by Ben on January 30, 2012
With the majority of the hockey world captivated by the All-Star festivities that took place in Ottawa over the weekend, some may be surprised to know that there were still a few GMs hard at work. One of those general managers was Stan Bowman of the Chicago Blackhawks.
On Friday, Bowman, who previously said he was in the market for a center, was able to pick one up in Brendan Morrison.
The Blackhawks traded defenseman Brian Connelly, who was having a stellar season with the Rockford IceHogs, to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Morrison.
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by Ben on January 13, 2012
Thursday night began probably like almost every other game night for Montreal Canadiens forward Mike Cammalleri. However, midway through the second period of the Habs’ game against Eastern Conference rival Boston Bruins, Cammalleri felt a tap on his shoulder and was told to head back to the dressing room and that there would be a cab waiting for him outside to take him back to the team’s hotel in Boston.
He had been traded.
In the middle of a game.
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by Ben on September 4, 2011
Up in Canada, having a team miss the postseason in back-to-back seasons is unacceptable. If this is true, then Edmonton and Toronto fans must be irate. Fans in Calgary are no different.
The Calgary Flames were left out of the Western Conference playoff picture the last two seasons, and although they qualified for the postseason four straight times following their run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2004, in each one of those campaigns they suffered opening-round defeats.
Sounds like a recipe for a major roster shakeup, right?
by Ben on August 13, 2011
Defenseman Scott Hannan has signed a one-year contract with the Calgary Flames, the team announced Saturday. The deal is reportedly worth $1 million.
The 32-year-old Hannan split last season between the Colorado Avalanche and Washington Capitals. He had one goal and 10 assists in 78 regular-season contests.
The move isn’t a game-changer for the Flames, but Hannan brings some grit and a stay-at-home mentality to the blue line, two things the Flames love.
The veteran defensive defenseman had signed a four-year contract with Colorado before the start of the 2007-08 season, but he was dealt to Washington early in the season for forward Tomas Fleischmann.
Although the focus of the hockey world has been deadlocked on the aftermath of the 2011 NHL entry draft, there were several big deals made over the weekend that can’t be overlooked.
Quite possibly the biggest was the Philadelphia Flyers signing of goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov on Thursday. The Flyers signed the Russian netminder to a huge nine-year contract worth $51 million after they cleared cap space by trading away forwards Jeff Carter and Mike Richards. The knock against Philadelphia has always been their shaky goaltending. After another questionable season for them between the pipes in 2011 (in which they used three different starting goaltenders), will Bryz finally be the answer?
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I am happy to announce a new promotion here at Hockey Tickets Online. Beginning in October 2011, we will giving away way two tickets each month to a regular season NHL game.
To enter, simply leave your name and email address below. Once you are entered into the contest, your will be eligible to win tickets every month.
Congratulations to Eric who is our October ticket winner. Eric gets two tickets to the Panthers v Penguins game in November.
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At the beginning of the season, everyone in the hockey world acknowledged that the Anaheim Ducks were only going to go as far as their goaltender Jonas Hiller could carry them. But even after Hiller was sidelined after being diagnosed withe vertigo, the Ducks have managed to go 7-2 over their last nine games as they make a push for the playoffs.
So who’s the guy who has single handedly placed the team on his back and carried them up the standings? It’s not the captain Ryan Getzlaf. It’s not the Finnish Flash Teemu Selanne. It’s not Saku Koivu or Bobby Ryan.
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by Ben on February 16, 2011
Just when it seems like things can’t get any worse in Colorado, then Matt Duchene goes down.
The Avalanche have lost eight straight and have fallen all the way down to 14th place in the Western Conference. Their latest defeat, an embarrassing 9-1 loss to the Calgary Flames, came on the same day that Peter Forsberg announced his retirement. And with the way the Avs luck has been going, it was during that game that Duchene, the teams leading scorer, injured his hand.
The 20-year-old center was hit with a shot puck in the second period Monday. The exact nature of the problem has not been disclosed.
by Ben on December 11, 2010
There are two conclusions that can be deduced from last night’s Flames-Ducks game: 1) The Ducks have a knack for blowing third period leads and going to shootouts 2) The Flames hate playing in Southern California.
Through much of the course of last night’s game, the Ducks looked hungover from their brief trip up to Canada where they were able to salvage three of four points in back-to-back games against the Oilers and Canucks. They were salvaged because in both games the Ducks watched two-goal leads evaporate. The club picked up the win in the 10th round of a 3-2 shootout win in Edmonton by virtue of Rookie defenseman Cam Fowler, but would lose the next night in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Canucks.
