It was evident that the Calgary Flames and the Columbus Blue Jackets are both fighting for their playoff lives Wednesday night in Calgary. Both teams were strong defensively, and though the Flames started slow, falling behind 2-0 in the opening 10 minutes, it was the...
Coming off a disappointing homecoming on Saturday night, the Calgary Flames were looking to rebound against a struggling Anaheim Ducks team. Led my third line winger Andrew Mangiapane, who recorded his first career hat trick and added an assist to the cause, the...
The Pacific division is in complete chaos at the moment, with the top four teams in the division stumbling their respective ways through it. Amidst the confusion, enter the Calgary Flames, who returned home on Saturday night after a four-game road trip with three wins against divisional opponents, boasting a +12 goal differential over that four-game stretch.
Exactly half-way through their season the Calgary Flames turned in one of their most disappointing efforts of the season. The 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks cannot come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the team through their first 41 games. Inconsistency is Calgary’s team brand so far this year.
After rattling off seven straight wins, the Flames have come back down to earth after losing their last two games at home. They’ve been outscored 8-1 in those two games, but the lopsided scores are not an accurate reflection of the hockey being played by a newly-invigorated Flames team.
Hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs Thursday night, the Calgary Flames continued their win streak to seven games. At a crucial time of the season, the Flames are proving night in and night out that they want to contend this year. Games like Thursday night’s point teams in...
It came 4 minutes into the third period of Thursday night's matchup against the Buffalo Sabres. The moment many Flames fans have been waiting seemingly forever for; Milan Lucic officially has his first goal as a Calgary Flame. Not only that, but the goal also proved...
While the Flames were battling the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 overtime loss on Monday night, a very different dilemma was unfolding off the ice for head coach Bill Peters. Peters has been accused of directing racial slurs at former player Akim Aliu back in the...
The Calgary Flames have the third period figured out. The first two periods, not so much. Facing a strong St. Louis Blues team on Saturday night, they faltered through the first two periods, riding the strong play of David Rittich to a 2-0 deficit before coming back,...
The Calgary Flames hosted the New Jersey Devils last week in a matchup that pitted two underperforming teams against one another. Sitting last in the eastern conference, the Devils have a strong young roster firing in the wrong directions. That lack of team direction...
The Calgary Flames had a clear gameplan going into Thursday night’s tilt against the Detroit Red Wings; play as a team for a full sixty minutes. After a lethargic start to the season, the Flames were looking for a full team effort on Thursday night and got one...
