Calgary Flames

The Chicago Blackhawks made another free agent splash picking up free agent forward Marian Hossa for 12 years, $62.8 million. Hossa opted to cash in this year rather than bet the farm on a one year deal with a contender like he did with Detroit last year... however, the Chicago Blackhawks are not...

The Calgary Flames who acquired the exclusive negotiating rights to defenceman Jay Bouwmeester from the Florida Panthers several days ago, made the most of the opportunity. The Flames and JB agreed to a 5 year contract worth $6.6 million per year. There have been rumors that the Flames were...

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2008 file photo, New Jersey Devils coach Brent Sutter reacts to the referees during the third period of an NHL hockey against the New York Islanders at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Calgary Flames general manger Darryl Sutter has named his brother Brent as the ne...

By noreply@blogger.com (Greg) Calgary Flames GM Darryl Sutter is expected to announce, either tomorrow or Tuesday, that his brother, Brent, will be the new head coach of the Calgary Flames. The announcement will put an end to one of the worst-kept secrets in recent memory. Brent has been next-in-line for the Flames Head...

 Canada A fourth-round draft pick of the Calgary Flames in 1998, Sutter played four seasons in the WHL - with Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Calgary - before moving up to the pro ranks in 2001. He bounced around between the American Hockey League and ECHL for ...

 Canada He also played up with the Quad City Flames of the American Hockey League (Calgary's top farm team), earning one goal and three points in 17 games. Coached by Jared Bednar, a 37-year-old Saskatchewan product who played 12 years in the Western League ...

 Canada By ERIC FRANCIS, SUN MEDIA While the hockey world debates the merits and probability of yet another Sutter joining the Calgary Flames, the world's most decorated hockey mom admits its far from the most pressing issue on her mind these days. ...

Faceoff.com   Canada Only one of them makes a lick of sense for the Calgary Flames. While the Flames' head-coaching saga remains murky for the moment, and the job is almost certainly Brent Sutter's for the taking if technical details can be ironed out in New Jersey, ...

It was Game 7 of the 2004 Stanley Cup final between the Lightning and Flames on June 7, 2004. The Lightning won 2-1. Andreychuk, who capped the night by lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time in his career, spoke about what it is like to play in a ...

 NY Canadian defenseman Dion Phaneuf, selected ninth overall, was a menace to opposing players at the 2005 World Junior Hockey championship and has carried his hardnosed play in the NHL with the Calgary Flames. He also scored 20 goals in his rookie season. ...

  Canada There hasn't been a concrete decision from Brent Sutter as to whether he'll return for one more season with the New Jersey Devils, at least not that we know. Since the Flames wouldn't have to provide compensation if Brent leaves the Devils and joins ...

 CA His professional career lasted until 1989 during which time he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies, and Calgary Flames. Lanny personified the Mustached American spirit and grit, as he once scored an overtime goal with both a fractured ...

 Canada Sutter has insisted his team will become more defensively oriented, and rightfully so. The Flames are no longer the low-scoring, stop-Jarome-Iginla-and-you've-stopped-them squad of years past, but suddenly couldn't figure out how to keep the puck out ...

 PA Darryl Sutter has three coaching candidates in mind for the Calgary Flames. If none stand out as the right choice, the general manager is prepared to take over again behind the bench. Sutter, who coached the Flames from 2002-06, was asked if he was ...

Friday's announcement that the Calgary Flames had relieved Mike Keenan of his head coaching job was really not much of a surprise. Keenan has been fired almost as many times as George Jetson. The coaching change got me thinking about Barry Trotz's ...

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He was acquired in a trade deadline transaction from the Calgary Flames. Wilson, who was undrafted, put up 71 points in 58 games for the Sarnia Sting (OHL) in 2007-08, before signing as a free agent with the Calgary Flames. ...

 IL With no teams north of the border left in the Stanley Cup playoffs, maybe a Canadian club decided it had to generate some news. Friday's firing of Calgary Flames coach Mike Keenan comes as a big surprise to us. We really didn't think his job was in ...

