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Iginla goal, assist power Flames
Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist Friday night to help the Calgary Flames record a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Olli Jokinen scored in the first period and Jay Bouwmeester added a power-play goal in the second to help Calgary shake off two straight home losses.
Brent Seabrook scored for Chicago, which has lost five straight, including an 8-4 loss in Edmonton the night before. The Blackhawks also lost 3-2 at Vancouver in overtime on Tuesday night.
Ray Emery stopped 29 of 32 shots for the Blackhawks, who have six games left on a nine-game road trip that will feature games in four time zones.
Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 26 shots for his 299th NHL win. He passed Mike Vernon for the Flames’ goalie record with 527 games.
Flames 3, Blackhawks 1
Jarome Iginla had a goal and an assist to help Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 Friday night.
Olli Jokinen scored in the first period and Jay Bouwmeester added a power-play goal in the second to help Calgary shake off two straight home losses.
Brent Seabrook scored for Chicago, which has lost five straight, including an 8-4 loss in Edmonton the night before. The Blackhawks also lost 3-2 at Vancouver in overtime on Tuesday night.
Ray Emery stopped 29 of 32 shots for the Blackhawks, who have six games left in a nine-game road trip that will feature games in all four time zones.
Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 26 shots for his 299th NHL win. He passed Mike Vernon for the Flames’ goalie record with 527 games.
Shaune Vetter: Tough Year For Tim
When Tim Jackman signed with the Calgary flames On July 2nd 2010, there weren’t a whole lot of people who were excited by the deal. After all, it was just the second day of free-agency and many Flames fans didn’t even know who the burly winger, formerly of the Islanders, was or what he brought to the table.
Brent Sutter knew. After all, as the coach of the New Jersey Devils, Brent and his club…
Feaster On The Delayed Clock Issue In Los Angeles
STATEMENT FROM FLAMES GENERAL MANAGER JAY FEASTER ON THE GAME CLOCK DELAY IN LOS ANGELES
Thursday, February 2, 2012 “It is our understanding the NHL is already investigating this matter. Moreover, as Colin Campbell was quoted as saying, once the game is over it is over. There is nothing the NHL is going to do, or can do, to correct the situation if, indeed, there was a mistake made in that game. Rather than crying over what happened in a game in which we did not take part, our time and energies are devoted to our own team and doing everything we can to win the games we play and in so doing qualify for the post-season. We sincerely believe that is a much better and more efficient use of our time and effort.”
Jay Feaster
Calgary Flames General Manager
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It was nice to see Jarome Iginla playing well alongside Evgeni Malkin at the All-Star Game. Fact is, most players with any skillset whatsoever would benefit from slotting next to Iginla or Malkin.
It was nice seeing Iginla and Sidney Crosby showing good chemistry as linemates in the 20…
Red Wings-Flames wrap-up and overnight report: Wings earn a Mccrimmon-style win
Before Nicklas Lidstrom learned how to jump into the rush from Paul Coffey and how to impeccably position himself between the puck and the goal from Larry Murphy, he broke into the league 21 years ago playing alongside Brad McCrimmon, and on a night when the Calgary Flames did a fantastic job of honoring the one-time Wings player and coach’s memory, the Wings defeated the Flames 3-1 by playing a game whose substance resembled McCrimmon’s supremely gritty, sometimes downright nasty and perhaps less than aesthetically-inclined style.
The Wings didn’t receive much time to dwell upon their win; they boarded Red Bird II for an hour-long flight to Vancouver, where the Western Conference leaders (the Wings are all of three points ahead of the Predators and four ahead of the Blues and Blackhawks in the Central Division standings, and are 3 points ahead of the Canucks), where they’ll practice sans Jimmy Howard and Pavel Datsyuk on Wednesday—Wings coach Mike Bab…
Hudler’s go-ahead goal lifts Wings over Flames
Jiri Hudler scored the go-ahead goal at 11:29 of the third period to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.
