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Wild times in Flameland
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Jan 20 2011 - 04:43: January 18th, 2010. The Flames lose 9-1 to the San Jose Sharks in the midst of a streak that would... Read More
Flames show resiliency in comeback
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Jan 18 2011 - 03:38: Here I was all ready to write a blog about how the Flames were blown out in Montreal. How Kipper... Read More
Dwindling Playoff Hopes for Flames
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Jan 14 2011 - 17:08: 5.2%. That’s the percentage chance, according to sportsclubstats.com, that the Flames have of... Read More
Calgary Flames: October Two Thousand and Eleven
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Jan 11 2011 - 14:58: Where: Opening night at the Scotiabank Saddledome The Flames take the ice for the first time in a... Read More
Flames Thoughts
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Jan 06 2011 - 15:08: 41 games down, 41 games to go – and they are going to be long 41 games at that. Sitting 14th in the... Read More
Darryl Sutter is no more
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Dec 29 2010 - 05:32: Goosebumps can be caused by many things. Being scared, excited, nervous, cold, anxious, etc. So is... Read More
Flames like the holiday season
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Dec 28 2010 - 04:35: The Flames are on a roll – sort of. Winners of their last two games, and four of their last five... Read More
Flames Infomercial a Real Winner
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Dec 21 2010 - 05:04: “Do you struggle to save the puck? Are you having trouble stopping that little black piece of... Read More
Flames options moving forward
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Dec 16 2010 - 14:13: In light of the Flames facing off against Toronto tonight, the team they partnered off with to make... Read More
The Return of Dion
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Dec 15 2010 - 16:44: The Toronto Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames will face off on Thursday night at the Dome. You would... Read More
Flames get single point in California
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Dec 11 2010 - 14:31: California dreamin’ or California nightmare? I’d say the latter was a more apt description of the... Read More
Lightning go up in Flames
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Dec 08 2010 - 02:21: On a day in which Sylvester Stallone got elected into the boxing hall of fame (huh?) and Graham... Read More
Flames goals against not the problem
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Dec 04 2010 - 01:02: Just a few things I wanted to touch upon following the Flames 3-2 shootout win over the Minnesota... Read More
Mo-Vember ends with a win
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Nov 30 2010 - 03:19: With the win tonight the Flames finished the month of November with a 4-7-2 record – a far cry from... Read More
Flames return the same team
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Nov 29 2010 - 01:56: Here are some numbers from the five game road-trip the Flames just came back from: A record of 1-2-... Read More
Flames finally win, thanks Pronger
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Nov 27 2010 - 00:21: The Flames beat the best the league had to offer, or at least the best in terms of points coming... Read More
Flames continue slide
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Nov 23 2010 - 02:06: The Calgary Flames lost 2-1 to the New York Rangers tonight. The Flames had their chances to tie... Read More
Iggy Ignites, but Flames lose late
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Nov 22 2010 - 00:27: From satisfaction to utter shock. What just happened? Did that just happen? Did I just witness that... Read More
The trade that didn't change anything
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Nov 18 2010 - 13:50: I’m baaaaaaaack!!!! After spending a week talking about whether Man U could really win the... Read More
Round and round we go
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Nov 08 2010 - 03:24: Do you remember the scene from National Lampoon’s European Vacation when the Griswold’s enter a... Read More
Remember, remember the month of November
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Nov 04 2010 - 04:27: “In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the... Read More
Flames fall from grace
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Nov 01 2010 - 02:02: This past week has been an interesting one in the world of the Calgary Flames. It has been a week... Read More
Flames Problems Have Changed
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Oct 29 2010 - 03:47: Well, at least the problem isn’t scoring goals anymore. The Calgary Flames, after averaging less... Read More
Flames Ignited
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Oct 25 2010 - 01:22: Who the hell are these guys and what did they do with the Calgary Flames? You know who I’m talking... Read More
Farm Boy Theory
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Oct 21 2010 - 03:13: "You don't have to worry about that. He's not going down there to get confidence. But he's an... Read More
Same Pile of...
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Oct 15 2010 - 01:40: “SHUT UP! Enough already, Ballstein! Who cares about Derek Zoolander anyway? The man has only one... Read More
Quick Hits
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Oct 14 2010 - 03:22: Heading into tonight’s game with the perennial bottom dwelling Florida Panthers, the Calgary Flames... Read More
The Weekly Roundup
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Oct 12 2010 - 01:17: It was a good news bad news type of week for the Calgary Flames. Good news: They recorded their... Read More
Bloodied and Beaten
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Oct 08 2010 - 02:23: What a start to the 2010-11 National Hockey League season for the Calgary Flames. They looked fast... Read More
The Ultimate Question
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Oct 07 2010 - 04:07: Will the Calgary Flames make the playoffs? That seems to be the question I hear more than any... Read More
This and That and Morrison
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Oct 06 2010 - 03:20: With the regular season on our doorstep my goal of profiling every single player on the Flames... Read More
For the 'what ifs' in life
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Oct 01 2010 - 12:59: “You may say that I’m a dreamer. But I’m not the only one.”- John Lennon What if... What if the... Read More
Olli Jokinen: Here we go again
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Sep 29 2010 - 04:01: With the news that Olli Jokinen has suffered a minor injury in last night’s pre-season tilt with... Read More
Flames in Net
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Sep 28 2010 - 03:58: The goaltending position in Calgary has never been a worry for the past half decade, and... Read More
Niklas Hagman: A Good Fit
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Sep 24 2010 - 12:14: Coming over in “The Trade” from the Toronto in late January of last season, Niklas Hagman was... Read More
Mikael Backlund: The Time is Now
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Sep 23 2010 - 14:25: Answer: Trevor Kidd, Niklas Sunblad, Cory Stillman, Jesper Mattsson, Chris Dingman, Denis Gauthier... Read More
Alex Tanguay: Back in the Saddle
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Sep 22 2010 - 13:33: Brought back from the depths of darkness, Alex Tanguay is back in a city he loves and playing with... Read More
Goons "R" Us
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Sep 21 2010 - 11:36: Raitis Ivanans and Tim Jackman. When Sutter made these signings I couldn’t help but scratch my... Read More
Rocket Robyn Regehr
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Sep 20 2010 - 14:17: Let’s do some role-play. Robyn Regehr plays Maverick , Jordan Leopold is Goose, and Dion Phaneuf... Read More
A Steady Growth of Moss
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Sep 17 2010 - 14:35: When talking about players who were drafted in the 7th Round of an NHL draft, not many players... Read More

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