The Calgary Flames played seven games of what amounted to hockey chess against Dallas in the first round. It was tight-checking, it featured excellent goaltending, and both sides probably wished they scored more goals. (Especially Dallas.) Game 1 of the Battle of Alberta couldn’t have been more different than the Dallas series, with 15 goals…
Since the last time we checked in with the fresh-faced prospects of the Calgary Flames organization, two pretty impressive things happened. First, the Stockton Heat got out the brooms and swept the Bakersfield Condors in the Calder Cup playoffs. (That’s Edmonton’s farm team.) Second, the Seattle Thunderbirds rallied back from a 3-1 series deficit to…
The Calgary Flames have another finalist for a major National Hockey League award, and this time it’s behind the bench. Flames head coach Darryl Sutter has been named one of three finalists for the Jack Adams Award, which goes to the NHL’s top coach as voted by the NHL’s Broadcasters Association. The other two finalists…
A lot happened in the first game of the second round series between the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. The Flames scored on their first two shots of the game, blew two four goal leads, and won anyway by a 9-6 score in an eventful offensive display. They took a 1-0 lead…
In the first round, the Calgary Flames played a low-scoring, tight-checking, trench war of a hockey series against the Dallas Stars. The games were fairly entertaining, but admittedly could’ve featured more offensive highlights. Well, that wasn’t an issue in Game 1 of their series with the Edmonton Oilers. In a track meet of a hockey…
After 31 years – and two long days – of waiting, it’s finally time for a Stanley Cup playoff edition of the Battle of Alberta. The Calgary Flames (4-3; 1st place, Pacific Division) face the Edmonton Oilers (4-3; 2nd place, Pacific Division) in Game 1 of the Pacific Division Final series. Bragging rights, and a…
It’s often said that misery loves company. Since the 2006-07, the province of Alberta has been home to two teams whose only bond was through post-season misery. In that span, in 30 combined post-seasons prior to this one, the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers have two series victories between them. By the end of the…
For the first time in 31 years, the Calgary Flames will meet the Edmonton Oilers in the playoffs. Moreover, for just the second time since their run to the 2004 Stanley Cup Final, the Flames have made it past the opening round of the playoffs. It’s an exciting time! It’s playoff Battle of Alberta time!…
Via our pal Pat Steinberg, we have an update from Tuesday’s Calgary Flames practice! After missing the third period of Game 6 and all of Game 7 against Dallas was an injury, blueliner Chris Tanev was found in his usual spot in the second pairing alongside Oliver Kylington. #Flames at practice today: Gaudreau-Lindholm-TkachukMangiapane-Backlund-ColemanDube-Jarnkrok-ToffoliLucic-Lewis-RitchieRuzicka-Carpenter Hanifin-AnderssonKylington-TanevZadorov-GudbransonMackey-Stone MarkstromVladar —…
After three freakin’ decades, friends, it’s almost here. The Calgary Flames will play the Edmonton Oilers in the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs. (And it only took a multi-year pandemic and how many years of playoff disappointment for both teams for us to get here…) To commemorate this occasion, we will do what we do every…
A Calgary Flames player is one of the top three vote-getters for one of the National Hockey League’s most prestigious awards. Forward Elias Lindholm was named as one of three finalists for the Frank J. Selke Trophy on Tuesday morning, alongside Florida’s Aleksander Barkov and Boston’s Patrice Bergeron. The trophy is awarded to the top…
The Calgary Flames have defeated the Dallas Stars in the opening round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs. In keeping with our regular season seven game segments features, we’ve decided to dive into the Flames’ performance during the past seven games. In short: it was quite good, despite the team not scoring oodles of goals.
