Leafs Meet Flames Tomorrow, Both In A Playoff Battle
from Damien Cox of the Toronto Star, Despite the injuries, the Flames knocked off high-flying Vancouver in a shootout on Saturday night and have lost only two of their last 10. The Leafs turned Mats Sundin Appreciation Night into an unholy disaster against Montreal, and just 10 days after seeming to make an emphatic statement by hammering the Senators in Ottawa, they are now again...
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Flames 3, Canucks 2, SO
Jarome Iginla scored the shootout winner and the Calgary Flames earned an important two points with a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.
The shootout was tied through two rounds, with Olli Jokinen scoring for Calgary and Alex Burrows replying for Vancouver, which set the stage for Iginla - the Flames' captain and all-time leading scorer.
Iginla put the Flames...
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Does trading Jarome Iginla make sense?
It seems like we go through this every year, doesn't it? The NHL trade deadline approaches and right on cue Jarome Iginla's name starts surfacing in various rumor hubs around the Internet. Will this be the year Iginla and the Flames finally part ways?
It seems like the NHL trade deadline has borrowed a strategy used by a soap opera, constantly recycling storylines...
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Flames C Backlund injures arm in fight
Calgary Flames center Mikael Backlund was injured in Saturday’s 3-2 shootout win over the Vancouver Canucks.Backlund injured his left arm in a fight with Vancouver’s Andrew Alberts, after Alberts had bulldozed Flames winger Blake Comeau. Backlund left the ice with his arm dangling with what the team is calling it an “upper-body injury.”Backlund has four goals and seven assists...
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Iginla’s shootout goal lead Flames past the Canucks
The Calgary Flames defeated the Vancouver Canucks in a shootout 3-2 on Saturday. Mike Cammalleri and Roman Horak scored for the Flames while Cody Hodgson and David Booth scored for the Canucks. Olli Jokinen scored the 1st shootout goal for the Flames. Alex Burrows scored a shootout goal to keep the Canucks alive. Jarome Iginla would then score the next shootout goal. Mason Raymond...
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Jokinen's hat trick lifts Flames to win
Miikka Kiprusoff can thank fellow Finn Olli Jokinen for helping him earn his 300th career NHL win.
Jokinen capitalized on a turnover by Colin White to break a third-period tie with his third goal of the game, and the Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 Wednesday night.
Jokinen also assisted on Jarome Iginla's second-period goal to help Kiprusoff reach the milestone...
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Flames lose C Jones to broken ankle
Calgary Flames center Blair Jones is expected to be sidelined six weeks due to a broken ankle.
Jones was injured in Thursday's game against Phoenix when he was hit in the ankle by a shot.
The 25-year-old Jones has one goal and two assists in 13 games for the Flames after notching two goals and two assists for Tampa Bay this season.
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Flames C Jokinen snaps slump .. by eating hamburger
Olli Jokinen snapped his 15-game goalless streak by having a hamburger.
Yes, you read that right.
The Calgary Flames center remembered some sage words from the legendary Wayne Gretzky when the Finn was last mired in a pronounced slump during the 2008-09 campaign.
"In Phoenix, I think I went 10, 11 games without a goal and he pulled me into a meeting and said ‘Hey, you take...
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Big Mac breaks Olli Jokinen's goalless streak
When Calgary Flames center Olli Jokinen had gone 15 games without a goal, he knew he had to change up something. So the former Phoenix Coyote recollected on some advice that was passed on to him by the Great One, Wayne Gretzky. He went out for a Big Mac meal.
"In Phoenix, I think I went 10, 11 games without a goal and he pulled me into a meeting and said ‘Hey, you take...
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Jokinen's hat trick lifts Sharks to win
Olli Jokinen capitalized on a turnover by Colin White to break a third-period tie with his third goal of the game, and the Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 Wednesday night.
Jokinen also assisted on Jarome Iginla's second-period goal to help Miikka Kiprusoff earn his 300th NHL win and end San Jose's five-game winning streak in the series.
Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski...
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Jokinen's hat trick caps Kiprusoff's 300th career win
Olli Jokinen recorded his seventh career hat trick and Miikka Kiprusoff secured his 300th career NHL victory by turning aside 34 shots as the Calgary Flames skated to a 4-3 road triumph over the San Jose Sharks on Wednesday.
Jokinen also assisted on captain Jarome Iginla's third goal in as many contests for Calgary, which defeated San Jose for the first time in six tries and...
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Coyotes 2, Flames 1, OT
Shane Doan scored a power-play goal at 3:05 of overtime and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Thursday night to extend their winning streak to a season-high four games.