Head Says: The Red Wings are not the Canucks or Flames. While Chicago looked excellent and exciting in the first two rounds against those two, the Red Wings are (sadly) on another plane. The only thing between the Hawks and a disappointing crash to the ... ESPN - Chicago Sun-Times

You still can't give a guy like [the Flames'] Jarome Iginla a free pass on a night. He's too good to give him a free pass. If you don't challenge those kind of guys, you're going to get burned. I don't think the physical play is going to stop. ... Flames-Blackhawks Game Review USA Today

Calgary Flames forward Andre Roy has been suspended one game by the NHL after initiating contact with Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Aaron Johnson during pre-game warmups Wednesday night. The United States clinched a berth to the Under-17 World Cup in ...

By Rob Rossi, TRIBUNE-REVIEW Those Penguins players that know the Calgary Flames best are quite aware what is required to beat them tonight at Mellon Arena. "When I was there, the identity they wanted to have was of a hitting team that worked hard and ...

By rinkrat The skinny: Bad situation. Red hot Canucks team chasing down Calgary as they head for the Westcoast and two non playoff Los Angeles teams, and the Flames playing a Devils team that was sat down by head coach Brent Sutter and read the riot act for their loss to the Islanders on Saturday. The Flam...

By rinkrat THE PREDICTION: Nothing about the Senators’ recent run suggests they’ll recover in time to somehow defeat Calgary Flames. That Jarome Iginla managed to rack up five points and the team still lost its last game suggests they’ll be raring to go tonight. Let’s call it 5-1 for Calgary (season r...

By Todd Kimberley The edge: Intriguing match-ups pit the men tied for sixth in NHL scoring at 46 points, Flame RW Jarome Iginla SJ’s Jumbo Joe Thornton; and goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff, trying to bounce back after being pulled to start the third period at the United Center, against Evgeni Nabokov.

By Jean Lefebvre Claes Elefalk, Backlund's Swedish agent, says the decision belongs to the Flames. The Flames, for their part, said the ball is in Backlund's court. Here are Button's thoughts on the other two Flames assets competing at the tournament:

By Jason Brough It's just, well, this is our first -- the first we've followed from draft day to jersey retirement. Then out of nowhere came the surprisingly close Smythe Division semifinal against the Calgary Flames. Alas, Joel Otto kicked the Flames into the next round and Vancouver would have to wait fi...

By Greg Wyshynski • LCS Hockey has a new addition of their radio sitcom, "The Bettmans," featuring Gary's meeting with Sean Avery. [LCS Hockey, .mp3 file] • Earl Sleek and Mike Chen face off in a segment of "it's about damn time" in preparation for tonight's showdown between the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim...

By Greg Wyshynski • LCS Hockey has a new addition of their radio sitcom, "The Bettmans," featuring Gary's meeting with Sean Avery. [LCS Hockey, .mp3 file] • Earl Sleek and Mike Chen face off in a segment of "it's about damn time" in preparation for tonight's showdown between the San Jose Sharks and the Anaheim...

By Greg Wyshynski • Defending the Toronto Maple Leafs' honoring Wendel Clark, and why they weren't "the stuck-in-the-mud Leafs" throwing "a bash in the trailer park for one of their unwashed heathens." [The Hockey News] • Finally, good scrap from a couple of days ago between Brandon Prust of Calgary and Ca...

By Greg Wyshynski • Defending the Toronto Maple Leafs' honoring Wendel Clark, and why they weren't "the stuck-in-the-mud Leafs" throwing "a bash in the trailer park for one of their unwashed heathens." [The Hockey News] • Finally, good scrap from a couple of days ago between Brandon Prust of Calgary and Ca...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Anaheim Ducks at Detroit Red Wings (7:30 p.m. EST; TV: FSPT, FSD). Here's what Mike Babcock had to say about his Red Wings today after practice: "Who's the hardest-working team in the National Hockey League? ... Well, in the past I've been able to say without any question, here. I don't th...

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Anaheim Ducks at Detroit Red Wings (7:30 p.m. EST; TV: FSPT, FSD). Here's what Mike Babcock had to say about his Red Wings today after practice: "Who's the hardest-working team in the National Hockey League? ... Well, in the past I've been able to say without any question, here. I don't th...

By Matt(noreply@blogger.com) On the other hand, the conventional wisdom is right too. This blogging thing still feels pretty new and exciting most of the time, and yet The Battle of Alberta had been up and running for over a year when I posted the picture on the left, two years less a day ago. Go Flames.