Flames defenseman Chris Butler lost his balance and fell inside the Calgary blue line, allowing Valtteri Filppula to wheel around him and carry the puck deep into the Calgary zone. Filppula’s centering pass caromed off the side of the net and went right to Hudler, who had an empty net to shoot at as goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was trapped out of position.
Drew Miller made it a two-goal cushion four minutes later, converting a pretty goal mouth pass from Danny Cleary. Cory Emmerton also scored for Detroit (34-16-1).
Jimmy Howard made 28 saves for his NHL-leading 31st victory. It was a solid bounce-back outing for Howard, who was pulled after the first period in his last game before the All-Star break after surrendering four goals to Montreal on 12 shots.
The Red Wings are 1-1 on their five-game road trip that continues Thursday night in Vancouver.
Mike Cammalleri scored the lone goal for Calgary (23-22-6), which has lost three straight at home following an eight-game winning streak there.
Detroit and Calgary split their four-game season series.
The Flames tied the game 1-1 on Cammalleri’s power play goal 1:59 into the second period. Alex Tanguay’s slap shot hit a Detroit player in front and fell at the feet of Cammalleri. His first shot was stopped, but he whacked the rebound past Howard with a backhander.
Cammalleri, acquired on Jan. 12 in a trade with Montreal, scored the following night against Los Angeles in his first game with the Flames, but was held pointless in his previous four.
Detroit struck first at 5:57 of the first period on a goal from its fourth line.
Justin Abdelkader’s slap shot from the wing was kicked out by Kiprusoff, but right onto the stick of Emmerton, who was breaking in on the other side. The Red Wings rookie buried his first goal in 11 games and fifth of the season.
Detroit nearly made it 2-0 in the final minute of the first but Kiprusoff sprawled to rob Cleary after Abdelkader set him up at the side of the net. Video replay confirmed the puck didn’t cross the line as Kiprusoff smothered it.
Kiprusoff finished with 22 saves.
Looking to spark a struggling offense, held to one goal or fewer in four of six games, Calgary coach Brent Sutter changed up the combinations on the Flames’ top two lines. Tanguay was reunited with Jarome Iginla on a line centered by Mikael Backlund. Cammalleri dropped to a line with Olli Jokinen and Blake Comeau.
NOTES: The Flames honored former captain and assistant coach Brad McCrimmon, who died last summer in the Lokomotiv airplane crash in Russia. McCrimmon played on the Flames’ 1989 Stanley Cup-winning team. McCrimmon’s family was on hand for the pregame ceremony and video tribute. … Detroit LW Tomas Holmstrom (sore knees) didn’t play, but expects to play on Thursday. … Calgary RW Lee Stempniak (lower body) left the game in the first period. … Kiprusoff played in his 526th NHL game, tying him with Mike Vernon for first on the Flames’ career list for goalies. … Detroit ranks second to last in the NHL in average penalty minutes per game (8.4).
Detroit picks up where it left off
Jiri Hudler scored the go-ahead goal at 11:29 of the third period to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.
Flames defenseman Chris Butler lost his balance and fell inside the Calgary blue line, allowing Valtteri Filppula to wheel around him and carry the puck deep into the Calgary zone. Filppula’s centering pass caromed off the side of the net and went right to Hudler, who had an empty net to shoot at as goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was trapped out of position.
Drew Miller made it a two-goal cushion four minutes later, converting a pretty goal mouth pass from Danny Cleary. Cory Emmerton also scored for Detroit (34-16-1).
Jimmy Howard made 28 saves for his NHL-leading 31st victory.
Hudler’s goal lifts Red Wings over Flames
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Jiri Hudler scored the go-ahead goal at 11:29 of the third period to give the Detroit Red Wings a 3-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.
Flames defenseman Chris Butler lost his balance and fell inside the Calgary blue line, allowing Valtteri Filppula to wheel around him and carry the puck deep into the Calgary zone. Filppula’s centering pass caromed off the side of the net and went right to Hudler, who had an empty net to shoot at as goalie Miikka Kiprusoff was trapped out of position.
