In advance of Thursday’s season opener in Winnipeg, the Calgary Flames have made a few roster shuffles. #Flames Roster Update: Derek Ryan has been activated from taxi squad to roster, Louis Domingue has been activated from taxi squad to roster, Artyom Zagidulin has been added to taxi squad from Stockton, and David Rittich will not…
Friends, it’s time for the sprint to begin. The Calgary Flames (0-0-0, 0 points) begin a very unique 2020-21 season, shortened to 56 games by a pandemic, on the road against the Winnipeg Jets (0-0-0, 0 points). It’s the first game of a 56 game, 116 day sprint for the Flames towards the post-season. For…
Hockey’s back! The Calgary Flames open their 2020-21 regular season tonight in Winnipeg! To commemorate the occasion, we’ve convened the FlamesNation writing staff in a roundtable to discuss our hopes, dreams and anxieties for this upcoming season. Join us, won’t you?
The 2020-21 season begins on Thursday night for the Calgary Flames and there has been a bunch written in various places about the stakes of the season. With apologies for putting the punchline first, here goes: this isn’t a make or break season for the Flames. The team will not be blown up if they…
It’s an exciting time in the hockey world, folks. Even amidst a pandemic, leagues are chugging away and trying to get games in – subject to the necessary health and safety measures, thankfully. In the prospect realm, a few Calgary Flames properties joined new teams this week.
The Calgary Flames have set their 2020-21 opening roster. For your education and amusement, here is a quick rundown of the 20 players on the Flames’ roster (and six on their taxi squad).
As we head into a very unusual season, the Calgary Flames have announced their season-opening roster.
The Calgary Flames announced their annual team award winners on Tuesday morning via media release, as well as two new team awards. Sam Bennett was the 2019-20 winner of the Ralph and Sonia Scurfield Humanitarian Award. This award is presented annually to the Flames player who best exemplifies perseverance, determination and leadership on the ice,…
Good news, everyone! The three players the Calgary Flames placed on the waiver wire on Monday – defenseman Oliver Kylington and forwards Derek Ryan and Zac Rinaldo – have cleared waivers.
With no real roster decisions to make, Monday’s scrimmage between two halves of the Calgary Flames roster was full of pace but little urgency or intensity. Minds likely weren’t changed as a result of 60 minutes of hockey in front of a couple dozen people. But it served as the last box to tick off…
On Thursday, the Calgary Flames battled the Calgary Flames at the palatial Scotiabank Saddledome and came away with a 5-2 victory. On Monday evening, the two sides will do battle once more in a game fans can actually witness with their own two eyes. Team Iginla faces Team McDonald with pride on the line, as…
Since they moved to town in 1980, there’s been one team that the Calgary Flames have used as a measuring stick – their neigbours to the north, the Edmonton Oilers. The two clubs combined for seven Cup Final appearances and five Cup wins in the 1980s, mostly Edmonton’s, but the rivalry has pushed both teams…
