Posts Tagged ‘lee stempniak’
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
The Calgary Flames simply did not look like a team that was in last place in the Western Conference standings on Wednesday.
Curtis Glencross and Lee Stempniak each scored a goal and an assist as the Flames defeated the Detroit Red Wings 5-2. Matt Stajan also had a multi-point game with two assists. Glencross, Stempniak and Stajan were all a +3.
The Flames dominated the third period, outscoring the Red Wings 3-0.
Despite the loss, the Red Wings did manage to score their first road power play goal of the entire season. Valtteri Filppula broke an ugly 0-for-37 slump the Red Wings were facing.
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Tags: calgary flames, curtis glencross, detroit red wings, lee stempniak, matt stajan, valtteri filppula
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Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
In a bizarre hockey game Sunday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Calgary Flames defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-2.
The Flames received their game winning goal from Jarome Iginla just moments after Canucks’ head coach Alain Vigneault was given a two minute bench penalty for his abuse on the officials. Vigneault did not like the fact that Matt Stajan was not called for an elbow penalty.
The ability for the Flames to respond after Vigneault’s tirade and not take a penalty themselves in the third period showed great deal of maturity.
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Tags: alain vigneault, brian mcgrattan, calgary flames, danny taylor, jarome iginla, jiri hudler, lee stempniak, michael cammalleri, tom sestito, Vancouver Canucks
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Monday, February 25th, 2013
Curtis Glencross (Wikimedia Commons)
The Calgary Flames delivered a heroic comeback Sunday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
With the game tied 4-4, Curtis Glencross scored with exactly one minute left in regulation, to give the Flames a dramatic 5-4 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes.
According to TSN, the Flames are now at 7-7-3 and are two points back of the San Jose Sharks for the eighth and final playoff spot in the tight Western Conference. Four points are currently separating 5th place and 13th place. The Flames are currently in twelfth position. The Oilers and Flames have the same record of 7-7-3, but the Flames have more regulation wins.
Glencross, who added an assist, was one of five Flames to have a multi-point game. Jarome Iginla scored twice, including the game tying goal with 1:23 left, while Lee Stempniak, Alex Tanguay and Chris Butler all had two assists.
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Tags: alex tanguay, calgary flames, chris butler, curtis glencross, jarome iginla, joey macdonald, lee stempniak, phoenix coyotes
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Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Michael Cammalleri (Wikimedia Commons)
The Calgary Flames went on an offensive scoring spirit Wednesday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Michael Cammalleri had a hat trick and added an assist for a four point game in a convincing 7-4 win over the Dallas Stars.
Roman Cervenka, Jarome Iginla, Lee Stempniak and Alex Tanguay also had multi-point games as the Flames improved to 4-4-3 on the season and are four points back of the St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
The win by the Flames shouldn’t be that much of a surprise however. First, the Stars were playing their second game of a back-to-back after an impressive win the previous night in Edmonton, and the second reason is that Kari Lehtonen is a much better goaltender than Richard Bachman, who struggled mightily Wednesday in giving up 6 goals on 22 shots.
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Tags: alex tanguay, calgary flames, dallas stars, jarome iginla, lee stempniak, michael cammalleri, roman cervenka
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Friday, February 8th, 2013
For the first time this season the Calgary Flames won twice in a row. On Thursday night in Columbus, Alex Tanguay scored at 1:07 in overtime, as the Flames defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 to improve to 3-3-2 on the season, and only three points back of the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference with two games in hand.
Tanguay leads the Flames with four goals, five assists and nine points in eight games.
Jiri Hudler and T.J. Brodie had multi-point games for the Flames as they each had two assists.
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Tags: alex tanguay, calgary flames, columbus blue jackets, jiri hudler, lee stempniak, leland irving, t.j. brodie
Posted in NHL |
Saturday, February 2nd, 2013
The 47th Super Bowl will take place Sunday in New Orleans (CBS, 4:30 p.m.) with the Baltimore Ravens playing the San Francisco 49ers.