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Calgary Flames at Colorado Avalanche (9 p.m. EST; TV: RSW, ALT). It'll be Miikka Kiprusoff vs. Peter Budaj again tonight, as these two teams meet after the Flames absolutely pummeled the Avs earlier this week. No Joe Sakic again, which suits Calgary just fine.

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks (10:30 p.m. EST; TV: FPPV, CSBA). A rematch from last year's Western Conference quarterfinals, the Flames will see Brian Boucher between the pipes for San Jose. Dion Phaneuf's partner Jim Vandermeer will miss six weeks with a broken ankle.

The Oilers and Flames were away from Alberta in Sunday's action. THRASHERS 5 @ CANES 2 Coming in: Atlanta (5-7-2) had won three straight after a six-game losing streak, while Carolina (8-4-2) had won three of four and has six of the next seven games at home including Sunday's tilt.

  Canada - Oct 28, 2008 The Flames and Avs have played some wild and eventful games in recent seasons — the 5-4 Calgary victory two weeks ago at the Saddledome was one of them ... Flames Game Review Canoe.ca After one period: Avalanche 0 Flames 0 Calgary Herald all 3 news articles

 Canada - The plan also includes a site near the proposed 17th Avenue crossing for a potential replacement for the Saddledome, home of the Calgary Flames. ... Stampede's billion-dollar vision Calgary Herald all 4 news articles

By PJ Swenson Notes from the Calgary Flames come-from-behind 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks in Game 3 of the WCQF will be posted soon. A full size image of the CBC screen capture is available here. Post-game comments on the hit by San Jose Sharks head coach Ron Wilson:

By PJ Swenson Many fans tuning in for the the first game of the Calgary Flames vs San Jose Sharks Western Conference Quarterfinal series on recently re-branded Comcast Sportsnet Bay Area (formerly FSN Bay Area) missed six minutes plus of the first period due to an Oakland-Toronto baseball game that r...

By PJ Swenson CALGARY FLAMES HEAD COACH MIKE KEENAN POST-GAME Calgary Flames head coach Mike Keenan post-game press conference comments: Q] The Flames had a lot of energy in the first period? San Jose Sharks head coach Ron Wilson post-game press conference comments:

By Tyler We were tempted to add the socks in as the worst socks in history, but it is a toss up between these and the new Calgary Flames socks. If you have this jersey, please spare yourself the shame and head over to Ice Jerseys.com and pick ...

By Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta -- The Calgary Flames ' scoring duo of Jarome Iginla and Kristian Huselius were too much for the New York Rangers. Iginla scored two goals and ...

By Chris Here at the NHLToL, we're going to review every one of them. Read up and then rate the new sweaters. We'll do a full ranking after completing all of the reviews. Rbk EDGE Uniform System Calgary Flames New Uniforms Free Polls - VOTE NOW! ...

Eric Duhatschek was the winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for “distinguished contributions to hockey writing” in 2001. In 2000, after twenty years of writing about the NHL and the Calgary Flames, he joined globeandmail.com, where he writes a five-times-a...

Flames sign leaders to extensions Arizona Republic, AZ - Jul 4, 2007 AP The Calgary Flames signed captain Jarome Iginla and assistant captain Robyn Regehr to five-year contract extensions that begin after the 2007-08 season. ...

By Christy Hammond Alex Tanguay (via Calgary Sun): Mercifully, 2006-07 is over for the Calgary Flames. A lost opportunity with this roster, especially one enjoying the services of Miikka Kiprusoff in his prime, and hopefully we just witnessed the final condemnation of the Jim Playfair administration.

The Spokesman ReviewNHL | Red Wings slap Flames in opener Seattle Times, WA - Apr 13, 2007 DETROIT — Pavel Datsyuk broke out of a 26-game playoff scoring drought to push the Detroit Red Wings past the Calgary Flames 4-1 Thursday night. ...

 Canada - Oh," nonchalantly replied the Calgary Flames defenceman, "you mean the ones that made us look like Olympic lugers?" That was two Septembers ago at the ...

By technologyted@mac.com The SoCal HockeyCast returns with coverage of the 2006 NHL Playoffs!  In this episode, our enhanced podcast reports on the big upsets in this year's playoffs so far.  The Kings didn't make it, but we still cover hockey from our unique Southern California perspective.  We also give the Duck...