Trevor Linden's last game as a player for the Vancouver Canucks was a 6-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on April 5, 2008. Eliminated from the postseason, the team played some truly uninspired hockey. There wasn't much in the game to make Vancouver hockey fans smile. So imagine if, instead, a friggin' T-Rex showed up and demanded to play, and then he got to, and then he scored NINETY goals, and then he...
ABBOTSFORD, BC -- It was a bittersweet season for Ryan Culkin. On the one hand, he set career highs in goals, assists and points with the Quebec Remparts and Drummondville Voltigeurs. On the other hand, there was an opportunity to prove to......
38 - Ryan Culkin spent the first 38 games of his 2013-14 season with the Quebec Remparts, the team who drafted him in the seventh round of the 2010 QMJHL Entry Draft. 27 - On Jan. 7, the Remparts dealt Culkin to the Drummondville Voltigeurs for......
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it. The formula, all along, was pretty evident. The Boston media and fans spent the entire run-up to their series against the Canadiens talking about one thing: Penalties....
CALGARY, AB -- The Calgary Flames will have another representative at the 2014 IIHF Men's World Championship as Sven Baertschi has been named to the Swiss national team. Swiss Hockey News released the final roster on May 4. Baertschi and the......
CALGARY, AB -- The opportunity escaped Sven Baertschi a year ago. He jumped when it presented itself again. After an injury forced the Abbotsford Heat forward from competing in 2013, Baertschi will join Switzerland this year at the 2014 IIHF Wo......
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The Abbotsford Heat battled hard in Game 4 of the Western Conference quarter-finals but fell 5-3 to the Grand Rapids Griffins, ending their season. The Griffins took the best-of-five series 3-1. The first period was a tig......
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CALGARY, AB -- When a reporter brought up the usage of advanced stats at Brad Treliving's introductory press conference, the Calgary Flames new general manager nervously glanced to his right before answering. "If I say yes, Burkie might punch ......
The Vancouver Canucks fired coach John Tortorella after just one season, the team announced Thursday....
The Vancouver Canucks fired head coach John Tortorella after just one season, the team announced Thursday. Assistant coach Mike Sullivan will also relieved of his coaching duties. "Today we are making an important change in the direction of our team," Canucks president of hockey operations Trevor Linden said in a statement. "On behalf of the entire organization, we extend our thanks to John, Mike and...
The Vancouver Canucks fired John Tortorella on Thursday, one year into the fiery coach's long-term deal. Tortorella, who signed a five-year contract last summer after being dismissed by the New York Rangers, went 36-35-11 and failed to reach the playoffs behind the Vancouver bench. The Canucks' 25th-place finish in the 30-team NHL, their worst in 14 years, came just three seasons after former coach...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- It was do-or-die for the Abbotsford Heat on Wednesday night and the club responded with a gritty effort that led to a 2-1 victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins. Calgary Flames prospect Markus Granlund played the hero in Gam......
1:02 - Markus Granlund scored the game-winning goal with just 1:02 left in regulation. It was the rookie's first AHL playoff goal and third point of the series. 1 - Joni Ortio picked up his first AHL postseason point with an assist on Markus Gr......
CALGARY, AB -- He might not be familiar with all the names on his amateur scouting staff, but that’s not about to slow Brad Treliving. Minted as the general manager Monday, Treliving put a heavy emphasis on the 2014 NHL Draft, the first opportu......
Mike Keenan wanted to stay in coaching when he was fired by the Calgary Flames in March 2009. Four years later, he was given the opportunity to return behind the bench half a world away with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL. His first year in Russia went as perfect as he could have imagined. On Wednesday, Keenan and Metallurg defeated Lev Praha 7-4 in Game 7 to claim their first KHL Gagarin Cup title....
CALGARY, AB -- It was born in late April some 28 years ago and spawned from a song no less, but it’s become one of the greatest lines in hockey. ‘Yeah, baby’. With the Calgary Flames slated to square off against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6......
CALGARY, AB -- In a career that spans five decades and 3,162 straight regular-season and playoff games, one could excuse an absence or two. That’s not Peter Maher’s style. The iconic radio voice of the Calgary Flames didn’t miss a gig -- or ski......
CALGARY, AB -- Brad Treliving was introduced as the newly minted general manager of the Calgary Flames at 3 p.m. MST. He’s not wasting any time getting to work. Treliving, who inherits the GM role from president of hockey operations Brian B......
CALGARY, AB -- Iconic Flames play-by-play man Peter Maher announced today his retirement from broadcasting following a career spanning five decades. The announcement was delivered by Maher in a press conference hosted by the Calgary Flames and Spo......