The 49ers have won the Super Bowl five times, while the Ravens won it once in 2001. This will also be a record tenth time the Super Bowl is in New Orleans. The last Super Bowl in Louisiana was in 2002 as the New England Patriots defeated the Saint Louis Rams 20-17.
Super Bowl XLVII will also be historical because brothers will be coaching against each other for the first time. Jim Harbaugh will take the reigns for San Francisco, with his older brother John Harbaugh in charge of Baltimore.
The Ravens (10-6) led the AFC North, while the 49ers (11-4-1) led the NFC West.
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Tags: alex tanguay, baltimore ravens, buffalo sabres, calgary flames, calgary roughnecks, Chicago Blackhawks, colin kaepernick, colorado avalanche, courtney lenz, curtis glencross, Edmonton Oilers, edmonton rush, jason pominville, jim caldwell, jim harbaugh, john harbaugh, lee stempniak, mark matthews, montreal canadiens, patrick kane, randy moss, ray lewis, san francisco 49ers, shawn evans, super bowl, thomas vanek
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Saturday, January 26th, 2013
The Calgary Flames got their first win of the season Saturday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Defenceman Jay Bouwmeester might have had one of the greatest games as a Calgary Flame in his career as Calgary defeated Edmonton 4-3.
Bouwmeester had a goal, an assist and was a +2 in the contest, as the Flames improve to 1-2-1 on the season.
Lee Stempniak also had a multi-point game for the Flames with a goal and two assists. His goal at 14:57 of the third period came on the power play from Bouwmeester and Jiri Hudler.
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Tags: calgary flames, colorado avalanche, curtis glencross, Edmonton Oilers, jay bouwmeester, lee stempniak, mike cammalleri, shawn horcoff
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
As we near the end of the second month of the NHL season, we’re starting to separate the men from the boys and the pretenders from the real deals out there…but regardless of that, the beauty goals keep rolling in!
This week on the GOTW, we’ve got the answer to Tampa’s defensive tactics, another alley-oop, the old “dangle & snipe,” and two of the nicest goals you’ll see all season long! Oh, and the most embarrassing thing since…well I won’t spoil it!
Let’s go!
5. Patrik Elias
Remember when the Tampa Bay Lightning were getting raked over the coals for playing the 1-3-1 system against the Philadelphia Flyers? Check out Patrik Elias’ method of getting through the clogged ice on this NJ Devils power play! Pause the video at the 35-second mark: it’s a 2-on-4, and he still scores! (VIDEOS after the jump!) (more…)
Tags: craig smith, evgeni malkin, ilya kovalchuk, jonathan toews, lee stempniak, Marian Hossa, matt duchene, NHL, patrik elias, simon gagne, tomas fleischmann
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Saturday, November 19th, 2011
Curtis Glencross (Wikimedia Commons)
The Calgary Flames came up with their most complete effort of the season Friday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
In their best offensive performance of the year, the Flames scored a season high five goals in a 5-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Curtis Glencross scored two goals and one assist, while Olli Jokinen was the other Flame with a multi-point game as he notched two assists himself.
Paul Byron, who came over to the Flames in the deal that saw Robyn Regehr and Ales Kotalik get traded from Calgary to Buffalo for Chris Butler, scored the game winning goal at 0:57 of the second period to make the score 3-1 Calgary at the time. It was actually the Flames’ second goal of the period as Rene Bourque had scored just 17 seconds earlier. Lee Stempniak also scored for the Flames, who improve to 8-9-1 and are four points back of the St. Louis Blues, Phoenix Coyotes and San Jose Sharks for a Western Conference playoff spot.
It was a very meaningful win for the Flames because the Chicago Blackhawks are currently the best team in the Western Conference at 12-5-3.
The Flames next play in Columbus on Monday night.
Tags: calgary flames, Chicago Blackhawks, curtis glencross, lee stempniak, olli jokinen, paul byron, rene bourque
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Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Lee Stempniak (Wikimedia Commons)
The Calgary Flames got off to a great start Saturday night and held on despite a lousy third period and a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
The Flames got off to a 4-0 lead on goals by Paul Byron, Lee Stempniak, Jarome Iginla and Curtis Glencross, only to see their comfortable lead evaporate.
