<p>In advance of Sunday&#8217;s game in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche, the Calgary Flames have made a pair of connected roster moves. The club has recalled defender Connor Mackey from the American Hockey League&#8217;s Stockton Heat and reassigned forward Adam Ruzicka to the Stockton Heat.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Flames</a> Roster Update: Forward Adam Ruzicka has been assigned to the <a href="https://twitter.com/AHLHeat?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AHLHeat</a>. Additionally, defenceman Connor Mackey has been recalled from Stockton.</p>
<p>&mdash; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1503136589001621506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Oliver Kylington was unavailable on Saturday due to a lower body injury, so seventh defender Michael Stone slotted in and performed quite well. With a road game in a back-to-back situation, bringing up Mackey gives the Flames an extra defender in case anybody tweaks something during warm-up.</p>
<p>Ruzicka is the only waiver exempt player on the roster, so he&#8217;s the natural player to swap down to the farm short-term. He was a likely candidate to be a healthy scratch against Colorado anyway. This move guarantees one of Brett Ritchie or Brad Richardson rotates into the lineup for Sunday&#8217;s game.</p>
<p>With the move, the Flames still have a 23-man active roster: two goalies, eight defenders (including the unavailable Kylington) and 13 forwards.</p>
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In advance of Sunday's game in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche, the Calgary Flames have made a pair of connected roster moves. The club has recalled defender Connor Mackey from the American Hockey League's Stockton Heat and reassigned forward Adam Ruzicka to the Stockton Heat.



https://twitter.com/NHLFlames/status/1503136589001621506

Oliver Kylington was unavailable on Saturday due to a lower body injury, so seventh defender Michael Stone slotted in and performed quite well. With a road game in a back-to-back situation, bringing up Mackey gives the Flames an extra defender in case anybody tweaks something during warm-up.

Ruzicka is the only waiver exempt player on the roster, so he's the natural player to swap down to the farm short-term. He was a likely candidate to be a healthy scratch against Colorado anyway. This move guarantees one of Brett Ritchie or Brad Richardson rotates into the lineup for Sunday's game.

With the move, the Flames still have a 23-man active roster: two goalies, eight defenders (including the unavailable Kylington) and 13 forwards.
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