Doan's game-winner came 58 seconds after Calgary's Mikael Backlund was called for tripping. With the victory, Phoenix moved into the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference...
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Coyotes look to continue win streak vs. Flames
The Phoenix Coyotes' current winning streak has put them very much in the mix for a Western Conference playoff spot.
Right behind them are the Calgary Flames.
The Coyotes look for a season-high fourth straight victory while trying to continue their recent success against the visiting Flames on Thursday night.
After enduring a stretch where it dropped 12 of 15 games, Phoenix...
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Iginla goal, assist power Flames
Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist Friday night to help the Calgary Flames record a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Olli Jokinen scored in the first period and Jay Bouwmeester added a power-play goal in the second to help Calgary shake off two straight home losses.
Brent Seabrook scored for Chicago, which has lost five straight, including an 8-4 loss in Edmonton the...
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Flying V’s Hat Trick: Flames Catch Canucks in Shootout Win
Stinkin Flames…
The Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames battled in a classic Northwest Division matchup featuring two fights and extra time as the Flames beat the Canucks 3-2 in the shootout.
Mason Raymond and Alex Edler were stopped in the skills competition and Jarome Iginla had his revenge on Roberto Luongo to seal it in the third round, keeping the Canucks from collecting...
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Vancouver vs. Calgary – February 11th | NHL Highlights
Canucks vs Flames Game Recap
Did you miss the Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames Saturday night on CBC Hockey Night in Canada?
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Canucks vs. Flames highlights courtesy NHL.com.
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Flickering Flames Need Fresh Fuel
What happens when a once-mighty team fails to consistently develop good young players?That franchise ends up spending lots of money on middling veterans while hanging around the periphery of the Stanley Cup playoff race year after year.Such is the fate of the Calgary Flames.They are on the outside of the Western Conference race looking in, despite catching fire of late.Should this...
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Cam Gore: Flames brought desperation to the Tank
The Calgary Flames wanted and needed the two points more than Sharks tonight and they came away with a 4-3 victory. Mikka Kiprusoffâs 300th career victory came against the team that drafted him as he was stellar tonight stopping 34 shots.
The other big story of the night was Olli Jokinen scored a hat trick plus an assist factoring in on all four Calgary goals.
This...
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Canucks vs. Calgary Flames blog: Love’ em & Hate’ em
There’s that shootout again…
There was a time when a Vancouver Canucks/Flames game was appointment viewing. If games against the Oilers over the past decade have been defined by speed and skill displays, contests against the Flames have traditionally been trench wars.
The rivalry has waned in recent years as the Flames and Canucks have chased completely different trajectories...
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Jokinen, Iginla lift Flames over Canucks in SO
Jarome Iginla scored the shootout winner and the Calgary Flames earned an important two points with a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.
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AHL Battle of Alberta Comes the Calgary This Thursday
The AHL Western Conference leading Oklahoma City Barons are coming back to Calgary to play the AHL battle of Alberta because the Abbotsford Heat, the AHL farm team of the Calgary Flames will play a home game in the Saddledome this Thursday night. While once again both corresponding NHL teams are on the outside looking in for the NHL playoff race, their AHL teams currently playoff...
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Canucks vs. Calgary Flames betting odds & handicapping preview Feb. 11
Canucks look to continue dominance
The Vancouver Canucks will look to return home undefeated after a four game road trip. Standing in their way is the Calgary Flames, a team that has had their share of troubles with the Canucks over the past few years.
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Vancouver Canucks (34-15-5) at Calgary Flames (25-22-8)
When: 10...
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Flames 4, Sharks 3
Olli Jokinen capitalized on a turnover by Colin White to break a third-period tie with his third goal of the game, and the Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 Wednesday night.
Jokinen also assisted on Jarome Iginla's second-period goal to help Miikka Kiprusoff earn his 300th NHL win and end San Jose's five-game winning streak in the series.
Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski...
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Luca Sbisa hit on Tim Jackman
Check out this hit by Ducks defenseman Luca Sbisa on Calgary Flames forward Tim Jackman. While Sbisa does hit Jackman in the head, I definitely think the hit in question looks accidental and not malicious.
For the hit in question, Sbisa was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for headbutting Jackman. After the hit, Jackman left the game and didn't return. I don...
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Ducks 3, Flames 2, SO
Niklas Hagman scored the deciding goal in the eighth round of a shootout and the Anaheim Ducks beat Calgary 2-1 on Monday night for their 14th straight home victory over the Flames.
Bobby Ryan and Matt Beleskey scored less than 2 minutes apart in the first period for the Ducks, who won the tiebreaker by a 3-2 margin. Jonas Hiller made 24 saves.
The Ducks haven't lost to the...
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