Drew Miller made it a two-goal cushion four minutes later, converting a pretty goal mouth pass from Danny Cleary. Cory Emmerton also scored for Detroit (34-16-1).
Jimmy Howard made 28 saves for his NHL-leading 31st victory. It was a solid bounce-back outing for Howard, who was pulled after the first period in his last game before the All-Star break after surrendering four goals to Montreal on 12 shots.
The Red Wings are 1-1 on their five-game road trip that continues Thursday night in Vancouver.
Mike Cammalleri scored the lone goal for Calgary (23-22-6), which has lost three straight at home following an eight-game winning streak there.
Detroit and Calgary split their four-game season series.
The Flames tied the game 1-1 on Cammalleri’s power play goal 1:59 into the second period. Alex Tanguay’s slap shot hit a Detroit player in front and fell at the feet of Cammalleri. His first shot was stopped, but he whacked the rebound past Howard with a backhander.
Cammalleri, acquired on Jan. 12 in a trade with Montreal, scored the following night against Los Angeles in his first game with the Flames, but was held pointless in his previous four.
Detroit struck first at 5:57 of the first period on a goal from its fourth line.
Justin Abdelkader’s slap shot from the wing was kicked out by Kiprusoff, but right onto the stick of Emmerton, who was breaking in on the other side. The Red Wings rookie buried his first goal in 11 games and fifth of the season.
Detroit nearly made it 2-0 in the final minute of the first but Kiprusoff sprawled to rob Cleary after Abdelkader set him up at the side of the net. Video replay confirmed the puck didn’t cross the line as Kiprusoff smothered it.
Kiprusoff finished with 22 saves.
Looking to spark a struggling offense, held to one goal or fewer in four of six games, Calgary coach Brent Sutter changed up the combinations on the Flames’ top two lines. Tanguay was reunited with Jarome Iginla on a line centered by Mikael Backlund. Cammalleri dropped to a line with Olli Jokinen and Blake Comeau.
NOTES: The Flames honored former captain and assistant coach Brad McCrimmon, who died last summer in the Lokomotiv airplane crash in Russia. McCrimmon played on the Flames’ 1989 Stanley Cup-winning team. McCrimmon’s family was on hand for the pregame ceremony and video tribute. … Detroit LW Tomas Holmstrom (sore knees) didn’t play, but expects to play on Thursday. … Calgary RW Lee Stempniak (lower body) left the game in the first period. … Kiprusoff played in his 526th NHL game, tying him with Mike Vernon for first on the Flames’ career list for goalies. … Detroit ranks second to last in the NHL in average penalty minutes per game (8.4).
Here’s the Flames’ video tribute to Brad McCrimmon
The Calgary Flames incredibly classily honored former Flame and Red Wings player and assistant coach Brad McCrimmon before tonight’s Red Wings-Flames game. Here’s the video clip they aired at the rink, and it was lovely to see Mrs. McCrimmon, Brad’s kids, mom, dad and brother Kelly all in attendance as they received silver pucks and a framed McCrimmon #4 jersey from the Flames’ brass:
Red Wings-Flames game-day updates: a mash-up of news and more Winter Classic talk
The Red Wings won’t take the ice to prepare for tonight’s game against the Calgary Flames (9 PM EST, FSD Plus/Sportsnet West/WXYT’s AM station only) until after I’m out of the office an hour from now, but the Calgary Sun’s Randy Sportak is posting updates from the Flames’ “morning skate”…
#Flames Jarome Iginla first one on the ice for the morning skate. Hits it early with Michael Cammalleri before everyone else.
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Iginla and Cammalleri with the game-day routine of passing to each other just inside the circle and firing pucks in the net. One-timers next
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Flames lines: Tanguay-Backlund-Iginla; Comeau-Jokinen-Cammalleri; Bouma-Jones-Stempniak; Kostopoulos-Stajan-Jackman
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Flames defence: Butler-Bouwmeester; Giordano-Hannan; Brodie-Sarich. Looks like Babchuk the lone healthy scratch. Kiprusoff in goal.
