National Hockey League Digest (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
For several years now, the Calgary Flames have been at their Captain and leading scorer to tame down the fighting. Obviously Iginla does not help the Flames when he is in the penalty box for 5 minutes, not to mention the risk of getting hurt during the fight. However, for as much Iginla is the Flames [...]
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | yesterday
from Bruce Dowbiggin of the Calgary Herald, If Thursday’s loss was shock, then Saturday’s collapse was disbelief. The Flames threw every emotional gambit at the Vancouver rematch—including Jarome Iginla’s annual “Fight a Canuck Night"-- and still lost. Sure, they salvaged a point, but they had Roberto Luongo on a bad night and couldn’t seal the deal at home. As Kelly Hrudey astutely noted, the Canucks...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
from Flames Insider at the Calgary Herald, Geez, tough marker. Canucks coach Alain Vigneault appeared reluctant to give the Flames much credit for their one clear decision — Jarome Iginla’s left-hand flooring of Willie Mitchell in the first period. “They have a great leader obviously in Jarome and he was a man on a mission tonight,” said Vigneault after his team’s 4-3 overtime triumph on Pavol Demitra’s...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Pavol Demitra scored with 1:06 left in overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 5-4 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night.
Five Hole Fanatics (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
There are a lot of questions facing the Flames this year and lots on the line for some of the major players in the organization - and by that I certainly don't mean the likes of Jarome Iginla or Dion Phaneuf. One of those guys is Mike Keenan. Although he's amongst the most successful coaches in league history, a large measure of that success was had earlier in his career. In the last half decade or...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Jarome Iginla burns with a passion to win a Stanley Cup
RotoRob (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Notwithstanding the action in Europe last week, the puck officially dropped Thursday night and while it’s still way, way too early to draw any fantasy conclusions, a few things made themselves clear: 1. You really can’t go wrong with a Detroit Red Wing. Tomas Holmstrom put up two goals in the Wings opening night loss to [...]
PuckUpdate (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
While the weekend games in Europe were the official start of the NHL season, last night sure felt more real to me. Maybe because there were actually night games. Goaltending was a big theme of the evening. For instance, Despite giving up four goals, goalie Tim Thomas earned a win for Boston (login info.). It [...]
Bellaonline.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
What should the National Hockey League teams be thankful for this Thanksgiving?
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Calgary coach Mike Keenan wouldn't reveal his line combinations before the Flames open their NHL season by visiting the Vancouver Canucks Thursday night (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 10:30 p.m. ET).
PuckUpdate (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
I know it’s early, but I’m always curious about what lines are going to look like when the season starts, so here’s a quick look around the league: In Phoenix, it looks like Olli Jokinen won’t be playing with Shane Doan, in an attempt to spread out size, and probably, to help protect rookie Kyle Turris. Over [...]
Fox News (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Even with Joe Sakic, the Avalanche aren't a playoff team. See who else lands in Spector's list of West bottom-feeders.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
We’re halfway through the big countdown of The Hockey News 1998-99 Top 50 players, along with a comparison to their 2008-09 counterparts. Here’s the list so far: 10: Keith Tkachuk/Dany Heatley 9: Chris Pronger/Evgeni Malkin 8: Mike Modano/Jarome Iginla 7: Eric Lindros/Roberto Luongo 6: Nicklas Lidstrom/Nicklas Lidstrom At #5, we’ve got one of the most prolific players of the 1990s and one of the best...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Glencross scores OT winner as Calgary beats provincial rivals Edmonton 4-3 in feisty exhibition matchup Friday
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Wild General Manager Doug Risebrough said a contract extension for superstar Marian Gaborik is unlikely before the start of the regular season.
