By Blundoon on April 23, 2009
Flames enforcer and lockerroom character Andre Roy has been suspended for a game by the NHL and fined $2500 for a pre-game incident he had involving Chicago’s Aaron Johnson. An incident so henious that it warrants a bigger penelty than Cammalleri’s forhand shiver to Martin Havlat in Game 1….he bumped into him, in the pre-game [...]
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By Blundoon on April 23, 2009
The Calgary Flames, their captain Jarome Iginla and beleaguered newcomer Olli Jokinen gave Calgary Fans and themselves reason to believe again last night at the Saddledome with a tense and trying 6-4 victory over The Chicago Blackhawks. The crowd was taken out of the game early momentarily as Patrick ‘Welcome Back’ Kane picked up his [...]
Posted in Flames | Tagged Blackhawks, Calgary, Chicago, Eric, Iginla, Jarome, Jokinen, Kane, Nystrom, Olli, Patrick |
By Blundoon on April 21, 2009
They needed it and they got it, because they earned it, all of them a 4-2 victory over the Blackhawks in game three narrowing Chicago’s series lead 2 games to 1. Mikka Kipursoff was brilliant when the Flames needed him to be, especially in the third period when the Flames took three straight penalties with [...]
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By Blundoon on April 20, 2009
Born 10 days apart in 1985 and drafted within an hour of one another in the first round at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, Calgary’s Dion Phaneuf (April 10, #9 overall) and Chicago’s Brent Seabrook (April 20 #14) are meeting here in the playoffs for the first time and a question needs to be asked; [...]
Posted in Flames | Tagged Adam, Blackhawks, Brent, Byfuglien, Calgary, Chicago, Conroy, Craig, Dion, Dustin, Iginla, Jarome, NHL, Pardy, Phaneuf, Playoffs, Seabrook |
By Torino on April 20, 2009
Since coming over from Phoenix at the trade deadline, Olli Jokinen has shown flashes of brilliance. At the same time he has also put together something of a disappearing act. Of course he did not really disappear, but to onlookers trying to find a bulky Finnish center contributing to the Flames offense, he certainly was [...]
Posted in Flames | Tagged Add new tag, Calgary, Jokinen, Olli |