02/25/2002
Charlton: Expensive Day for Calgary?
A great day for Canada might also have been an expensive one for the Calgary Flames. With two goals and an assist in Canada's gold medal triumph over the USA in Salt Lake City, Flames forward Jarome Iginla cemented his emergence as one of the premier power forwards in the NHL.  [more]

02/19/2002
Charlton: Now that's hockey!
Now that's hockey. Unrelenting north-south action. Mesmerizing east-west movement. No red line. The freedom of the large ice surface. How is it possible then, that the Salt Lake City Olympic Hockey tournament could be so good without tons of scoring?  [more]

02/15/2002
Behind the Numbers: Hockey's First Nation
In hockey mad Canada it's pretty difficult to keep any distance from Olympic hockey chatter. Who will win Gold? Will Joseph or Brodeur do the job in net in Roy's absence? Will it come down to a shoot out. Hockey bragging rights are literally on the line and it all starts tonight with four games involving the eight teams in the championship round.  [more]

02/14/2002
Calgarypuck Olympic Preview
Controversy has surrounded the NHL's participation in the Olympic games.Many feel it's a traditional spot for amateur athletes, while others feel the condensed NHL schedule to accommodate the Olympics has hurt the season, and caused many an injury.For Calgary Flames fans, it's simply a nice break from a woeful two months of losing hockey, and a chance to cheer for a winner again.  [more]

02/13/2002
Revenge, Scoring and "Foppa"
Revenge. "Foppa". Scoring. There you have it. The three things that have dominated Swedish media prior to the Olympics. The three little things that have been the obvious talk around the table at Joe Average�s lunch-break.  [more]

02/08/2002
Who Are These Guys?
The other guys. Look around the Internet hockey world, or thumb through an Olympic preview magazine, it always comes down to the same thing. Six teams with a chance for gold. No where in those six teams will you find any of the eight nations that are set to launch the Olympic men's hockey schedule on Saturday in Salt Lake City, Utah.  [more]

Bring on Belarus

02/20/2002
Bring on Belarus
Edge-of-your-seat, hard-fought victory over Finns launches Canada into semifinal against Belarus  [more]

02/19/2002
Player Report Cards
A player-by-player report card after Team Canada's 3-3 tie with the Czech Republic on Monday night:  [more]

02/12/2002
Can't Ignore Igor
International hockey veteran Igor Kravchuk has once again been called to serve his country at the Olympics with the Flames defenceman taking the roster spot vacated by injured Toronto Maple Leafs blueliner Dmitry Yushkevich.  [more]

02/11/2002
Botterill's Little Sister
Botterill-built goals, they are certainly expected these days. After all, Jennifer Botterill, an offensive artist of international repute, leads Canada into the Winter Oly-mpics this week at Salt Lake City.  [more]

02/11/2002
Petrovicky Finally Sees Red
VANCOUVER -- Ronald Petrovicky looked perplexed on Saturday night in the visitors' dressing room at GM Place when a reporter offered congratulations.  [more]

Family Matters

02/08/2002
Brothers Together Again
Medal or no medal, this will be one shining moment for the brothers Petrovicky. Calgary Flames sophomore winger Ron Petrovicky will don national colours along with his older brother Robert this weekend at Salt Lake City and try to propel Slovakia into the final round of men's hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.  [more]

12/16/2001
Olympic Flame
This time, Jarome Iginla knew it couldn't possibly be a prank.The Calgary Flames right winger knew it was for real because he got the great news from the Great One himself yesterday morning in St. Louis -- pack your bags, kid, you're going to Salt Lake City.  [more]

12/12/2001
Petro Points
If Peter Stastny comes knocking on the Calgary Flames' door in his ongoing struggle to stock Slovakia's Olympic hockey team, he just might get an answer.  [more]

11/27/2001
Turek Eyes Salt Lake
DETROIT -- At least between the pipes, tonight's National Hockey League game at the Joe Louis figures to look a lot like a Czech Republic Olympic team intra-squad game.  [more]

February 24th - Finals

Canada 2-1-1 vs USA 3-0-1