what would a rivalry be without rubbing it in everyonce in a while.
a little song made by the fan 960, after the Oilers lost ...wait....got smoked...better yet embarrased by the buffalo Sabres 10-2 on tuesday.
http://fan960.com/ondemand/media.jsp?content=20090128_184247_53784
the flames by the way, defeated the same Buffalo team the next night 5-2...
Go Flames
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Flames midpoint
alright, seeing as its the halfway point of the Flames 2008-2009 season, its time for an update.
The Flames are still on a killer roll, after a weekend off, the Flames record sits at 25-12-4, good for a 5 point lead on Vancouver for the division lead, with 3 games in hand. the Flames have a somewhat easy schedule until march, plenty of home games and games against teams back of them in the standings.
It has been said many times that the true measure of a team in the regular season comes from the second quarter of games, games 21 through 41. the Flames record in the time?
here are some projections at the halfway point.
- flames pace - on track for 108 points, and to finish ahead of Vancouver by 15 points, 3rd in the conference. will they catch detroit, no, san jose? possibly. hopefully the Flames will lock up the division and have a week or two to rest key guys (aka, kipper).
- Kipper is on pace for 50 wins, a league record for wins in a season, what makes this more amazing, none of the wins so far have come in the shootout. also on pace for 6 shutouts. Broduer currently has the record for wins at 48. I personally hope Kipper plays less down the stretch, let McElhinney get some time, otherwise Kipper going down means a rusty goalie, unless we pull up Keetley from Quad City.
- the Flames have 4 players on pace for over 30 goals! iggy (18), Cammaleri (15) Bourque (15) and Langkow(15).
- six players are on pace for 20 goals
-despite a 'subpar' season for Iggy so far, he is still on pace for 94 points! not so subpar after all
im trying to think of who the standout players are this season, but many of them have stoodout so far this season, such team play, different players stepping it up. biggest suprise for me has to be Adam Pardy on defence, did not expect him to have a role on this team, but when you look at it, he is older than Phaneuf.
highlights from the Flames skills competition here http://flames.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp
notables - Aucoin wins hardest shot - 102.2
Nystrom wins Puck relay
Glencross wins fastest skater - 13.542
Cammalleri won the accuracy comp - hit all 4 targets
The Flames play St. Louis tomorrow and face at tough road test in San Jose on thursday. The more I watch this Flames team, the farther into the season they get, I feel more and more confidence that this is the team that will get the 2009 Stanley Cup. 20 years after thier last one. This team is for real. they can compete with Detroit, San Jose, Boston etc and have the heart, teamwork, leadership and goaltender to do it.
A quick look at the other teams representing Calgary and you see a trend...
summer 2008, Calgary baseball team in Golden league comes up one win short of a league championship in semi-pro baseball.
November 2008 - the Calgary Stampeders cap an strong and dominant season with a well-deserved Grey cup win!
January 2009 - Calgary Buffaloes win the Macs midget hockey tournament, only Calgary based team to win it this decade.
as of right now?
the Calgary Hitmen continue to dominate Junior hockey. not only are they in first in the Western Hockey league, but they are first in the Canadian Hockey league, pounding opponents into submission every time they step on the ice.
the Calgary Roughnecks have started thier season, 2-0. after a 12-10 win over San Jose and a 10-9 overtime win over Edmonton.
Yep, the sports scene is looking real good in Calgary at the moment. enjoy it.
here is a link to some cool CFL plays of the year from 2008
http://www.cfl.ca/media/videoCFL/id/5963
thats all for now!
The Flames are still on a killer roll, after a weekend off, the Flames record sits at 25-12-4, good for a 5 point lead on Vancouver for the division lead, with 3 games in hand. the Flames have a somewhat easy schedule until march, plenty of home games and games against teams back of them in the standings.
It has been said many times that the true measure of a team in the regular season comes from the second quarter of games, games 21 through 41. the Flames record in the time?
here are some projections at the halfway point.
- flames pace - on track for 108 points, and to finish ahead of Vancouver by 15 points, 3rd in the conference. will they catch detroit, no, san jose? possibly. hopefully the Flames will lock up the division and have a week or two to rest key guys (aka, kipper).
- Kipper is on pace for 50 wins, a league record for wins in a season, what makes this more amazing, none of the wins so far have come in the shootout. also on pace for 6 shutouts. Broduer currently has the record for wins at 48. I personally hope Kipper plays less down the stretch, let McElhinney get some time, otherwise Kipper going down means a rusty goalie, unless we pull up Keetley from Quad City.
- the Flames have 4 players on pace for over 30 goals! iggy (18), Cammaleri (15) Bourque (15) and Langkow(15).
- six players are on pace for 20 goals
-despite a 'subpar' season for Iggy so far, he is still on pace for 94 points! not so subpar after all
im trying to think of who the standout players are this season, but many of them have stoodout so far this season, such team play, different players stepping it up. biggest suprise for me has to be Adam Pardy on defence, did not expect him to have a role on this team, but when you look at it, he is older than Phaneuf.
highlights from the Flames skills competition here http://flames.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp
notables - Aucoin wins hardest shot - 102.2
Nystrom wins Puck relay
Glencross wins fastest skater - 13.542
Cammalleri won the accuracy comp - hit all 4 targets
The Flames play St. Louis tomorrow and face at tough road test in San Jose on thursday. The more I watch this Flames team, the farther into the season they get, I feel more and more confidence that this is the team that will get the 2009 Stanley Cup. 20 years after thier last one. This team is for real. they can compete with Detroit, San Jose, Boston etc and have the heart, teamwork, leadership and goaltender to do it.
A quick look at the other teams representing Calgary and you see a trend...
summer 2008, Calgary baseball team in Golden league comes up one win short of a league championship in semi-pro baseball.
November 2008 - the Calgary Stampeders cap an strong and dominant season with a well-deserved Grey cup win!
January 2009 - Calgary Buffaloes win the Macs midget hockey tournament, only Calgary based team to win it this decade.
as of right now?
the Calgary Hitmen continue to dominate Junior hockey. not only are they in first in the Western Hockey league, but they are first in the Canadian Hockey league, pounding opponents into submission every time they step on the ice.
the Calgary Roughnecks have started thier season, 2-0. after a 12-10 win over San Jose and a 10-9 overtime win over Edmonton.
Yep, the sports scene is looking real good in Calgary at the moment. enjoy it.
here is a link to some cool CFL plays of the year from 2008
http://www.cfl.ca/media/videoCFL/id/5963
thats all for now!
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