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| Edmonton's Drouin-Deslauriers debuts with win over Flames |
NHL Hockey |
10/18/2008 |
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| Calgary, AB (Sportsbooks) - Erik Cole scored the first of three second- period, power-play tallies for Edmonton, and the Oilers held on to beat the Calgary Flames, 4-3, in the opener of a home-and-home at Pengrowth Saddledome. Lubomir Visnovsky added a goal and an assist, while Robert Nilsson and Andrew Cogliano also lit the lamp for the Oilers, who remained perfect in the young season by winning their third straight game. Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers, making his NHL debut, made 26 saves in the win for the Oil |
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| Oilers visit Flames to open home-and-home set |
NHL Hockey |
10/17/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Northwest Division rivals square off this evening, when the Edmonton Oilers pay a visit to the Calgary Flames in the opener of a home- and-home series at the Saddledome. The series will then shift to Edmonton's Rexall Place Saturday night. Edmonton has won its first two games of the season and will wrap up a brief two-game road trip tonight against Calgary in the Battle of Alberta. In Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Anaheim Mighty Ducks at the Honda Center, Shawn Horcoff, Sheldon Souray and L |
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| Flames deal Avalanche another one-goal loss |
NHL Hockey |
10/15/2008 |
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| Calgary, AB (Sportsbooks) - Todd Bertuzzi scored twice, including the game- winner with nine minutes to go in regulation, as the Calgary Flames topped the Colorado Avalanche, 5-4, in a Northwest Division clash from the Pengrowth Saddledome. Jarome Iginla registered a goal and an assist for Calgary, which yielded 11 goals in dropping a home-and-home series with the Vancouver Canucks to open the 2008-09 campaign. Daymond Langkow, Dion Phaneuf and Mike Cammalleri each collected two assists, while Miikka Kipr |
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| Canucks try to continue dominance of Caps |
NHL Hockey |
10/13/2008 |
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| n a row in Washington, where the Canucks haven't lost since a 3-2 OT setback on November 22, 2000. Vancouver, which plays the second of six straight on the road tonight, enters this test having won its first two games of the season, both against the Calgary Flames. After a 6-0 home win on Thursday, the Canucks posted a 5-4 overtime victory in Calgary on Saturday. Pavol Demitra netted the overtime winner and Roberto Luongo stopped 25-of-29 shots faced. He made 25 saves in the shutout win two days prior. Vancou |
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| Demitra, Canucks extinguish Flames |
NHL Hockey |
10/12/2008 |
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| Calgary, AB (Sportsbooks) - Pavol Demitra netted the overtime winner and the Vancouver Canucks took the back end of a season-opening home-and-home series from the Calgary Flames, 5-4, at the Saddledome. Daniel Sedin had a pair of goals and his brother Henrik set up both for Vancouver, which wiped out an early 3-1 deficit with second period goals from Ryan Kesler and Rick Rypien. Roberto Luongo stopped 25-of-29 shots to get the win. "It was a good come from behind win," Rypien said. "It shows how much guys |
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| Flames, Canucks wrap home-and-home set in Calgary |
NHL Hockey |
10/11/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Calgary Flames will try to exact revenge on the Vancouver Canucks tonight, as the teams play the back end of a season-opening home-and-home series at the Saddledome. The clubs opened their season against each other Thursday evening in Vancouver and the Canucks pounded the Flames by a 6-0 count. Alex Burrows scored a pair of goals and Roberto Luongo stopped all 25 shots he saw, as Vancouver rolled to the easy victory. Mattias Ohlund notched a goal and assist, while Daniel Sedin added th |
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| 2008-09 NHL season predictions |
NHL Hockey |
10/09/2008 |
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| i Nabokov, San Jose. NORRIS TROPHY (best defenseman) - Nicklas Lidstrom, Detroit While Brodeur has been gobbling up Vezina Trophies, Lidstrom has been even greedier, winning three straight and six of the last seven Norris awards. Dion Phaneuf of the Calgary Flames will eventually stop Lidstrom's streak, but it's hard to see how anybody has a better shot at the award than the Red Wings captain. Lidstrom is now 38 years old, but he showed no signs of age in 2007-08, when he led all NHL blueliners with 70 points |
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| Sharks release Friesen from tryout deal |
NHL Hockey |
10/09/2008 |
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| 23-man roster as announced yesterday. We wish Jeff nothing but the best in the future and he will always have a special place within the San Jose Sharks family." The 32-year-old Friesen also played for the New Jersey Devils, Washington Capitals and Calgary Flames. He won a Stanley Cup with New Jersey in 2003, scoring 10 goals in 24 playoff games that spring. In 893 NHL games, Friesen posted 218 goals with 298 assists for 516 points. His best season came with San Jose in 1997-98 when he notched 31 goals and 3 |
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| Canucks host Flames in season opener |
NHL Hockey |
10/09/2008 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - A pair of Northwest Division rivals will begin their 2008-09 campaigns tonight, as the Vancouver Canucks welcome the Calgary Flames to General Motors Place. The Flames finished third in the division last year with 94 points, while Vancouver was last despite finishing just six points in back of Calgary. Calgary made the postseason for the third straight year last spring, but was also knocked out in the opening round for the third time in a row. Flames head coach Mike Keenan will try to chan |
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| 2008-09 Columbus Blue Jackets Preview |
NHL Hockey |
09/22/2008 |
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| as GM, tried to make Columbus' postseason dreams a reality with a handful of trades and free-agent signings. Howson's biggest deal was the signing of right wing Kristian Huselius, who scored 77 and 66 points in each of his last two seasons with the Calgary Flames. The Blue Jackets also acquired developing centerman R.J. Umberger in an offseason trade with Philadelphia. Both players are expected to give Columbus superstar left wing Rick Nash some breathing room on the team's top line. A few changes were also |
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