27th match between the Calgary Flames and the Columbus Blue Jackets. Calgary won 2-1 in the shootout.
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December 29, 2011
Joe Nieuwendyk and Doug Gilmour inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame
Two former Flames stars will have their careers honoured by being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame tonight. It is appropriate that Joe Nieuwendyk and Doug Gilmour will enter the HHOF together after winning a Stanley Cup together in Calgary in 1989. The Cup was the first of 3 that Nieuwendyk would win and [...]
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December 29, 2011
Flames team effort puts up a 5-2 victory over red hot ‘Hawks
A solid, early effort by Miikka Kiprusoff gave the Calgary Flames a massive confidence boost in a 5-2 victory over the top team in the NHL tonight. With only 5 minutes into a fast-paced first period, a scramble in front of Kipper’s crease became a no-goal off the stick of Jonathan Toews – allowing the [...]
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December 29, 2011
Late penalties give Red Wings 5-3 win over Flames
Pavel Datsyuk and Valteri Filppula scored goals 1:14 apart to break a 3-3 tie and give the Detroit Red Wings a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames tonight. All told, Detroit capitalized on 3 of their 4 powerplay opportunities, and the Flames have nobody to blame except themselves for taking stupid penalties late in the [...]
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December 29, 2011
Kipper shutout scores Calgary the first back-to-back win of the season
D-man Derek Smith scored his first-ever NHL goal in last minute of the 1st, leaving Nashville scrambling to match the Flames throughout 40 minutes. But time-and-time again Miikka shuts the door on all 26 — giving the star net-minder his first recorded shutout of the season. And though it was a quiet and conservative play [...]
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December 29, 2011
Flames streak continues with Battle of Alberta win
The Calgary Flames survived an early two-goal deficit and came back to steal a 5-3 win in the Battle of Alberta tonight. Mikael Backlund netted the winner for the Flames, who have won both games versus Edmonton this season. Edmonton jumped out to a 2-0 lead just 3 minutes into the game after goals from [...]
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December 29, 2011
Flames GM Jay Feaster squashes Jarome Iginla trade rumours
Calgary Flames GM Jay Feaster squashed any “trade Iggy” rumours that were floating around. Or did he? “Jarome Iginla has not been asked to waive his no-trade, and Jarome Iginla has not demanded a trade or asked for a trade,” Feaster said. “There is no list. There is no smoking gun. There is nobody on [...]
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December 29, 2011
Flames can’t figure out how to beat Canucks
The Calgary Flames struck first, but the Vancouver Canucks countered with 5 unanswered goals to win the second match of the season 5-1. After a strong first period where the Flames kept the Canucks off the scoreboard by taking away time and space, Alex Tanguay gave the Flames a 1-0 lead with a bank-in goal [...]
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December 29, 2011
Crazy Game Report: Flames beat Hurricanes 7-6. No really.
I can’t remember the last time I saw a hockey game that featured 13 goals. I also can’t remember the last time that an empty net goal was the game winner, especially when that empty netter gave the winning team a 3-goal lead. But such was the case in this crazy game as the Calgary [...]
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December 29, 2011
43 Kiprusoff stops not enough: Preds burn out Flames out 2-1
Quality scoring chances add up, but are not enough for the Flames as Nashville finds a way to squeeze an extra past Kipper, in the 3rd, to make it a 2-1 win. The low-scoring was set by two battling Fins for a win, and with two outstanding butterfly saves before the first 10 minutes, it [...]
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December 29, 2011
Calgary Flames look for Florida split
After clawing back from a 2-goal, third period deficit to tie the game in Tampa last night, the Flames ended up losing on a Steven Stamkos goal thirty seconds into overtime. They will be looking to add to their road trip point total tonight against the surprisingly good Florida Panthers. The Flames haven’t had the [...]
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December 29, 2011
Calgary Flames look for Florida split
After clawing back from a 2-goal, third period deficit to tie the game in Tampa last night, the Flames ended up losing on a Steven Stamkos goal thirty seconds into overtime. They will be looking to add to their road trip point total tonight against the surprisingly good Florida Panthers. The Flames haven’t had the [...]
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December 16, 2011
43 stops by Kiprusoff not enough: Preds burn out Flames out 2-1
Quality scoring chances add up, but are not enough for the Flames as Nashville finds a way to squeeze an extra past Kipper, in the 3rd, to make it a 2-1 win. The low-scoring was set by two battling Fins for a win, and with two outstanding butterfly saves before the first 10 minutes, it [...]
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December 14, 2011
Crazy Game Report: Flames beat Hurricanes 7-6. No really.
I can’t remember the last time I saw a hockey game that featured 13 goals. I also can’t remember the last time that an empty net goal was the game winner, especially when that empty netter gave the winning team a 3-goal lead. But such was the case in this crazy game as the Calgary [...]
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December 07, 2011
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