Posts Tagged ‘Calgary Flames’
Frozen five: Five players to watch at NHL trade deadline
Giovanni Mio talks about five players he feels may be dealt before the NHL trade deadline.
by Giovanni Mio on February 23rd, 2012 Leave a comment »
Flame Up: Bouwmeester Agrees To Deal With Flames
On Saturday, the Calgary Flames acquired the negotiating rights Jay Bouwmeester from the Florida Panthers and just a day before NHL free agency is set to begin, the team has signed the defenseman to a 5 year contract worth on average of $6.6 million per season. Bouwmeester was expected to be one of the highly sought after free agents when …
by Mike Cosentino on June 30th, 2009 Leave a comment »
Report: Brent Sutter To Be Announced Today as Flames’ New Head Coach
Wanting to work for your brother qualifies for leaving your old job for family reasons, make sure to take note of that. At 5PM EST today, it is expected that the Calgary Flames will announce Brent Sutter as their new head coach. Brent Sutter, the brother of Calgary Flames General Manager, Darryl Sutter, has been coaching for the past 2 …
by Mike Cosentino on June 23rd, 2009 Leave a comment »
NHL Playoffs Recap: April 27
Chicago Blackhawks 4 Calgary Flames 1 – Behind goals from Patrick Kane, Adam Burish, Brian Campbell, and Dustin Byfuglien, the Chicago Blackhawks won their fourth game of the series and knocked off the Calgary Flames. With this series win, the Blackhawks will now face the Vancouver Canucks in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Byfuglien also set up …
by Derek Johnson on April 28th, 2009 Leave a comment »
NHL Playoffs Recap: April 25
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Philadelphia Flyers 3 – Having shutout the Penguins by a score of 3 to 0 at Mellon Arena in Game 5, the Flyers started off Game 6 scoring the first three goals of the game. They were well on their way to forcing a Game 7 until Ruslan Fedotenko, Mark Eaton, and Sidney Crosby scored in the …
by Derek Johnson on April 26th, 2009 1 Comments »
NHL Playoffs Recap: April 20
Washington Capitals 4 New York Rangers 0 – It appears that the Washington Capitals have found the answer to defeating the New York Rangers: Simeon Varlamov. Despite losing 1-0 in Game 2, Varlamov was perfect in net for Washington as his 33 saves on 33 shots was good enough to earn the shutout at Madison Square Garden. Alexander Semin potted …
by Derek Johnson on April 21st, 2009 Leave a comment »
NHL Playoffs Recap: April 18
New York Rangers 1 Washington Capitals 0 – Instead of starting Jose Theodore, Bruce Boudreau decides to start 20-year-old Simeon Varlamov. Good idea? Yes. Did it help them win? Unfortunatey, the Capitals were not able to get the puck past Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist as the New York netminder stopped 35 shots to get the shutout. Ryan Callahan’s first period …
by Derek Johnson on April 19th, 2009 Leave a comment »
NHL Playoffs Recap: April 16
With the other eight playoff teams seeing action on the ice on Thursday, all sixteen teams have played one game each. Let us briefly recap Thursday’s games: Boston Bruins 4 Montreal Canadiens 2 – Bad blood all around between the two teams, but the #1 seed comes out on top behind two goals from Phil Kessel. Zdeno Chara’s power play …
by Derek Johnson on April 17th, 2009 Leave a comment »
The Final Stretch: Notes And Thoughts On Current NHL Standings
Alright, first of all I am going to post the standings for the Eastrern and Western Conference only displaying the teams that still have a mathematical chance to make the playoffs. NHL Eastern Conference: NHL Western Conference: 1. y-Boston Bruins 104 PTS/74 GP 1. y-San Jose Sharks 109 PTS/75 GP 2. x-Washington Capitals 99 PTS/76 GP 2. x-Detroit Red Wings …
by Mike Cosentino on March 29th, 2009 1 Comments »