NHL Hockey News

Mikael Backlund made the most of his chance to get back into the Calgary Flames lineup Friday.

Limping to the finish line last year was an unforgettable experience. The Calgary Flames watched a 12-point lead over the Vancouver Canucks at the trade deadline disappear down the stretch.

Christopher Higgins got the boot. Not out of town. It was to help him leave the Saddledome.

Something strange happened at the Dome last night. There were cheers. Chants even.

It’s that time of year again when NHL executives would rather reveal their personal banking passwords than dish the details on player injuries, so it comes as no surprise Flames bench boss Brent Sutter isn’t shedding any light on Curtis Glencross’ status.

Fans and experts around the league had plenty of reasons to question the Calgary Flames’ playoff chances as the trade deadline came and went.

Craig Conroy is almost back to even. Might not sound like a major accomplishment, but the Calgary Flames pivot has been trying to climb out of a hole ever since a career-worst minus-five outing against the San Jose Sharks earlier this season left him skating in another sort of red.

The easiest part of the Calgary Flames schedule was the three weeks leading up to the Olympic break.

In two starts for the Calgary Flames, Vesa Toskala has collected a pair of wins.

A clear plastic ankle protector skittered across the ice during the Flames game against the Ottawa Senators Thursday night.

After throttling the Ottawa Senators 5-1 Saturday night, the Vancouver Canucks are right back at it tonight in a Northwest Divisional home game against the Calgary Flames.

The chances of the Calgary Flames making the playoffs are slim, but it’s still possible the team can vault one of the teams ahead of them and make the post-season. For the Flames to pull back into the Western Conference’s top eight, they’ll need everybody to come through.

Flames coach Brent Sutter isn’t getting much offence from his players. Struggling to score once again, the Calgary Flames are trying to avoid falling farther out of the Western Conference playoff picture as they visit another tough opponent Wednesday in the Colorado Avalanche .

Cheers won’t be raining down from the stands for Jarome Iginla when he steps on the ice this time.

Belief is easy to preach. It’s extremely hard to fake. When the Calgary Flames hit the ice, the truth is obvious.

If every game right now feels like a playoff game, Sunday night’s matchup with the Vancouver Canucks ought to seem like Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.

Nigel Dawes was one of the few Calgary Flames who caught the hit Alexander Ovechkin laid on Brian Campbell which resulted in the two-game suspension handed the Washington Capitals star.

It has its own Facebook fan page. Just last week it was trending on Twitter. Growing just as quickly as the hair itself is the legend of Ian White’s moustache.

Detroit forward Pavel Datsyuk and Daymond Langkow of the Calgary Flames battle in last week’s game.

Blocking shots in practice isn’t something anyone would recommend. At least not with live rounds.

Calgary Flames’ Jarome Iginla thumps Ottawa Senators’ Chris Phillips on the first shift of Thursday night’s NHL game at the Pengrowth Saddledome.

When you’re the starting goaltender for the NHL’s 30th-place team, your squad has just given up three goals in 1:36 to fall behind 5-1 to the 29th-place team and your net is being crashed, it’s easy to get frustrated.

The Flames are getting hot at just the right time. Calgary will try to match its longest winning streak of the season tonight when it visits GM Place to take on the Vancouver Canucks.

“Everyone has an equal load. We all have responsibilities out there and if you have guys starting to play 26-27 minutes they’re going to be a little more fatigued than someone whose playing 17-20 minutes so if you can spread that workload around through all six guys.

Giving up Dion Phaneuf was a gutsy move. By bailing on the franchise defenceman who is still only 24, the Flames realized they would be judged for months, maybe years, on a few levels.

Good on the NHL for finally deciding the time has come to outlaw blind-side headshots.

Successful people learn from their own mistakes. Very successful people learn from the mistakes of others.

Flames newcomer Ian White has teamed with veteran Robin Regehr to form one of the team’s stronger defensive pairings.

Having just picked up their first win since the Winter Olympics break, the Ottawa Senators will now try to pick up their first victory in Calgary since 2003 when they visit the Flames tonight at Pengrowth Saddledome.

Jarome Iginla and Rene Bourque scored 1:31 apart in the third period, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 4-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.