The Avalanche stormed back to make things interesting, and despite not capitalizing on the power play, they drew four Flames penalties in the third period and completely controlled the last twenty minutes of action, outshooting Calgary 16-4.
I felt that if the Flames blew their four goal lead Saturday night, head coach Brent Sutter could have been in serious jeopardy in losing his job, but I feel the victory saved him another few days at least.
I was also very surprised to see Miikka Kiprusoff in net, as he was in between the pipes in Chicago as well on Friday night.
With the win, the Flames improve to 7-8-1, and next play Ottawa on Tuesday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Tags: calgary flames, colorado avalanche, curtis glencross, jarome iginla, lee stempniak, miikka kiprusoff, paul byron
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Jarome Iginla (Wikimedia Commons)
The Calgary Flames are back to the .500 mark after an impressive road victory on Thursday night.
Captain Jarome Iginla notched two goals and one assist in a 4-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings at the Joe Louis Arena. With the victory, Calgary improves to 5-5-1 and two points back of the Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
With all of the experienced veterans that were playing in tonight’s hockey game, and many of them wearing Detroit Red Wing uniforms, it was Iginla who was by far the best player on the ice.
He single handedly dominated the second and third periods, and led all players on the ice with six shots on net.
Curtis Glencross also had a strong night with two assists. Olli Jokinen and Lee Stempniak also scored for the Flames. Miikka Kiprusoff was strong in net with 28 saves, while Anton Babchuk and Scott Hannan were both a +2.
I know the Red Wings haven’t missed the playoffs since 1990, but they will need to play much better to make the postseason in 2011-12. Honestly, they liked look a tired, old hockey team that were slow and didn’t generate enough quality scoring opportunities. What do you think?
Tags: anton babchuk, calgary flames, curtis glencross, detroit red wings, jarome iginla, lee stempniak, miikka kiprusoff, olli jokinen, scott hannan
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Rene Bourque (Wikimedia Commons)
The Calgary Flames capitalized on their second period opportunities Wednesday night at the Pengrowth Saddledome in defeating the Colorado Avalanche 4-2.
After completely dominating the first period by outshooting the Avalanche 21-5, the game was only tied up at one goal apiece.
But in the second period, the Flames scored twice on seven shots as Lee Stempniak and Rene Bourque both placed the puck past Jean-Sebastien Giguere.
Bourque would add his second of the game, fifth of the season, in an empty net with 58 seconds left in the game.
Rookie Roman Horak scored his first National Hockey League career goal in the first period to tie the game at one. Horak was traded from the New York Rangers to the Calgary Flames with two second round draft picks in 2011 for Swedish prospect Tim Erixon and a fifth round pick in 2011 on June 1.
Miikka Kiprusoff, celebrating his 35th birthday, made 35 saves in the win.
Prior to the game, the Flames honoured former owner Harley Hotchkiss, who passed away on June 22 of cancer.
The Flames improve to 3-4-1 on the season, while the Avalanche fall to 6-3.
Tags: calgary flames, colorado avalanche, harley hotchkiss, lee stempniak, miikka kiprusoff, new york rangers, rene bourque, roman horak, tim erixon
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Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Finally, the National Hockey League in Winnipeg returns this weekend as the Jets host the Montreal Canadiens at the MTS Center (Sunday, CBC, 3PM). When the Phoenix Coyotes moved to Winnipeg on July 1, 1996, Manitoba sports fans have been circling this date on their calendar. Fifteen years later and they finally have their wish. Players that will become household Jets’ names will include Andrew Ladd, Dustin Byfuglien, Bryan Little, Blake Wheeler and Evander Kane.
The Canadiens (0-1) meanwhile got off to a slow start as they lost 2-0 to the Toronto Maple Leafs Thursday night at the Air Canada Centre. James Reimer was brilliant in posting a shutout.
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The Calgary Flames simply did not look like a team that was in last place in the Western Conference standings on Wednesday.
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