For entertainment value the “Gauge Game” was extremely high.  The missing incredient was a Flame win.

   The 5-2 final score didn’t do the evening justice.  The Red Wings scored 2 goals in the last minute and a half. Prior to that, the game was very much up for grabs.

   The Wings were the superior team, as advertised, but the Flames weren’t at all embarassed. Detroit grabbed a 2-0 lead midway in the 2nd period, but by the 7-minute mark in the 3rd the game was tied.

   Both team had chances and it appeared the team which got the late-game break would win. The Flames were able to keep the vaunted Detroit PP off the scoresheet, but it was a goal on a delayed Calgary penalty that broke the deadlock.

   A fresh Jiri Hudler was the man coming on the ice when goalie Ty Conklin went to the bench. Hudler shot from the face-off circle beat Miikki Kiprusoff cleanly.

    The Flames need improvement to become an elite team, but they proved they belong on the same ice as the Stanley Cup Champions.

   The Flame assignment for this week is taking aim at NW Division-leading Vancouver.  The Canucks are 5 points ahead of the Flames but this week the 2 play a home-and-home series on Thursday and Saturday. Before that the Flames host Los Angeles Tuesday.

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