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News and Notes – December 1 2014

Dec 1, 2014, 15:10 ESTUpdated:

Some rapid-fire news and notes for your Monday afternoon!

Flames captain Mark Giordano had been named the NHL’s First Star for the month of November. The blueliner had 4 goals and 12 assists in 13 games (the Flames went 9-4-0).
Flames goalie Karri Ramo has been named the NHL’s Third Star of the week after winning three consecutive starts and having two consecutive shut-outs.
Ramo will be starting against Arizona tomorrow night.
Matt Stajan returned to practice. He’s working on getting back into game shape, in a similar manner as Michael Ferland did once he was medically cleared. Mason Raymond is reportedly close to joining the main group, as well.
Morgan Klimchuk was invited to Canada’s World Junior camp later this month. Fellow Flames prospect Rushan Rafikov has been invited to Russia’s camp.
Jon Gillies got a shut-out on Saturday against Boston College. Mark Jankowski had the assist on the only goal of the game as Providence College beat the Eagles 1-0. Gillies was named Hockey East’s Defensive Player of the Week for his back-to-back shut-outs, as he also blanked Army on Tuesday.