The Calgary Flames moved one win away from a trip to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Wednesday night when they beat the Dallas Stars 3-1. The Flames trailed 1-0 after two periods, but powered their way to a victory with a big third period. Here are five takeaways from Game 5.
Based on how the Calgary Flames started off Game 5 one would not think that the Flames would have achieved victory, but the Backlund-Mangiapane-Coleman line became the heroes the C of Red were looking for. Years of watching Calgary lose those games had fans sitting through the second intermission with a bated breath – fear…
Bad news, friends: Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau was not named a Hart Trophy finalist on Thursday morning by the National Hockey League. The top three vote-getters for the Hart Trophy were Toronto’s Auston Matthews, Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and the NY Rangers’ Igor Shesterkin – the winner and final voting results will be revealed later…
The Stockton Heat and Bakersfield Condors continued their playoff series on Wednesday night after the Heat were victorious in game one on Tuesday. The back end of this mid-week back to back was a tighter final score but ultimately, finished with the same result with the Heat coming out on top. They take a 2-0…
