As a Calgary Flames fan, the first couple weeks are pretty brutal especially since for the last few seasons, Miikka Kiprusoff is downright painful to watch during the beginning of the season.  Last night’s season opener against the Vancouver Canucks gave me hope that bringing Brent Sutter on as the new head coach is going to make a big difference – for the better.
The Flames in general were peppier and more aggressive than usual and Kipper was just part of their 5-3 victory.  He stopped 39 of the 42 shots he faced including one save that really should have gone …read more

A few days ago during a pre-season game between the Calgary Flames and the visiting New York Islanders, Flames defenceman, Dion Phaneuf, laid into forward, Kyle Okposo, in what many feel was a clean hit, although some believe it was unnecessary.

Okposo had to be taken off the ice on a stretcher after remaining motionless for several minutes afterwards.  Immediately, Pascal Morency (Islanders) jumped onto the ice and went for Phaneuf but was intercepted before he could get to him.  A small fight broke out as guys tried to restrain Morency and, ultimately, he was given a game misconduct and, since …read more

Wow.  This situation gets worse by the minute.  People are pissed and I know some people think he shouldn’t have been suspended for his actions but I’m sorry – I hope Sean Avery is done. 
I’m reading articles/blog posts where people say it’s unreasonable for Avery to have been suspended indefinitely for referring to Calgary Flames defenseman, Dion Phaneuf’s girlfriend, actress Elisha Cuthbert as “sloppy seconds.”  I’m sorry but it’s about more than that. 
He’s gotten away with so much crap over the years and this is my personal list of things that you shouldn’t do if you want …read more

WOW.  My son and I have been looking forward to the Calgary Flames versus Dallas Stars game tonight, mostly because we really like Stars goalie, Marty Turco despite the fact that the team is off to a really horrible start.
Of course, a lot of people were wondering how the league’s biggest jerk, Sean Avery (Dallas) was going to try to harrass Dion Phaneuf (Calgary) since Neufy is dating the jackass’ former girlfriend, Elisha Cuthbert.  We didn’t even have to wait for the game to start since Avery called all the press to gather round (even requesting TSN specifically) so …read more