Photo Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin/USA TODAY Sports The NHL got this one right. On Saturday the league announced that the instigator penalty assessed to Calgary Flames defenseman Deryk Engelland during a late line brawl in Game 2 of Calgary’s opening round series against the Vancouver Canucks has been rescinded. As a result Engelland will avoid an automatic suspension and be…
Photo Credit: Bruce Fedyck/USA TODAY Sports Calgary Flames forward Sam Bennett has been arguably the Flames’ best forward early on in their first-round playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks. In the second period of Friday night’s Game 2, Bennett left the contest mid-way through the second period. He took two more shifts after sustaining an…
Photo Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin/USA TODAY Sports The Vancouver Canucks came out flying in the first period of Game 2. Seizing control and setting a physical tone right from the get go, the Canucks received early goals from Daniel Sedin and Nick Bonino to give them a 2-0 lead over the Calgary Flames. Something happened on…
If the Calder Memorial Trophy was voted on by NHL head coaches, it would seem that Johnny Gaudreau would be the likely winner. On Monday veteran TSN broadcaster Bob McKenzie unveiled the results of an informal poll that he conducted among 20 NHL head coaches. More of those coaches chose Johnny Gaudreau as the NHL’s best…
View image | gettyimages.com Less than a minute into Saturday night’s contest between the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames, Flames goaltender Karri Ramo sustained an apparent lower-body injury while making a routine save and had to leave the game. He was replaced by Jonas Hiller.
Photo Credit: Candice Ward/USA TODAY Sports On the heels of being named the NHL’s rookie of the year for March, Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau, 21, is now the odds on favorite to take home the Calder Trophy, awarded to the NHL’s rookie of the year, according to on-line sports book bodog.ca. Read on past the…
The Calgary Flames have signed Western Michigan defenseman Kenney Morrison, 23 to a two-year, entry-level contract, the club announced on Thursday. Morrison’s contract won’t kick in until the 2015-16 league year (which begins on July 1), according to TSN’s Bob Mckenzie. So in contrast with how the Flames offered to burn a year of Johnny Gaudreau’s…
View image | gettyimages.com The Calgary Flames have sent injured defenseman Mark Giordano back to Alberta, and he will not be in the lineup on Monday night against the Philadelphia Flyers. Giordano sustained an upper-body injury when he fell awkwardly in a game last week against the New Jersey Devils. Though Giordano took the ice…
View image | gettyimages.com If the Curtis Glencross trade on Sunday tells us anything of long-term import about the Calgary Flames organization, it tells us that they’re keeping their surprising success in perspective. Little was expected of the rebuilding Flames this season. They were widely regarded as a team that was too limited up front to hang with the…
View image | gettyimages.com The Calgary Flames are hoping to trade Curtis Glencross long before the 11th hour of Monday’s NHL trade deadline, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
View image | gettyimages.com Sometimes no news is bad news. It was two days ago that Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano left a game against the New Jersey Devils after being hooked by Devils winger Steve Bernier. The Norris Trophy candidate fell awkwardly, but the Flames had no update on his status after the game….
View image | gettyimages.com The Calgary Flames seem likely to trade second-line winger Curtis Glencross before the NHL trade deadline. The Flames are reportedly working with Glencross, who is on the final year of a contract that carries a full no-trade clause, on expanding the list of teams he’s willing to be dealt to. Their efforts have…
