In advance of the Battle of Alberta in the Stanley Cup playoffs, a pair of Canada’s national men’s soccer team defenders have taken time out from their World Cup preparations to make a wager on the series. Loser has to donate $2,000 to the winning team’s charity foundation and take a photo in their jersey!…
In advance of the return of the Battle of Alberta to the Stanley Cup playoffs, the mayors of Calgary and Edmonton have made a wager on the outcome of the series. The bet involves face paint, jerseys, and financial donations to kids’ cancer charities in each city.
Let’s get one thing out of the way: Johnny Gaudreau is one heck of a hockey player. Moreover, at various levels throughout hockey, he’s built a reputation as a clutch big game performer. Aside from during the Stanley Cup playoffs. Until Sunday night, that is.
After failing to close out their first round series with the Dallas Stars in Wednesday’s Game 6, the Calgary Flames did so on Friday in Game 7… in dramatic fashion. They defeated the Stars by a 3-2 score in overtime, off a game-winning goal from Johnny Gaudreau, to advance to the second round of the…
The Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars went the distance, both in their series and in their deciding Game 7. The two teams battled all the way to overtime, with Johnny Gaudreau’s overtime winner lifting the Flames to a 3-2 victory in Game 7 and a 4-3 series win. The recap is here, if you missed…
The Calgary Flames have qualified for the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs, and they’ve earned themselves an exciting opponent. For the first time since the 1991 Smythe Division semi-final, the Flames will face the Edmonton Oilers in a post-season edition of the Battle of Alberta.
After six tight-checking, hard-fought hockey games, the Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars needed all seven games to settle their first round Stanley Cup playoff series. And in keeping with how this series has been, they also required extra time to decide who moved on to the second round. Johnny Gaudreau scored an overtime game-winner with…
Ahead of the American Hockey League’s Board of Governors meeting this week, Tony Androckitis of Inside AHL Hockey is reporting that the Calgary Flames’ top affiliate, the Stockton Heat, may be on the move for the 2022-23 season and be playing the upcoming season in the Calgary area.
After a superb 82 game regular season and six hard-fought playoff games, the continuation of the playoff push for the Calgary Flames (3-3; 1st place, Pacific Division) comes down to a decisive Game 7 on Sunday night at the Saddledome. The Dallas Stars (3-3; 1st wildcard seed, Western Conference) are in town, hoping to advance…
During the regular season, the Calgary Flames had a few really strong individual performances. While Johnny Gaudreau got strong Hart Trophy consideration and Elias Lindholm received Selke Trophy consideration, arguably Matthew Tkachuk didn’t receive the accolades he deserved for his excellence. But through six playoff games against Dallas, the Flames simply haven’t gotten the same…
Sunday night features the deciding seventh game between the Calgary Flames and the Dallas Stars. This is obviously not the first Game 7 the Flames have played in the post-season. Here’s a brief snapshot of their triumphant Game 7s, and those that were less jubilant and successful.
The Calgary Flames had a chance to finish off their first round series with the Dallas Stars on Friday night. Unfortunately, they didn’t close things out: Dallas won 4-2 to force a deciding Game 7 on Sunday night. Here are five takeaways from Game 6.
