Crime and punishment, an equation that has stood the test of time.
The crime in this case, a 6-1 listless drubbing in San Jose, a loss so heinous head coach Mike Keenan nixed a California getaway, leading to the expected punishment … some punishing work on the ice in Calgary instead.
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Recent memories of the HP Pavillion have not been too fond. The last time the Flames and the Sharks danced, San Jose ripped out the hearts of many Calgarians hoping for another spring to remember. It was game 7 of the Western Conference quarter final last April, and Calgary fell to pieces in the 2nd period of that game, after an impressive and entertaining series.
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As a born and raised Western Canadian I’ve never had any affinity to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Heck I was able to foresake my homeland and cast aside the Riders, so I wasn’t about to get nostalgic for an era I didn’t witness.
But I have to admit a visit from Toronto to Calgary is a fun event to take in. You want to see a red win because of the media. You want to see a red win because of the number of blue jerseys in your way all night at the Dome. You just want to see a red win, something the Dome faithful were handed when the workmanlike Flames handed the Buds a 4-3 setback on Saddledome ice on Remembrance Day, in a that was certainly memorable.
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Lately in the windy city, the city of Chicago has had the breeze of change blowing through it in many ways.
Sometimes, one team takes the momentum and keeps it for an entire game. More often, momentum swings back and forth like a pendulum, and that was the case in this game, one where the Flames found themselves on the wrong side of the pendulum a little too often.
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