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Second
Period Sinks Flames
Flames 1 � Moose 2
Daniel
Lemmon
February 28, 2006
Resume
the NHL drive to the
playoffs. Finally some
hockey to watch, in an
appropriate time zone,
that doesn�t feature
the likes of
under-achieving
�superstars.� Wait?
Scratch that, Bertuzzi,
Iginla and Regehr were
all playing.
It�s
getting on this fan�s
nerves watching the
Flames play in this
situation. With the rest
of the division
breathing down the necks
of the Flames in their
quest for the division
title the big games just
never seem to
materialize. Not to
mention the fact that
the opportunity is as
ripe as it ever could be
to deliver a
demoralizing blow to the
Canucks with the AHL
defence core that
remains after the
Olympics, in addition to
the three players who
were part of the Olympic
gold medal game for mens
hockey, who then
celebrated (Ruutu ate
his medal, the Sedins
had a tea party with
their ponies). But once
again, the Flames make a
team that they should
crush�look like
heroes. Well the
goaltender at least.
On
The Line
Do
you have to ask?
Divisional opponent, in
the hunt for the
division lead, chance to
kick a team when it�s
down�Just think back
to any of the previous
tilts between these
clubs and you�ll
remember.
The
Flow
Thanks
to the constant parade
of penalties it was
pretty slow. You�d
watch one team get a
power-play, shortly
followed up by an
even-up call and a
guaranteed Flames
penalty coming from any
scrum that developed
(i.e. Langkow, Simon,
Nilson, etc�). The
Flames actually carried
the play until the point
where Markus Naslund
scored. Then it was an
immediate reaction to
fold up the circus and
go home.
Three
Stars
1
� Alex Auld. Considering
the fodder in front of
him he held the fort
spectacularly. Are
Canucks fans still
lamenting the fact that
he�s their netminder?
I guess he�s a little
more used to having an
AHL defence in front of
him.
2
� Marcus Naslund. He
wasn�t spectacular,
but he tied the game and
on the momentum of his
goal the Cancuks took
the lead thanks to the
Shadow.
3 � Robyn Regehr.
No
Flame really deserves a
star, but no one else
really deserved a star
other than Auld.
Robyn�s surprising
�Rocket Powered
Slapshot Action� (pat.
pend.) got the Flames
the early lead, which
the team seemed to think
would win the game!
Big
Hit
Regehr smash! In the
first period the Flames
monster lined up
Vancouver pest Matt
Cooke and splattered him
against the end boards.
Winner of the biased
fan�s award for
�Most Hated
Canadian� Todd
Bertuzzi was so
impressed by the hit he
fell over too.
Big
Save
Someone please correct
me if I�m wrong, but
nearing the end of the
first period, with
Flames goaltender Miikka
Kiprusoff on a leisure
cruse to the corner
Flames defenceman Rhett
Warrener stopped a
rolling puck in the
crease and cleared it to
safety. Prolonging the
pain to another period.
The
Goat
AHL defence�.COME ON!
AHL! Whole damn
team�.(Insert goat
noise)
Mr.
Clutch
Alex Auld � Credit
where credit is due. He
saved the day on more
than one occasion. Not
that the Flames had much
passion.
Odds
and Ends
Congratulations to my
friend Jon who is now
featuring an 87%
complaint rate at
Saddledome events! When
you�re 6�7�
you�re bound to flail
around and hit someone.
Speaking of hitting
someone, it was nice to
see Wade Brookbank (who
by the way is a disgrace
to the name Wade) get
his lunch served to him
by Chris Simon. It was
also nice to see Chris
Simon do something. Now
onto the bad news�An
interesting observation
was pointed out to me
today. Did you know that
for the price of Chris
Pronger and Michael Peca
the Flames can pay:
Rhett Warrener, Dion
Phaneuf, Roman Hamrlik,
Jordan Leopold, Andrew
Ference, Robyn Regehr
and Stephane Yelle? One
defenceman and a gritty
forward who wins
faceoffs for a defence
corps and a gritty
forward you say�I
choose B! But if you
want to look at overpaid
third liners�well Peca
makes less than Iginla.
I�m tired. This team
makes me sad and I
don�t feel like
staying up to talk about
them anymore. Goodnight.
(mumble mumble mumble
grumble mumble IGINLA!
Mumble mumble growl)
Next
up � Another
home game, against
another AHL team in the
St. Louis Blues. Catch
the inaction starting at
7 PM MST on the Fan 960,
Sportsnet West and
Fotze�s house if you
change his son�s
diaper.
Lines
-
Leclerc-
Langkow- Iginla
Kobasew - Lombardi -
Amonte
McCarty- Yelle- Donovan
Huselius - Nilson -
Simon
Marchment-Phaneuf
Leopold-Regehr
Ference-Warrener
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