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Battle of Alberta, One-sided

January 22nd, 2012 by Peter Maher

  There was once a time in the mid-80′s when the Flames played 13 games against the Edmonton Oilers without gaining a win.   The Flames have a similiar domination going now against their provincial rivals.   Lee Stempniak’s “hat trick”, the first by a Flame this season, on Saturday in Edmonton,was the latest Flame [...]

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INJURIES!!!! WHAT INJURIES???

January 20th, 2012 by Peter Maher

In his pre-game comments to the media prior to Thursday’s match in Los Angeles, Flame GM Jay Feaster was emphatic he didn’t want media types, by extension fans and his players discussing injuries. In a news briefing called to update the teams’ 8 injured players, Feaster got emotional underscoring that injuries would not be an [...]

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FLAMES LOSE TOUGH ONE TO SHARKS

January 18th, 2012 by Peter Maher

It was a game where the Flames deserved better based on execution and effort, inside….. ….The good news is they got a point against a strong Shark team in San Jose on Tuesday. The bad new is losing the second point plus their top goal scorer in the 2-1 shootout setback. Curtis Glencross and his [...]

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Another Win and Cammy’s Back

January 13th, 2012 by Peter Maher

  Two hours after Jay Feaster made his second trade in a week, the man he got in the first transaction delivered the OT goal in a 1-0 win over Anaheim on Thursday.   With the Scotiabank Saddledome crowd still buzzing about the deal that brought Mike Cammalleri back to Calgary, Blair Jones sent them [...]

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Strange Game but Another Home Win

January 11th, 2012 by Peter Maher

  Perhaps it should now be called the “Jarome Iginla Hat Trick” any time a player has a goal, assist and a fight in game.   That’s just one of the interesting aspects from a strange 6-3 Flame win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.   It was a strange game on-the-ice producing some strange-but-term [...]

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Giordano Needed, But….

January 9th, 2012 by Peter Maher

  Brent Sutter revealed Monday that Mark Giordano could be back in the Flame line-up this week — likely Thursday or Saturday.   ….And while the depleted roster could greatly use his services of their best skater since he went down with that hamstring injury on Nov.29, the club needs to exercise caution.   The injury is one [...]

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Iginla Ignites ‘Dome With 500th Goal

January 8th, 2012 by Peter Maher

For the second time in less than 2 years, Jarome Iginla played a major role turning gloom into gold. After Thursday 9-0 blasting in Boston, one wondered that atmosphere would be like in the Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday when the Flames hit the ice against Minnesota. Rather than rip on the local skaters with jeers, [...]

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Getting back to business

January 6th, 2012 by Peter Maher

The Flames are back home and after attending to their family chores now the hockey needs to be getting back in the race for a playoff spot. After being within one point of 8th place in the West on Dec 28, 5-straight road losses has dropped Brent Sutter’s group 5 points out entering Friday’s action. [...]

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Embarrassment in Beantown

January 5th, 2012 by Peter Maher

‘Embarrassed’ was the most used word in the Flames dressing room following this 9-0 humbling in Boston on Thursday. The Stanley Cup champs looked like solid favourites to repeat on this night and just about every game since Nov.1.  The Bruins are 23-3-1 since Halloween. With a full line-up they would be underdogs vs the [...]

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Good effort, bad result

January 4th, 2012 by Peter Maher

On effort, Brent Sutter called it the Flames best since Christmas. Still another loss as special teams were the difference in a 3-1 Washington win. The coach felt that 5-on-5 the Flames were better than the Capitals. In that situation, each team scored once. The Caps set an early tone with a PPG 1:11 into [...]

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