Jamie Lundmark hasn’t kept track of how many times he’s gotten the call to come up to the NHL after a stint in the minors.

  …And while the 9-year pro players knows its likely to happen again, he hopes he can remain in the NHL for the balance of his career.

   If every game went like Saturday’s for the winger, who will be 29 this Saturday, he’d likely get his wish of full-time NHL employment.

  48 hours after getting after getting the call to fly from Abbotsford to Calgary, Lundmark was back in B.C. but instead of playing in the Abbotsford Arena, he was in GM PLace in Vancouver leading the Flames to a 3-2 shootout victory.

  Lundmark scored the winning goal as the final shooter in the shootout. Prior to that, he tied the game at 2-2 with a tally midway in the 2nd period.  It was the 2nd time Lundmark has notched the decisive shootout marker for the Flames this season. He did it in Columbus during his first callup of this season in Nov.

  Lundmark admits he’s used to the comings and going but reveals it usually takes him 2-or-3 shifts to re-adjust to the NHL speed, which is “much quicker”.

  Too bad because in Lundmark’s very first shift on Friday in the Saddledome against Columbus, he hit the goal post.  If he had scored on that endeavor and given the Flames a 1-0 lead, who knows where that game may have gone.  As it was, the Flames lost 3-2 to the lowly Bluejackets in a lacklustre performance that brought on a tongue-lashing both behind closed doors and publicly from coach Brent Sutter.

  The Flames responded well Saturday with their best performance of the season to re-gain sole possession of first place in the NW Div.  They are one point ahead of the Canucks and Colorado, who they face Monday in the Saddledome with top spot again on the line.  

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