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Kris Versteeg scored two power-play goals in Chicago's five-goal second period to help the Blackhawks rout the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night in a rematch of a first-round playoff series. The Blackhawks beat the Flames in six games last season in the playoffs, ending the series wit...

The Denver Post's Adrian Dater tweeted and then backed off a second-hand report of a shouting match between...

It's been more than a month since the Chicago Blackhawks won a road game. They'll get plenty of chances to end that drought in the next 10 days. Though the Blackhawks are opening their annual circus trip having lost three straight on the road, a perfect homestand and their recent dominance of...

By rinkrat CALGARY -- It's flashback time in the Stampede City, and the star attraction is Calgary's favorite Finn. The Flames are on a roll, collecting 11 of 12 possible points heading into Tuesday's home game against Colorado, with top spot in t...

By rinkrat But is seven better than eight?" said Sutter. "I was in a situation two years ago (in New Jersey) when we had nine guys and we needed them all . . . and actually we needed a 10th guy, too. Trying to predict when Miikka Kiprusoff will play well has been a relatively easy task lately.

Nearly three weeks ago, the Colorado Avalanche extended their Northwest Division lead to seven points after beating the Calgary Flames. A rough seven-game stretch by the Avalanche combined with a Calgary surge has caused that advantage to shrink to the slimmest of margins. Colorado tri...

By rinkrat In case you were wondering about the choice of netminder for Saturday's game against the home-ice Maple Leafs, Brent Sutter is here to tell you that the second half of a back-to-back set was an ideal spot for Miikka Kiprusoff. He was great Tuesday in Montreal — a 1-0 win. Then spectacular on Fr...

By rinkrat It was one of the Flames best games of the season, home or away. Certainly there were some errors because these guys are only human and, like many other times, Miikka Kiprusoff was there to cover them up. But he wasn’t asked to stand on his head maybe more than five or six times.

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Calgary forward Curtis Glencross was suspended three games by the NHL on Monday because of a high hit he put on Chris Drury of the New York Rangers. Glencross caught Drury with a shoulder to the head in the first minute of Calgary's 3-1 win Saturday night. Rangers coach John Tortorella said Dr...

By rinkrat No. 1 Star: Evgeni Nabokov(notes), San Jose Sharks No. 2 star: Antero Niittymaki(notes), Tampa Bay Lightning Did you know?: Craig Conroy(notes) is the only Calgary Flames forward without a goal through the team's first 15 games. (AP)

No. 1 Star: Jarome Iginla, Calgary Flames The Flames got some breaks against the Dallas Stars, and Iginla made...

By rinkrat • "Internet reports" have the Chicago Blackhawks interested in Leafs defenseman Tomas Kaberle(notes). The gist of the story is on-point: Marian Hossa(notes) is inching back, and the cap issues are on the front burner. [Kuc, via Second City Hockey]

By rinkrat • We will allow this Colorado Avalanche gloating to stand. For now. [Jerseys and Hockey Love] • Haven't watched it yet, but heard this ESPN E:60 piece on Theo Fleury(notes) was quite good. [ESPN] • Jay Bouwmeester(notes) is quieter than mouse flatulence, but just loud enough for his Calgary...

By rinkrat Sammy Hudes is a 16-year-old Calgary Flames fan who lives in Toronto. In the following guest column, he talks about what it's like to cheer for the Flames while living in the "centre of the universe." Sammy Hudes is a 16-year-old Calgary Flames fan who lives in Toronto. In the following guest c...

By rinkrat As the Hawks went down 5-0 to the visiting Calgary Flames, defenseman Brent Seabrook recalled thinking, "That was unacceptable." So did the rest of his teammates: Chicago's five unanswered goals sent the game into overtime, where Seabrook collected an Olli Jokinen(notes) turnover an...

By AP First Period--1, Calgary, Boyd 1 (Prust, McGrattan), 6:14. 2, Calgary, Nystrom 3 (Regehr, Glencross), 6:48. 3, Calgary, Iginla 2 (Jokinen, Sjostrom), ... Patrick Kane: Kane leads Hawks to great comeback winRotoworld.com all 4 news articles »

Encouraging: The Calgary Flames are 4-0-0 going into their home game against the Dallas Stars Friday night. Discouraging: Jarome Iginla has just one goal ... THN.com Blog: Good, bad, big and bittersweet startsThe Hockey News all 4 news articles »

CBC.ca Daymond Langkow and Dawes also scored in regulation for the Flames (4-0), who beat the Oilers 4-3 on Saturday. Ethan Moreau, Lubomir Visnovsky and Ales ... Thursday's Three Stars: Heatley's trick boosts SharksYahoo! Sports NHL - Hat trick for Heatley...Ducks get first win.WJBD Online

By rinkrat Preview: New York Islanders (0-0-1) at Ottawa Senators (1-1-0) Preview: New Jersey Devils (0-2-0) at Tampa Bay Lightning (0-1-1) Preview: Colorado Avalanche (2-0-0) at Nashville Predators (1-0-0) Preview: Minnesota Wild (1-1-0) at Los Angeles Kings (1-1-0)

Faceoff.com with the Stars is with the team on their current road trip and is targeting to play later on this trip against the Calgary Flames or Calgary Flames. ... Modano idled by suspected rib injurySportingNews.com all 81 news articles »

3, Calgary, Moss 1 (Bouwmeester, Jokinen), 12:09 (pp). Penalties--Iginla, Cal, double minor (roughing), 4:03; Staios, Edm (roughing), 4:03; Nystrom, ... NHL: Calgary 4, Edmonton 3Times of the Internet Bouwmeester comes home againFaceoff.com all 7 news articles »

If it doesn't, then the Flames could be in big trouble considering Kiprusoff is not far behind Iginla as Calgary's second-most important player. ... Bouwmeester on top pairing with RegehrRotoworld.com 6 Cities in 6 Days - Flames coach Sutter has many challengesTSN.ca

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 Greg Wyshynski Preview: Philadelphia Flyers at Washington Capitals (7 p.m. EST; TV: CN8, CSN). Hockey is so much better with animosity. The Capitals and Flyers don't get along much, including an interesting bit of back and forth between the coaches today. Japers has the preview for your review.

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:

The Hawks have "put out" the Flames for the third time this season, to use the Hawks' website's headline. It was probably the best meeting of the two teams this season; both teams had 36 shots and the game was pretty even until the six minute mark of the second period. The Hawks won 5-2, but it cer...

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 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: 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.

  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

By Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta -- Free-agent forward Todd Bertuzzi signed a one-year, $1.95 million contract with the Calgary Flames on Monday. Todd is a proven scorer with ...

 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 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 ...

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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 ...

 TX - Jan 7, 2007 Ritchie scored twice and Boyd netted his first NHL goal with 2:17 left Saturday night, snapping a tie and carrying the Calgary Flames to a 4-2 win over the ...

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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...