Anaheim 0 Calgary 1 (OT)
January 13th, 2012 | Posted in Game Takes | By: Jeff Enns
Just win baby!
The immortal words of the late Al Davis have never wrung more true for the Calgary Flames. Over halfway through the season, and once again eyeing the playoffs from outside looking in, the Flames are in desperate need of points and they’ll take them anyway they can get them.
The key is to ride out positive stretches for as long as possible, finding a way to string together some undeserved wins along with the deserved ones. The Flames have been the epitome of a streaky team as of late, beginning with a three game win-streak in early December. That preceded a four game losing stretch, momentarily erased by a four game winning streak, just before an ugly road trip finished with five consecutive losses. But back-to-back victories have the Flames once again trending in the right direction, and with the grounded Ducks waddling into town a chance to build on another winning streak that could fly them back into the playoff picture… before it’s too late.
Flames Bring Back Cammalleri
January 12th, 2012 | Posted in Commentary | By: D'Arcy McGrath
Remember, it’s MM and LL.
As a writer certain names are easy to spell regardless of the name’s length or complexity, and others the exact opposite; quite simply impossible to learn no matter how many times you correct yourself.
Mike Cammalleri (I really think he should drop an M) is back in the Flame’s fold as the National Hockey League team essentially exchanged their problem for another team’s problem during play on Thursday night.
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Ducks vs Flames – 7:30 – SNet-W
January 12th, 2012 | Posted in Game Takes | By: Mike Fawcett
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13-22-6
32 points – 14th in the West
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20-19-5
45 points – 12th in the West
Flames 6 Devils 3
January 11th, 2012 | Posted in Game Takes | By: Daniel Lemmon
You almost wish that the Flames and the Devils were in the same conference division (thanks NHLPA) just so we could constantly see references to Devils and Flames in the bylines every time the teams played each other. But alas, they do not play together, so it was a rare sighting indeed to see the Martin Brodeur led Devils in the Saddledome; and with the allure of one of the most storied goaltenders of all time nearing the end of his career an ever rarer sight to see that same Brodeur in between the pipes in the flesh.
So for fans of the game, hoping to see the goaltender who brought the first gold medal in 50 years back in 2002, the first 10 minutes of the game were not what anyone expected to see. - Full Article –
