early July sports update

the following was sent to me by a source in Calgary on July 8

Lots of hockey news. Too much to really talk about. The latest (just an hour ago) has the Flames signing Todd Bertuzzi to a one year contract (rumored to be 2.0 million). Owen Nolan signed with Minnesota yesterday and it was assumed the Bertuzzi signing is a trickle down from the Nolan signing. Sutter was not prepared to sign Nolan for that amount.I'm sure you also heard that the Oilers made some great trades on July 1st (Eric Cole for Pitkanen, Greene and Stoll for Visnovsky and Torres for Brule. In case you missed it the Flames traded Tanguay to Montreal and then picked up Cammalari from LA Kings in a 3-way trade. I liked this trade. But haven't been happy with the Flames not being able to sign any good guys to replace Huselius' presence. Huselius signed with Columbus for 4.75 million a year.

in other news
The stampeders have gotten off to a decent start at 2-1.
in week 1 they defeated the BC Lions 28-18 for a good start.
then they went to Edmonton and lost a close one to the Eskimoes 34-31 after a last minute shootout.
in week 3 they went to Montreal and stole a win from the Allouettes 23-19 for thier first road win outside Alberta in years.
on July 17 the Calgary Stampeders host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Go Stamps Go.
the Stamps come in tied with Edmonton for 2nd with a 2-1 record, behind 3-0 Saskatchewan.
the Tiger Cats are coming in tied for 2nd with Toronto at 1-2, behind 2-1 Montreal

Hope that keeps you updated.
still downunder
Adam

may 25

Stanley cup final game 1: Pittsburg at Detroit.
detroit won 4-0. Brutal. c'mon pitts

a little update for the nhl playoffs.
in round 3
Pittsburg is up 2 games to 1 on phili in the east.
Detroit is up on dallas 3 games to none in the west. looks like pittsburg and detroit in the final - go pittsburg!
as for cfl news, commissiong of the Stampeders has announced his retirement.
the rougnecks lost to San Jose in the NLL west final
thats it for now

flames and hitmen both done

the flames lost to the sharks in game 7 of thier western conf. quarter final series 5-3 and are done for another year. kiprusoff was pulled in the loss
The hitmen lost game 4 in the eastern conference final 4-2 and were swept, after finishing first in the east conference during the season.
the calgary roughnecks defeated edmonton 12-8 and move into the playoffs where they will play the Colorado Mammoth in the western semifinal.
in cfl news - Calgary will host the grey cup in 2009 on November 29. sweet deal. also 2 of the teams were over the salary cap and were fined, with Montreal losing thier first round draft pick as a penalty for being more then 100,000 over. thats it from Australia

Flames win - force game 7

the flames defeated the sharks 2-0 to force a game 7 on tuesday night in San Jose. if they win that game they will play the detroit redwings who they lost to last year in the first round. in the east Montreal is tied in thier series with Boston at 3. Go Flames Go

playoff time

the flames finished in 7th and are playing hte sharks from san jose. the sharks are up on the flames 3 games to 2 with the flames trying to stay in it with a win tonight. good luck boys. the only other canadian team left is montreal as they are tied in the series with boston at 3, ottawa got swept by the penguins.
not to much else i can update you on.
go flames!!

flames lose

flames lost 6-2 to vancouver, brutal. they still have 3 games left and are 2 points up on nashville, vancouver and edmonton, in 7th, one point behind colorado