The Calgary Flames announced today that forward Samuel Honzek has suffered a lower-body injury and will be sidelined on a week-to-week basis. Honzek had not skated since the team’s Thursday loss to the Colorado Avalanche, missing Calgary’s loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday.
The Calgary Flames were blown away 7-3 on their return to Scotiabank Saddledome ice on Thursday night, and on Saturday at 8PM MT, they get another opportunity, this time against the Pacific Division rival Anaheim Ducks.
In Craig Conroy's first year as the Calgary Flames General Manager, he used the No. 16 overall pick on Samuel Honzek, a big forward that lacked high-end skill and elite physical traits, or at least that's what analysts around the league would have had people believe at the time.
Professional sports can be a tough business, folks. Spots in the big leagues are so competitive that grabbing and keeping a spot is almost as much about luck as it is about talent.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
Craig Conroy has certainly received his fair share of plaudits for the work he’s done to restock the Calgary Flames’ cupboards over the past three years.
Welcome to The Win Column 2026 Calgary Flames Prospects Rankings. Ranked 9th on our list is the 16th overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft: Samuel Honzek.
Stars center Sam Steel has returned home early from their road trip due to an undisclosed injury sustained on Thursday, relays team reporter Mike Heika
The Calgary Flames confirmed Friday that rookie forward Samuel Honzek had surgery to repair an upper-body injury, with a projected recovery of up to six months.
Calgary Flames rookie forward Sam Honzek underwent surgery on Thursday to address an upper-body injury and will miss up to six months while recovering, according to multiple reports.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
In the past few years, the Calgary Flames have built a prospect pool that has come to be well respected around the league. Headlined by the obvious in Zayne Parekh and the recently drafted Cole Reschny.
Welcome back to The Win Column Calgary Flames Prospect Rankings. We begin with an honourable mention: Samuel Honzek, who was drafted by the Flames 16th overall two seasons ago.
In this edition of Calgary Flames Prospect’s Quick Hits, I’ll report the progress of three key Calgary prospects and share how they’re developing. These are Samuel Honzek, Matvei Gridin, and Zayne Parekh.
After narrowly missing the playoffs in the 2022-23 season, the Calgary Flames were awarded the 16th overall pick in the NHL Entry Draft. With that selection, they drafted 6-foot-4 Slovakian forward Samuel Honzek.
Forward Samuel Honzek’s return to the NHL will be shortlived despite playing in the Calgary Flames’ loss to the Utah Hockey Club last night. The organization announced Honzek has been reassigned to their AHL affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers, while forward Matthew Coronato has been recalled in his stead.
The Calgary Flames are a pretty banged up group at the moment. They were already without Yegor Sharangovich and Kevin Rooney, and announced this morning that 19-year-old left winger Samuel Honzek is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
Despite being a first-round pick, after the way Sam Honzek’s season went down last year, many would have avoided the term “NHL-ready.” Even still, the forward made the Calgary Flames NHL club out of camp and has played on the top line alongside Nazem Kadri to start the year.
As the NHL preseason ends, the Calgary Flames have good news and bad to start the season. The team had standout performances from unlikely heroes, but they also lost a key forward who is out week-to-week with an injury.