The Calgary Herald’s Scott Cruickshank reports that the Flames are tweaking their power play as well:
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Red Wings-Flames set-up and overnight report: no room for error (and Babs talk)
The Detroit Red Wings chose to skip practice on Monday and fly out West to Calgary, where they’ll begin a four-game slate of West Coast games against the Calgary Flames tonight (9 PM EST, FSD Plus/Sportsnet West/WXYT). The Wings won’t have much time to pause and enjoy the Flames’ tribute to Brad McCrimmon because, as the Wings duly pointed out to their press corps, the team’s road record remains a game below .500 (13-and-14) with hard tilts against the playoff-desperate Flames, the powerhouse Canucks, a nothing-to-lose Oilers team and a grudge match on Monday in Phoenix on the agenda prior to a long home stand.
If you take a look at the Western Conference standings, the Wings might not be able to match the 9th-place Flames’ burning desire to sneak back into the playoff pack, but the Wings are only two points ahead of the Blues and three ahead of the Blackhawks and Predators in the Central Division, and that includes a really remarkable 9-and-3 record …
Calgary Flames will honor Brad McCrimmon before Red Wings game on Tuesday
This is very, very cool, per the Flames’ website
Prior to their game against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night, the Calgary Flames will pay tribute to former Flames defenceman Brad McCrimmon.
McCrimmon was one of the 43 victims on board the Russian plane carrying the Kontinental Hockey League team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl that crashed on Sept. 7, 2010.
During warm-ups, Flames players will don jerseys sporting McCrimmon’s number four and name on the back. Their respective numbers will be displayed on the arms of the jersey. The jerseys will be autographed and auctioned off after the game with the proceeds going to the Flames Foundation for Life.
A custom tribute logo – 4 Brad – has been created and will be present on all materials connected with the tribute. Stickers with the logo will be on Flames players helmets tomorrow night.
Love For Lokotmotiv bracelets will also be for sale at FanAttic.
Continued, and I believe the Flyers might do something similar when they …
NHL: Calgary Flames at the All Star Break: Will the Jekyll and Hyde Year Continue?
The Calgary Flames have reached the All Star weekend in pretty much the same place they were in last season; second last in their division and tied for 10th in the Western Conference. They have showed flashed of brilliance during the year and flashes of incompetence.
But will this roller coaster ride continue the rest of the way or can the Flames actually put together a run to make the playoffs?
I think the answer is that we should expect more of the same.
The Flames front office did make a trade during the break. They sent off again veteran forward Brendan Morrison to Chicago in exchange for defensive prospect Brian Connelly.
Because what the Flames need right now is yet another defenseman to add to the surplus they have on the farm.
Yes, Connelly has some potential as an offensive defenseman, something the Flames are in need of, since big money D-man Jay Bouwmeester has been such a bust in that role, but what the Flames really need is some more scoring, right now. They are c…
Brendan Morrison is the true winner in Chicago Blackhawks, Calgary Flames deal
When the Chicago Blackhawks announced the acquisition of Brendan Morrision from the Calgary Flames last night, they ultimately beefed up their depth down the middle for the better.
Morrison, a veteran, who has never hoisted the Stanley Cup, will get his chance this year. Signing several one-year contracts at a time, Morrision, even more so than the Blackhawks, have the most to gain from this deal.
Sure, the Blackhawks obtain a cheap skilled centre for $850,000. But Morrison wins on two accounts.
Obviously, the first account is being shipped to a true competitor in the Chicago Blackhawks. But secondly, Morrison has had a couple of good years of late.
If he can make an impact and find a home in the Chicago “core,” the 36-year-old make be able to ink a couple of years with the Blackhawks. Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman, it seems, wanted a bit of veteran experience for the playoffs.
The Rockford Ice Hogs is one of the American Hockey League’s youngest teams this season. Giv…
