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The Calgary Flames were not good on Sunday night in a 5-1 loss at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks. But they were much better the following night, and they had a nice response in taking a 4-1 win over the Oilers in Edmonton. It was good to see the Flames bounce back after a bit of a slow start and really put this thing away in the third period, en route to their 12th road win this season.
We thought it might be a really rough and chippy start to this one. That wasn’t the case, and in fact the Oilers were able to score the first goal on a Ryan Potulny tip off a Jason Strudwick shot. After that, Edmonton did a nice job pushing the pace, and it wasn’t until late in the opening frame when Calgary’s play really started to come. In fact, as I wrote down in my notebook that “Calgary was starting to come along”, they got a powerplay and scored on it. Now, that goal was waved off…but give Calgary credit, they scored again in the first to have this game tied 1-1.
Calgary scored on the PP in the second, and lead into the 3rd…and really put this one away in the final frame. Calgary is now 16-0-1 when leading after 2 periods of play, and I really liked their killer instinct. They scored twice, and really pushed Edmonton out of this hockey game. Now, the Oilers aren’t great, but oh well…the Flames did what they needed to do and that was important.
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ugh! It days like these it’s tough to be an Oiler fan. I’ll give Calgary credit, they played a heck of a game in the last half of that game. I suppose it’s a do-over on the 31st. Will there be a Boyd/Cogliano 2? Maybe a Staios/Regehr 2? Let’s hope so. Or maybe I get to see a Souray/Iginla. I love a good BOA… but mostly when the Oilers win. *wink*
On a side note: Souray did make it clear that he was chocked about the Iginla hit. He said Iggy called him to apologize and that didn’t seem to matter. Just so you know I wasn’t trying to annoy you. I’m just going by what I know. I’ll find a link for you. Have a good day!
PS: Dude, I always like getting in a good argument, so don’t worry about annoying me! I just don’t know why Souray would be so bugged by the incident, it was just that…incidental! Completely by accident. It’s hockey Sheldon! The Oilers are a bad hockey team right now though, they are showing very little in terms of push back and you can tell Pat Quinn is ready to snap.
- Smokin' Ray