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Flames Post-Game: Flames prospects sweep Oilers in showcase series
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Paige Siewert
Sep 14, 2025, 22:00 EDTUpdated: Sep 14, 2025, 21:56 EDT
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The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers played their second and final prospect showcase game on Sunday evening. The back half of this series was in Calgary and another high scoring game brought the Flames the weekend sweep.

Flames lines

Sam Honzek – Carter King – Matvei Gridin
Parker Bell – David Silye – Aydar Suniev
Jacob Battaglia – Nathan Brisson – Hunter Laing
Kadon McCann – Carter Wilkie – Mael Lavigne
Etienne Morin – Hunter Brzustewicz 
Axel Hurtig – Siman Mack
Mace’o Phillips – Colton Alain
Arsenii Sergeev 
Owen Say 

Recap

It came as no surprise that Zayne Parekh was absent for this game again after missing Friday’s match-up for precautionary reasons. The report is that he’s expected to participate in main camp. For this game, another precautionary scratch was made for Andrew Basha. 
These young squads came out with high energy to start this game and some positional hiccups were to be expected. In this match-up, you could see players trying to anticipate moves of teammates they haven’t played with very much but despite that, they will still able to put on an exciting game. 
The Oilers were the ones to strike first just 2:13 into the game with a one-timer from Tommy Lafreniere. 
Shortly after this goal, the first penalty of the game went against the Flames when Sam Honzek was called for tripping. The Flames managed to kill off this penalty and worked towards getting the answer back goal. 
A few of the players that stuck out early in this game were Mace’o Phillips, who was putting up big hits and playing with a lot of confidence and Aydar Suniev and David Silye, who had the best looks for the first half of this frame.
The Flames would manage to even up the Oilers with a goal from Mael Lavigne. Calgary set up a passing play with this fourth line and Lavigne finished it on the rebound at 15:36. 
The first period finished with a deadlocked 1-1 score. In the second period, the Flames got on an early power play but were not able to capitalize on this opportunity. The next goal came for the Flames off the stick of Nathan Brisson. Jacob Battaglia came up on the rush with a forehand backhand play that Brisson sent to the back of the net.
The Flames managed to put more space between themselves and the Oilers with a top shelf snipe from Matvei Gridin on a scrambled Oilers turnover. 
With just over three minutes to go in the second, Kadon McCann took a slashing penalty and Edmonton put themselves within one on the power play. Sergeev didn’t get a great read on this awkward shot and Tommy Lafreniere put the puck past the Flames’ netminder. 
By the end of the middle frame, the Flames held a 3-2 lead over their northern rivals. Calgary got their two goal lead back pretty quickly when Colton Alain went blocker side and in. 
Less than a minute later, the Oilers answered back on a glove side shot on Sergeev. This goal came from Josh Samanski. 
A few minutes later, the Flames were on the power play and Parker Bell took a shot that tipped off Hunter Laing to make it a 5-3 game for the home team. 
The Oilers didn’t let this game close out without another goal on their side. They put some zone pressure on the Flames and after losing sight of the shot prior, Sergeev couldn’t get a good read on this shot through traffic. Parker Von Richter was the fourth goal scorer for the Oilers. 
The Oilers pulled their netminder towards the final few minutes of regulation and the Flames got a couple of looks at the empty net but didn’t end up lighting the lamp one more time before time ran out. 
At the end of 60 minutes, the Flames took a 5-4 victory over the Oilers and completed the prospect showcase sweep. 

Takeaways

The Flames prospect depth is very impressive at this point. These guys played with a lot of hunger and speed that will be interesting to watch as they develop in their professional careers. Mace’o Phillips in particular, has been a good story out of prospect camp and again played a clean game and used his size to his advantage. His pairing with Colton Alain and the Etienne Morin and Hunter Brzustewicz pairing were the most noticeable on the back end. 
The top two lines were very impressive this game with all three players on each line having stand out moments as the game went on. Brisson’s line also had moments that impressed but you really felt the difference when the AHL vets were on the ice. 
Someone who didn’t really stand out as much as expected was Arsenii Sergeev. His game seemed a little unsure and his puck tracking was a bit weak. He didn’t show much confidence in net but the scoring and the coverage from his defenders bailed him out in this game. 

Next up

This game wrapped up the prospect camp portion of pre-season and next will be the main camp for the Flames that will bring many more familiar faces. Quite a few of these players have earned themselves an invite and a chance to prove themselves with the NHLers. The ones who made the cut will be announced in the coming days.

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