Iginla twists the knife
Jean Lefebvre
January 31 2010 09:13AM
Call it a deluxe, adding-injury-to-insult edition of a Gordie Howe Hat Trick. In addition to scoring a goal (two of them actually), setting up a couple of tallies and getting into a scrap on Saturday night, Calgary captain Jarome Iginla also managed to give the Edmonton Oilers a paper cut and then pour lemon juice on it.
Hockey Daze in Canada
Jean Lefebvre
January 30 2010 07:49AM
Surely there must be a way for both of the rag-tag Alberta clubs' losing streaks to continue beyond tonight's tilt at One of the The Many Houses Frankie Musil Built.
The Elias Sports Bureau tells us this is already the first National Hockey League contest in more than 22 years to feature a matchup of clubs on winless skids of at least nine games and, goshdarn it, why can't the fun carry on into February?
The No. 1 centre debate (again)
Jean Lefebvre
January 25 2010 07:33PM
Quick -- when was the last time the Calgary Flames made it through an entire season without any braying about the top end of the depth chart at centre?
For some, the debate may go back as far as 20 years, when guys like Gilmour, Nieuwendyk and Otto were the men in the middle at the Saddledome.
McKenzie: Flames have eye on Kovie
Jean Lefebvre
January 22 2010 11:11AM
Interesting nugget from TSN's Bob McKenzie today as he suggests the Calgary Flames and the Chicago Blackhawks are his front-runners in the presumed Ilya Kovalchuk Sweepstakes that will develop if and when the Atlanta Thrashers decide to move the Russian winger.
Don't look now but . . .
Jean Lefebvre
January 22 2010 12:55AM
We've all heard of long weekends but the Calgary Flames' upcoming weekend might seem especially long.
The boys in crimson are off as far as regularly scheduled National Hockey League action is concerned but head coach/chief critic might have some very labour-intensive chores in mind for his chaps between now and the resumption of play on Monday night when the St. Louis Blues visit the House That Kevin Lavallee Built.
